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  • May
    22

    ECE Seminar: Mohsen Imani (UC San Diego), 'Learning with Brain Efficiency'.

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    11:00 AM L440, Technological Institute

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    ECE Seminar: Mohsen Imani (UC San Diego), 'Learning with Brain Efficiency'.
    ECE Seminar: Mohsen Imani (UC San Diego), 'Learning with Brain Efficiency'.

    Speaker: Mohsen Imani (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego)

    Title: Learning with Brain Efficiency

    Abstract: Today's computing systems are facing significant issues in performing learning tasks. In this talk, we show the potential of emerging technologies in designing an energy efficient brain-like machine and accelerate the existing deep learning applications. As an alternative to computing with numbers, we present brain-inspired hyperdimensional (HD) computing that emulates cognition tasks by working with hypervectors. We introduce HD computing as a general computational model that performs a wide range of learning tasks on processing in-memory architecture. We show how this architecture can be used to accelerate deep learning and other big data applications.
    Bio: Mohsen Imani is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego. His research interests are in brain-inspired computing and computer architecture. He is an author of more than 85 publications at top tier conferences and journals. He has gotten several awards during his study including the outstanding graduate student at CS department, outstanding research award and the best leadership award in the school of engineering at UCSD. Mohsen will be in the academic job market next year.

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    TIME Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    LOCATION L440, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Lana Kiperman    lana@ece.northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    8

    Welcome & Breakfast for New McCormick PhD Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    9:00 AM LR2 & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    LOCATION LR2 & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Sep
    12

    New Undergraduate Fall 2025 Registration

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    TIME Friday, September 12, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    15

    Welcome & Luncheon for New Full-time Graduate Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    11:00 AM Ryan Auditorium & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

    LOCATION Ryan Auditorium & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Sep
    16

    Fall Classes Begin. Change of Registration (Drop/Add) Late registration for returning students begins

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    TIME Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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