Graduate seminars are presentations and discussions of recent advances and research in electrical and computer engineering by guest lecturers, faculty, and students. Course enrollment is restricted to graduate students. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Other seminars you may be interested in attending:
        Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences
        Computer Science
        Mathematics
        Physics

Fall 2026 Seminar - meeting in SC 2229
DateTimeLocationSpeakerTopic
8/27/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProf. SonkaOverview of the Graduate Seminar
9/3/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor JohnsonAI Tools Series
9/08/2026 OR
9/11/2026		  Dr. Cris Moore
9/17/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCDr. Anwesha Sarkar, PhD. Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nanovaccine Institute, Translational AI Center, Iowa State UniversityMapping nanomechanical properties and single molecule interaction forces on biomolecules and live cells.
9/24/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor JohnsonAI Tools Series
Wednesday
09/30/2026		11:00 AM - 4:00 PMIMU Main LoungeFall Engineering Career Fair 
10/8/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor JohnsonAI Tools Series
10/15/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor Raghu MudumbaiThe Gaussian Prison: Surprisingly Strong Limitations on Data Distributions Generated by Diffusion Models
10/22/2026  No seminar today 
10/29/2026  
No seminar today		 
11/05/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor JohnsonAI Tools Series
11/12/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCJake Beal, PhDLLMs and the Challenge of Keeping Dangerous DNA Out of Risky Hands
11/19/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor JohnsonAI Tools Series
11/26/2026  Thanksgiving Break 
12/03/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCProfessor JohnsonAI Tools Series
12/10/20263:30PM - 4:20PM2229 SCTBD 

Spring 2026 Seminar
ECE Graduate Seminar
DateTimeLocationSpeakerTopic
1/22/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Matt Finley, Assistant Research Scientist/Engineer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa 
1/29/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Shaoping Xiao, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of IowaA Data-Driven Framework for Flood Mitigation Using Transformers and Reinforcement Learning
2/5/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Gary E. Christensen, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaLIART: Lung Injury Avoidance Radiation Therapy
2/12/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCHans Johnson, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaECE Graduate Education
2/19/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCTony Terrones, ECE graduate student
and 
Noah Krchak, ECE graduate student		Fairness in Machine Learning
and
Identification of tube surfaces in an RGB image through circular filtering
2/26/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCLee Flores, ECE graduate student
and 
Sabbir Ahmed, ECE graduate student		Project from Graduate Business Analytics Class
and
Motion Compensation in Free-Breathing Pulmonary UTE MRI Using Smoothness Regularization on Manifolds
3/4/20263:30PM-
4:30PM		Old Capitol Museum 
Senate Chamber		Andrés J. Garcia, Executive Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience; The Petit Director's Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience; Regents' Professor, George Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringLeaders in Discovery: Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine 
3/5/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCChris Brunet, Hornbuckle Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering,  University of IowaK2: An Open-Source Suspect Screening Workflow for the Identification of Airborne Contaminants
3/12/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCPhil Thompson,  Associate Professor of Practice, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaReflections and Observations from a Radio Frequency Engineer
3/19/2026  SPRING BREAK - NO SEMINAR 
3/26/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Kishlay Jha, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaA Temporal Machine Learning Framework for Automated Hypothesis Generation from Scientific Literature
4/2/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Avrama Blackwell, Roy J. Carver Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of IowaComputational Modeling of Calcium Dynamics to Understand Synaptic Plasticity
4/9/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCNo Seminar (Cancelled) 
4/16/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Fatima Toor, Lowell G. Battershell Endowed Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaSilicon and III-V Nanowire Optoelectronic Innovations 
4/23/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Soura Dasgupta, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaDiscrete Time Reverse Time Diffusions
4/30/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Quitong Jin (UIowa BSE '19), Sr. ASIC Engineer, NVidiaFrom Ultra-Low-Power Devices to Advanced Semiconductors: Bridging Research and Industry
5/7/20263:30PM-
4:20PM		3505 SCDr. Tyler Bell, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of IowaFrom Pixels to Points and Back Again

 

Fall 2025 Seminar
ECE Graduate Seminar
DateTimeLocationSpeakerTopic
8/8/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Tyler BellIntroductions, Ice Breakers, Games
9/4/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Milan SonkaHawkAI, IIAI, and IIBI
9/11/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEngineering Career FairN/AProfessional Development: Engineering Career Fair
9/18/2025N/AN/AN/ABroadening Perspectives: Students to Attend External Seminar
9/25/20255:00PM - 6:00PM3655 Seamans CenterDr. Jun WangFrom Space: Observing Fires, Smoke, and our Plant's Changing Future
10/2/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Weiyu XuN/A
10/9/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Matthew FinleyOpportunities in Translational Research
10/15/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Weiyu XuFeature compression is the root cause of adversarial fragility in neural networks
10/23/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Steve Davis
Beyond the Degree: Applying your ECE training to support Innovation
10/30/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427Najeeb NajeebBridging Two Worlds: Navigating Industry and Academia, a Life Story
11/13/2025N/AN/AN/ANo Seminar
11/18/202512:30PM-1:45PMSeamans Center, 3655Oliver CameronOdyssey: Interactive Video Models and Generative Media
11/27/2025N/AN/AN/ANo Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
12/04/20253:30PM - 4:20PMEnglish-Philosophy Building, Room 427N/AEnd of Year Mixer