Wilson lecture series - 2026 spring colloquium schedule

01/22/2026

Professor Yogatheesan Varatharajah
University of Minnesota Twin Cities 
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

Domain-guided Machine Learning for Healthcare
Host: Professor Murti Salapaka

01/29/2026

Professor Ying Wang
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quantum Materials as a Platform for Nonlinear Electronic and Memory Devices
Host: Professor Gang Qiu

02/05/2026

Professor Mahdi Bayat
University of Minnesota
Institute of Health Informatics


Health informatics
Host: Professor Mehmet Akcakaya

03/19/2026

Professor Zhichao Cao
Arizona State University

The Chemical Reaction between AI and Data System Research
Host: Professor Yang (Katie) Zhao 

04/02/2026

Professor Andrew Kent
New York University

Stochastic Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Probabilistic Computing and Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems

04/09/2026

Professor Samuel Palermo
Texas A&M University

Electronic/photonic I/O
Host: Professor Ramesh Harjani
 

04/16/2026

Professor Morizio Porfiri
New York University

Automatic Control 
Host: Donatello Materassi

04/23/2026

Kriti Agarwal
Intel
Senior process integration engineer

Transistor scaling challenges and opportunities 
Host: Professor Jeong Hyun-Cho

04/30/2026

Professor Sanjay Shakkottai
University of Texas at Austin

Machine learning and generative AI
Hosts: Professors Geir Dullerud and Andy Lamperski