Schedule
Conference Schedule - Day 1
Friday, April 11, 2025 (Day 1)
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast (Light Breakfast & Coffee)
- 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks
- 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM | Keynote Speaker #1
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | TinyML (Embedded AI) Workshop
- 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Oral Session 1 (7 presentations)
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Commons Cafeteria)
- 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Oral Session 2 (6 presentations)
- 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM | Keynote Speaker #2
- 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Break
- 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM | Oral Session 3 (7 presentations) / Special session 1 (Dr. Sundaravadivel)
- 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM | Dinner (Commons Cafeteria) & Networking
Conference Schedule - Day 2
Saturday, April 12, 2025 (Day 2)
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast (Light Breakfast & Coffee)
- 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Oral Session 4 (6 presentations)/ Workshop (Dr. Hedayatipour)
- 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Keynote Speaker #3
- 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | TinyML (Embedded AI) Workshop
- 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM | Oral Session 5 (5 presentations) Special session 2 (Dr. Jafari)
- 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch (Catering Service)
- 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Oral Session 6 (6 presentations) Industry session (Dr. Dakshinamurthy)
- 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Break
- 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Oral Session 7 (6 presentations)
- 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Poster Session & Networking
- 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Conference Banquet Dinner (Catering Service)
Conference Schedule - Day 3
Sunday, April 13, 2025 (Day 3) – Final Day
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast (Light Breakfast & Coffee)
- 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Oral Session 8 (6 presentations)
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | TinyML (Embedded AI) Workshop
- 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Final Poster Session
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Closing Remarks & Awards
- 12:00 PM – Conference Ends
- 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Grab-and-Go Lunch
April 11, 2025
| Start time | Session | Presentation/Paper Title | |
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9:30am
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Keynote Speaker #1
Dr. Mahesh Mehendale |
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| 10:00am | TinyML (Embedded AI) Workshop | ||
| 10:15am |
Session #1
AI and Machine Learning for Circuits and Systems Session Chair: Dr. Sensong An (University of North Texas) |
Paper #
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45 AI-Assisted Outcome Engineering for Mapping Natural Language to Radar Configuration Files Darrell Young, Eric Larson, Mitchell Thornton |
| 10:30am |
31 The Effects of Compounded Reductions on Adversarial Robustness Phillipe Austria, Edmon Begoli, Amir Sadovnik |
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| 10:45am | 32 Hierarchical Clustering for TLP ESD Characterization of Multi-Finger ggNMOSTs
Hossein Hosseini, Mehrdad Nourani, Theo Smedes, Charvaka Duvvury |
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| 11:00am | 48 Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Programming: A Case Study on Optimum Power Generation Scheduling Arman Riaz Ochi, Syed Golam Mahmud, Martin Margala |
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| 11:15am | 61 TinyMLDPD: FPGA Implementation of TinyML Digital Predistortion Leveraging Bipartite Tables Nicholas Day, Alex Dhrubo Malakar, Shahriar Shahabuddin |
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| 11:30am | 57 Optimized CNN-Based Fall Detection for Elderly Using Wearable Devices on Resource-Constrained Devices Sarbagya Ratna Shakya, Edgar Ceh Varela, Juana Martinez, Maya Fisher, Hamid Allamezadeh |
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| 11:45am | Discussion/Buffer Time | ||
| 1:00pm |
Session #2
Advanced Materials and Sensors for Electronics Session Chair: Dr. Hyejin Moon (University of Texas at Arlington) |
Paper #
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26 Characterization and Fabrication of Low-Cost Flexible Tattoo Electrodes for Continuous Heart Rate Detection Juliet Uribe, Alexander Uy, Kimberly Alvarez, Camila Sanchez, Samantha Raymundo, Vicky Nguyen, Siavash Ahrar, Ga-Young Kelly Suh, Ava Hedayatipour |
| 1:15pm | 58 Highly Sensitive and Selective COF-316-Based Micro Quartz Tuning Fork Sensor for Ammonia Detection Laxmi Jaishi, Jiahui Yuan, Yuhang Xia, Xiaojun Xian |
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| 1:30pm |
51 Advanced UV Laser Lithography Using a Tiltable Platform for 3D Microfabrication Adam Malmquist, Jun Ying Tan, Jungkwun Kim |
