Wilson lecture series - fall 2026 colloquium schedule
09/17/2026
Professor Russell J. Holmes
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
The emergence of spontaneous polarization in glassy thin films and its impact on organic light-emitting devices
Host: Gang Qiu and Geir Dullerud
09/24/2026
Mihailo Jovanovic
University of Southern California
Department of Electrical Engineering
From Analysis to Synthesis: Automating the Design of Optimization Algorithms
Host: Sairaj Dhople
10/01/2026
Maya B. Gokhale
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
RISC-V Vectors Present and Future: Can they measure up?
Host: Yang (Katie) Zhao
10/08/2026
Navid Azizan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LIDS and Mechanical Engineering
Reliable AI by Design
Host: Soheil Mohajer and Geir Dullerud
10/15/2026
Bassam Bamieh
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Fragility in Large-scale Dynamics: From Shear-flow transition to Anderson Localization to Networked Dynamical Systems
Host: Murti Salapaka
10/22/2026
R. Srikant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Noise Schedule Design for Diffusion Models: An Optimal Control Perspective
Host: Martina Cardone and Geir Dullerud
10/29/2026
Min-Fu Hsieh
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer
Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Design and Fault Diagnosis of Electric Motors for Green Transportation
Host: Jian-Ping Wang
11/05/2026
Russell Tessier
University of Massachusetts
Professor and Department Head, ECE
Security Risks and Remediations in Cloud FPGA Platforms
Host: Zhenman Fang
11/12/2026
Andrew Schmidt
Advanced Micro Devices
From Silicon to Physical AI: Industry Perspectives on Where AI Research Meets Real-World Constraints
Host: Zhenman Fang
11/19/2026
Rajesh Appat
Polar Semiconductor
VP Business Development
Semiconductor industry – overview and challenges
Host: Beth Stadler
12/03/2026
Qing Gu
North Carolina State University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics
TBD
Host: Yang (Katie) Zhao
12/10/2026
Steve Forrest
University of Michigan
Professor of EECS, Physics, MS&E
Waiting for Act 2: Is there a future for organic electronics beyond OLED displays?
Host: Beth Stadler