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Jun5
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ECE Distinguished Seminar: Prof. William Clem Karl (Boston University), 'Learning to Make Images / Machine Learning for Computational Imaging'.ECE Distinguished Seminar
Speaker: Prof. William Clem Karl (Boston University)
Title: Learning to Make Images / Machine Learning for Computational Imaging
Abstract: Deep learning has become extremely popular in a variety of signal processing and computer visions tasks, ranging from image denoising to speech recognition. The expressive power of deep networks has enabled them to increase the performance possible on this range of tasks, sometimes dramatically. Computational imaging is the process of forming images from coded observations, coupling physical sensing with algorithms and computational resources. Problems such as computed tomography, synthetic aperture radar, and more recently coded optical imaging all are examples. Deep learning is only just beginning to find its way into computational imaging and with it the potential for better image quality and faster image creation. This talk provides an overview of the use of learning methods in computational imaging focusing on tomography as a prototype problem. Recent papers in the area are summarized and placed in context and major themes identified.
Biography: William Clem Karl received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and a member of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University. Dr. Karl's research interests are in the areas computational imaging, statistical signal and image processing, estimation, detection, and medical signal and image processing. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AIMBE. Prof. Karl was the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging (2014-2017) and the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2013-2014). He has served many roles in the IEEE including on the Publication Services and Products Board Strategic Planning Committee, the Signal Processing Society Board of Governors, Conference Board, Publications Board, and the Data Science Initiative. He has been on the Steering Committee for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and served as General Chair for the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging.
TIME Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
LOCATION ITW Auditorium (Rm#1-350), Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center map it
CONTACT Lana Kiperman lana@ece.northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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May28
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Communications and sensing (say, radar sensing) are developed, designed and operated independently. However, they share many similarities such as frequency bands, hardware and signal processing techniques. Therefore, pressed by the deficiency of available frequency spectrum, there is a demand for integrating both functionalities of communications and sensing in the same waveform and operated in the same hardware platform. This integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) has been made one of the six use scenarios of 6G cellular systems. The marriage of the two historically independent technologies brings many challenges, such as the fundamental trade-off between communications and sensing, waveform design, ADC sampling bottleneck for wideband processing, and security issues. In this talk, I will discuss these topics, together with the theoretical, algorithmic and experimental progress in my research lab.
TIME Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
LOCATION L440, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Catherine Healey catherine.healey@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
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Jun15
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2024-2025 Commencement Ceremony
TIME Sunday, June 15, 2025
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Jun16
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McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony. The most up to date information can be found on our graduation webpage.
TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave
CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Jun16
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McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation. The most up to date information can be found on our graduation webpage.
TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave
CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science