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| 1:45pm |
44 A New Method to Drive Sensorless PMSM Based on SMO without Switching Step Zhengwei Dong, Zhi Chen |
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| 2:00pm |
24 A Robust PPG Signal Processing Pipeline for Biomarker Extraction and Analysis Tianmin Kong, Ava Hedayatipour |
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| 2:15pm | Discussion/Buffer Time | ||
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2:30pm
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Keynote Speaker #2
Dr. Anupama Kaul |
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| 3:30pm |
Session #3
Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies Session Chair: Dr. Chenyun Pan (University of Texas at Arlington) |
Paper #
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20 Fault Tolerance Enhancements for Quantum Data Encodings Aviraj Sinha, Mitchell Thornton |
| 3:45pm | 28 Distorted Edge Feature Extraction using Quantum Convolutional Structure Yayu Mo, Sanjaya Lohani, Mitchell A. Thornton |
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| 4:00pm | 25 Generative Flow Networks with Parameterized Quantum Circuits Eli Laird, Mitch Thornton |
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| 4:15pm | 42 A Massive MIMO System for Power-Constrained Devices without Error-Correcting Memory Shahriar Shahabuddin, Md Salman Sakib, Hritom Das, Mahmoud A Albreem |
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| 4:30pm | 40 Signal Filtering by Quadratic Semi-Infinite Programming Carlos Davila |
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| 4:45pm | 59 Flattened Power Electronics Enabling Optimal Thermal Management for Energy Conversion Liwei Zhou |
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| 5:00pm | 37 Reliability Analysis of a Dual Photovoltaic (PV) Microgrid: A Case Study on Renewable Power Sharing and Unplanned Outages Ovis Irefu, Godslove Ebiega, Breana Smithers, Miguel Acevedo |
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| 3:30pm |
Special Session #1
Edge Intelligence in Robots and Smart Systems Session Chair: Dr. Prabha Sundaravadivel |
Paper #
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Design and Implementation of Indigenous Bio-inspired Flagellum’s Propulsion Autonomous Surface Micro Robotic Vehicle Aryan Anand*, M Yuva Barath, V Bala Naga Jyothi, J Preetha Roselyn, N Vedachalam and Prabha Sundaravadivel |
| 3:45pm | A Decentralized, Low-cost Indoor Autonomous Aerial Swarm with Open-Source Intelligence Rafael Reyes, Theoren Stroud*, Caleb Henderson, Thomas Lyon, Mukul Shirvaikar, Ken Gibbs and Prabha Sundaravadivel |
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| 4:00pm | Zero Cost Approach for NLP Based, Serverless Voicemail Monitoring Automation Pipeline Yogeswar Reddy Thota*, Bhavanth Reddy Bandlapalli, Monika Iytha and Tooraj Nikoubin |
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| 4:15pm | Real-time Deep Learning Network-based Machine Control for Immersive Chatbot Conversations Vasanth Kumar Ch, J Preetha Roselyn and Prabha Sundaravadivel |
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| 5:15pm | End of Day 1 | ||
April 12, 2025
| Start time | Session | Presentation/Paper Title | |
| 8:00am | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00am | Open-Source Hardware – Democratizing IC Design Workshop | ||
| 09:00am |
Session #4
Biomedical and Assistive Technologies Session Chair: Dr. Yasser Mahgoub (University of Texas at Tyler) |
Paper #
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30 Real-Time Automatic Switching of Personalized Amplification Gains for Hearing Aid Application Nafisa Zarrin Tasnim, Nasser Kehtarnavaz |
| 09:15am | 27 FPGA-based Hardware Redaction Bitstream Fuzzing Attack Chaitali Sathe, Benjamin Carrion Schafer, Georgios Makris, Daksith Chandrasekera |
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| 09:30am | 34 Utilizing Generative AI for Patient Behavioral Assessment Mostafa Habibi, Mehrdad Nourani |
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| 09:45am | 66 Designing A Convolutional Neural Network For Classifying Phonocardiogram Signals For Coronary Artery Disease Detection Amin Kazemi, Aida Shamsa, Seyed Ghorshi, Issa Panahi |
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| 10:00am | 66 High Entropy Metastable Jitter Based True Random Number Generator (TRNG) Sonia Akter, Prosen Kirtonia, Shelby Williams, Kasem Khalil, Magdy Bayoumi |
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| 10:15am | Discussion/Buffer Time | ||
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10:30am
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Keynote Speaker # 3
John Lauer |
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| 10:30am | TinyML (Embedded AI) Workshop | ||
| 11:15am |
Session #5
Robotics, Automation, and Embedded Systems Session chair: Dr. Wooram Park (University of Texas at Dallas) |
Paper #
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21 Design and Implementation of a High-Precision Motor Control System for Adjustable-Stiffness Biomedical Treadmills James Jenkins, Omar Madera, Cristian Guerrero, Ken King Man Siu, Trevor Exley, Amir Jafari |
