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UCSB Researchers – “Rebuilding the heart of a quantum computer”

Devoret shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Clarke and John Martinis, a UCSB professor of physics, for experiments demonstrating macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy ...
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Prospective Students & Apply

The ECE department offers both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Applicants must specify one of three programs: MS Program: for students who are primarily interested in a Master's ...
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Junior & Conolley – WC Raytheon AVC winning team

ECE graduates, Adailton Nali Junior and Ryan Conolley, part of winning team in the West Coast division of Raytheon’s Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) When Adailton Nali Junior, then a fourth-year ...
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Chao & PIs – More Efficient Red MicroLEDs

In a study led by ECE doctoral research fellow, Roark Chao, PIs, and other doctoral students, efficient red microLED developed at UCSB achieves records From The UCSB Current article "Red microLEDs ...
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Real AI Initiative – "More Than the Sum of It's Parts"

From the RMCOE News article "Much More Than the Sum of Its Parts" When it comes to AI, two’s company but three — or more — can be a much harder problem. Many current approaches to AI in science model ...
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ECE Seminar Series – Mar 3 (Mon) @ 2:00pm: "Can Spintronics Help Make Computing More Efficient?," Mark Stiles, NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology

In this talk, I discuss why computer designers are looking to develop novel ways of computing for a variety of common but specialized tasks, why spintronic devices, particularly magnetic tunnel ...
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ECE Seminar Series – Sep 25 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: “Reinventing the Camera: AI and the Future of Imaging," Peyman Milanfar, Distinguished Scientist, Google

AI is fundamentally revolutionizing imaging, transforming how we capture, reconstruct, enhance, and experience visual content. Advancements in AI are actively overcoming the physical limitations of ...
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Sep 22 (Fri) @ 10:00am: “Monolithic Integration of QD Lasers on 300 mm Silicon Photonic Wafers,” Kaiyin Feng, ECE PhD Defense

Rapid development of the Si photonics industry and its applications in data communication and sensors calls for the making of on-chip light sources integrated on the Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) ...
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May 14 (Tue) @10am: "Nonlinear and Quantum Light Source Technologies in SiN PICs," Kartik Srinivasan, NIST/UMD Joint Quantum Inst.

Silicon nitride has become a widely used material for photonic integrated circuits (PICs), due to its broad optical transparency window, moderately high refractive index, widely accessible growth ...
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Aug 9 (Mon) @ 2pm: "Machine Learning Techniques for Rare Failure Detection in Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification and Test," Hanbin Hu, ECE PhD Defense

Due to inherent complex behaviors and stringent requirements in analog and mixed-signal (AMS) systems, verification and testing become key bottlenecks in the product development cycle. Rare failure ...
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Mar 6 (Wed) @ 4:00pm: “Silicon Photonics for LiDAR, Augmented Reality, Biophotonics, Quantum Engineering, and Beyond,” Jelena Notaros, EECS, MIT

Jelena Notaros is the Robert J. Shillman Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. and ...
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Feb 28 (Wed) @ 9:00am: “Enhancing Materials Microstructure Analysis with Physics-Informed Computer Vision,” Devendra Kumar Jangid, ECE PhD Defense

Collecting 3D microstructural information of materials poses significant challenges, being a process that is time-consuming and expensive. While advancements in serial sectioning instrumentation have ...