Seminars
Upcoming Seminars
The ECE Distinguished Speaker Series is our flagship seminar series, featuring presentations from distinguished speakers drawn from both academia and industry who will address a wide variety of topics of interest to our community. Everyone is invited to attend, from undergraduates on up to faculty and industry friends — the level of the presentations will be for non-specialists and accessible to students.
During the academic semester, a weekly Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquia presents a wide range of speakers from different backgrounds and experiences, sharing their research activities and collaborations.
In addition, the NSF FREEDM Systems Center hosts technical webinars focused on power systems—upcoming ones are posted here.
Also during the academic year, the NC State Quantum Initiative hosts the Triangle Quantum Computing Seminar Series.
Upcoming Doctoral Defenses are listed here — please contact ecegradoffice@ncsu.edu for more information.
Email Alerts
Non-ECE students and faculty are welcome to attend ECE seminars and colloquia. To get on the email notification list, join this Google Group.
Reliable Communications for Future Aviation
David Matolak
Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina on October 17, 2025.
From Coordination to Collaboration in Multi-Robot Systems: Lessons from Ecology
Dr. Magnus Egerstedt
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, University of California Irvine on October 16, 2025.
Rethinking visual computing systems in the age of AI: From computational optics to intelligent displays
Praneeth Chakravarthula
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill on October 10, 2025.
From Virtual Staining to Diffractive Optical Networks: The Fusion of AI and Optics
Aydogan Ozcan
Chancellor’s Professor and HHMI Professor, ECE, UCLA on October 3, 2025.
Recent Developments in the Nuvotronics PolyStrata Process: Enabling Next-Generation Phased Arrays
Ben Cannon
Chief Technologist, Nuvotronics on September 26, 2025.
Enabling Cyber-Physical-Human Resilience in DER-Rich Power Grids
Anurag Srivastava
Chairperson, Professor - Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University on September 19, 2025.
Modeling Biology on a Quantum Computer: Deciphering the Mechanism of ATP Hydrolysis Using Quantum Hardware
Brenda Rubenstein
Director of Data Science, Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, Brown University on September 12, 2025.
Control and Information Design for Water Infrastructure Operations
Marta Zaniolo
Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University on September 5, 2025.
Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Electronic and Photonic Applications
Tom Oder
Professor, Program Officer, Army Research Office on August 29, 2025.
AI-Native Telecom: Advancing Open RAN Intelligence Towards 6G Networks
Vijay Shah
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University on August 22, 2025.
III-V-based Two-and Three-Terminal Devices
Dimitris Pavlidis
Professor, University of Michigan on June 4, 2025.
Insight into 6G based on Today’s Research
Jeff Reed
Willis G. Worcester Professor, Virginia Tech University on April 18, 2025.