{"id":577,"date":"2017-12-21T04:08:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T10:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engineering3.flywheelsites.com\/ataha\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:36:17","slug":"ee-6971-6991-research-seminar-special-problems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/teaching\/ee-6971-6991-research-seminar-special-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"EE 6971\/6991:  Research Seminar\/Special Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spring 2018 \u2013 EE 6971\/6991: Research Seminar\/Special Problems<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Course Description and General Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>EE 6971 Special Problems:<\/strong> <\/em>An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Problems courses may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but not more than 6 hours, regardless of discipline, may be applied to the degree<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>EE 6991 Research Seminar:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Organized research lectures and seminar presentations. The grade report for this course is either \u201cCR\u201d (satisfactory participation in the seminar) or \u201cNC\u201d (unsatisfactory participation in the seminar). This course may include a written component. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 1 hour will apply to the Master\u2019s degree, regardless of discipline.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Time: Fridays, 14:00 \u2013 14:50<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location: BB 3.03.24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Presentations will be regularly updated on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utsa.blackboard.com\/\">UTSA&#8217;s blackboard<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Office Hours:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesdays and Thursdays, 13:00 \u2013 14:00<\/li>\n<li>Or by appointment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Course Syllabus and Course Schedule<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/EE6971-6991-2018Spring-Syllabus-2.pdf\">Click here to download the course syllabus.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 998px;height: 871px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">Week<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">Date<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">Location<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Title<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Speaker<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">Flyer<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">Presentation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Research Talk?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">1\/12<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">AET 0.214<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Introduction to Course<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Ahmad F. Taha, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, UTSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/EE6971-6991-2018Spring-Syllabus-2.pdf\">Syllabus<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">\u00a01\/19<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">\u00a0N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">1\/26<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Tips &amp; Tricks for Searching IEEE Xplore<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Jalyn Kelley<br \/>\nIEEE Client Services Manager<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/Flyer_Jalyn.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/02\/Jalyn_Talk-1.pptx\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">\u00a0No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">2\/2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Emerging and Non-conventional 2D Materials, Devices &amp; Applications<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Deji Akinwande, Ph.D.<br \/>\nDavid &amp; Doris Lybarger Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering,<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, UT Austin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/Flyer_Deji_Akinwande-1.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/02\/Deji_Talk.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">2\/9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">\n<p class=\"p1\">HackingLab &#8211; Teaching Ethical Hacking<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Reiner Creutzburg, Ph.D.<br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Informatics and Media,\u00a0Technische Hochschule Brandenburg, Germany<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/Flyer_Creutzburg.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/ethical_hacking.pptx\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">2\/16<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach to Generate Distinct Sets of Non-Dominated Solutions for Wicked Problems<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Marcio Giacomoni, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/Flyer_Marcio.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/marcio.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">\u00a0Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">2\/23<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Data-Driven Estimation of Frequency Response from Ambient Synchrophasor Measurements<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Hao Zhu, Ph.D.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">Assistant Professor<br \/>\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UT\u00a0Austin<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/Flyer_Hao_Zhu-1.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/hao_zhu.pptx\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">3\/2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Cherry-Picking Sensors\/Actuators in Dynamic Networks<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Ahmad F. Taha, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, ECE, UTSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/taha.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">3\/9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Inertial Measurement Units as traffic flow sensors: auto-calibration, trajectory estimation and context detection<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Christian\u00a0Claudel, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor<br \/>\nDepartment of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering<br \/>\nUT Austin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/Flyer_Chris_Claudel.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">3\/23<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">3D Printed Toys, Entertainment Humanoids, and Video Games: Challenges in Design and Control<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">\u00a0Pranav Bhounsule, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, UTSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/01\/Flyer_Pranav_Bhounsule.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/pranav.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">\u00a0Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">3\/30<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Molecular Computing Machines Realized through Plasmonic Arrays and Laser Spectroscopy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Michael A. Miller, Ph.D.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/Flyer_Miller.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">12<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">4\/6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">The Cortical Interface Between Vision and Language<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Alexander Huth, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor,<br \/>\nNeuroscience and Computer Science<br \/>\nUT Austin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/02\/Flyer_Alex_Huth.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/04\/Alex-Huth-April-6.compressed.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">13<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">4\/13<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">\u00a0Some Optimization Problems in Smart Grids<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">\u00a0Steven Low, Ph.D.<br \/>\nFrank J. Gilloon Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering<br \/>\nCalifornia Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/03\/Flyer_Steven_Low.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/04\/S-Low-April-13.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">14<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">4\/20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Collaborative All-Weather Sensing for Automated Vehicles<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Todd Humphreys, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, William J. Murray, Jr. Fellowship in Engineering,<br \/>\nAerospace Engineering &amp; Engineering Mechanics<br \/>\nUT Austin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/02\/Flyer_Todd.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/04\/Todd-April-20.compressed.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 43.6094px\">15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.2188px\">4\/27<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 91.2188px\">BB 3.03.24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 257.219px\">Challenges and Opportunities in Advanced R&amp;D at a Global Private Technology Company<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 317.219px\">Jian Li, Ph.D.<br \/>\nTechnical Executive, Research Program Director, Technology Strategist<br \/>\nHuawei Technologies<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/taha\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/154\/2018\/04\/Flyer_Jian_Li.pdf\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 62.2188px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103.609px\">\u00a0Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring 2018 \u2013 EE 6971\/6991: Research Seminar\/Special Problems Course Description and General Information EE 6971 Special Problems: An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. 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