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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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ECE Seminar Series – Mar 6 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: "Six Mini Talks" by ECE PhD Students

This seminar features short research talks covering a range of topics across AI, photonics, communications, control, and computing systems. Learn about ongoing work in the department and connect with ...
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Feb 18 (Tue) @10am: "Quantum Nanophotonics Using Heterogeneous Materials Integration: From Single Photons to Integrated Lasers,” Richard Mirin, NIST

The Quantum Nanophotonics Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO develops new semiconducting and superconducting technologies for advanced metrology needs ...
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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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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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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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ECE Seminar Series – Jun 6 (Fri) @ 2:00 pm: “Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits, John E. Bowers, Dir. of the Inst. for Energy Efficiency and Prof. ECE and Materials, UCSB

Tremendous progress is being made at silicon photonic foundries around the world to improve the performance, yield and capability of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and that is opening up new ...
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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) ...