| 11:30am | 11 Design and Simulation of a Soft Pipe-Climbing Robot for Scalable and Energy-Efficient Pipe Inspection Operations Rashmi Wijesundara, Victor Xu, Xinyu He, Aditya Jain, Shahzeb Malik, Amir Jafari |
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| 11:45pm | 14 Cyber Security Risks in Modern Power Grids: A Comprehensive Review Md Shahin Alam, Kazi Anisur Rahman, Mohammad Haq |
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| 11:15am |
Special Session #2
Physical Human-Robot Interaction Session chair: Dr. Amir Jafari |
Paper #
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81 Bioinspired Model for Drosophila Larva Crawling Locomotion Dulanjana M. Perera, Nathan Byrd, Xuan Tung Le, Zhaosen Wang, Dimuthu D. K. Arachchige, Isuru S. Godage |
| 11:30am | 91 Position Control of Active Orthotic Glove using 3D-Printed Integrated Sensors and Voice Control for Enhanced Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Abhishek Singh, Syed Imranuddin, Antonio Cumplido, Yonas Tadesse |
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| 11:45am | 89 Increasing Sensing Spatial Resolution in Soft Robots With Stretchable Optical Networks John Williamson, Joshua Schultz |
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| 12:00pm | 90 Energy-Efficient 3D-Printed Multi-Material Gripper with Integrated Smart Sensing and Actuation Syed Imranuddin, Abhishek Singh, Menberu Shiferaw, Yonas Tadesse |
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| 12:15pm | 87 Development of a Miniature Thermal-Based Variable Impedance Actuator Using Thermoplastic Polymers for Scalable and Compact Robotic Applications Frank Tajomi, Trevor Exley, Amir Jafari, Rashmi Wijesundara |
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| 12:30pm | Discussion/Buffer Time | ||
| 1:30pm | Industry Session by Dr. Hemanth Dakshinamurthy | ||
| 1:30pm |
Session #6
Systems and Circuit Design Session chair: Dr. Srujan Kotikela (Texas A&M University) |
Paper #
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2 Evaluation of Multichannel Dynamic Range Compression Algorithm for Hearing Aid Devices Kevin Fahimi, Issa Panahi, Ali Gorshi, Aayam Shretha |
| 1:45pm | 7 Three-Dimensional Printed Soft and Smart Actuator for Controlled Release of Salicylic Acid Rhythem Tahrin, Kyung Woo, Shawana Tabassum |
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| 2:00pm | 15 Impact of Rise Time and Frequency on Motor Winding Insulation Lifetime under High Frequency, High Slew Rate Bipolar Square Wave Voltages Farzana Islam, Easir Arafat, Mona Ghassemi |
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| 2:15pm | 17 Detection Impact of Synthetic Defective Wafer Map Images Generated by Enhanced-CycleGAN Lamia Alam, Nasser Kehtarnavaz |
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| 2:30pm | 23 A Novel Pentagonal Ring Oscillator as a True Random Number Generator Shelby Williams, Prosen Kirtonia, Sonia Akter, Kasem Khalil, Magdy Bayoumi |
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| 2:45pm | Discussion/Buffer Time | ||
| 3:30pm |
Session #7
Machine Learning and FPGA-Based Systems Session chair: Dr. Hung Luyen (University of North Texas) |
Paper #
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29 Revolutionary Transmission Line Design for Maximized Power Density Mushfiqul Abedin Khan, Mona Ghassemi |
| 3:45pm | 33 An Energy-Efficient IF Spiking Neuron with Enhanced Spike Encoding Capability Prosen Kirtonia, Shelby Williams, Kasem Khalil, Magdy Bayoumi |
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| 4:00pm | 36 Partitioning FPGAs for Optimized Utilization Assim Sagahyroon, Raafat Aburukba, Nada Abdalgawad |
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| 4:15pm | 39 Validating the Phase-to-Phase Gap Distance of Unconventional High Surge Impedance Loading Transmission Line Using Propagation Viability of Arch by Numerical Analysis Easir Arafat, Mona Ghassemi |
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April 13, 2025
| Start time | Session | Presentation/Paper Title | |
| 8:30am | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00am |
Session #8:
Advanced Sensors and Devices Session chair: Dr. Kaveh Shamsi (University of Texas at Dallas) |
Paper #
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41 Optimizing the Laser Beam Spot Size for Laser-Assisted Manufacturing Applications Elvis Sangmen, Shawana Tabassum |
| 09:15am | 54 In Understanding Confinement Effects in EWOD of DI Water and Ionic Liquids Mobina Hatami Miri, Dipta Saha, Jeong Bong Lee, Hyejin Moon |
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| 09:30am | 56 Impact of Frequency and Rise Time on Breakdown Voltage of Air in Needle-to-Plane Geometry Bibash Adhikari, Easir Arafat, Mona Ghassemi |
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| 09:45am | 63 Edge-Optimized Weightless Neural Network for Low-Power Wearable Arrhythmia Detection Velu Pillai, Shashank Nag, Mugdha Jadhao, Alan Bacellar, Igor Miranda, Felipe Franca, Priscila Lima, Diego Dutra, Lizy John, Eugene John |
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| 10:00am | TinyML (Embedded AI) Workshop | ||
| 10:00am | Discussion/Buffer Time | ||
| 11:30am | Conference closing and award ceremony | ||
| 12:00pm | Grab-and-Go Lunch | ||