Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department
EECS Students Attentively Listen, as Distinguished Seminar Speaker, Dr. Gary S. May Delivers a Presentation on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Ford ITW Auditorium
Larry Henschen
 Larry Henschen

Larry Henschen, Professor will organize and host a special gathering featuring twelve Deans of Engineering from Midwest universities to be held at Northwestern University on Thursday, March 13, 2014.  

The meeting will discuss ideas on how a group of universities like this can increase diversity of the faculty, postdocs, and students in our schools. 

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EECS Faculty

Goce Trajcevski, Assistant Chairman & Senior Lecturer is the General Co-Chair of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), which will be held in Chicago, IL on March 31-April 4.

  

Other EECS faculty members appointed to the Organizing Committee of the conference, include  Nikos Hardavellas being Finance Chair and Peter Scheuermann being Tutorial Co-Chair.  Read More 

Design Innovation Open House Fri 3/14
& Project Fair Sat 3/15 12:00pm - 04:00pm

On Friday, March 14 from 5-7pm , the Segal Design Institute will be having an Design Innovation Open House. This is an excellent opportunity to network with senior and graduate design students and design industry professionals. The Open House includes a welcome reception and features design portfolios and projects.

On Saturday, March 15 from 12-4pm, join us for the  
Design Thinking & Communication Project Fair.
  • Featuring 60 freshman engineering teams   
  • Showcasing projects for people with disabilities   
  • Prizes awarded for best design and best communication

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Demo Fair: Human Computer Interaction
EECS Faculty

Prof. Haoqi ZhangProf. Michael Horn's EECS 330 class will host a demo session on Monday, March 17 from 9-11am in Hardin Hall, where students will display their class projects.  

 

This winter, 150 students comprising multiple teams have been hard at work on interface solutions to problems in the Northwestern community. EECS 330: Human Computer Interaction teaches students the importance of user centered design to solving real world problems with usable, computer systems.  

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Thursday March 13
Events [details]

Fri Mar 14 @ 9:45AM in the 2nd Floor of Ford (Room 2.227): GEECS and EECS for bagels and coffee

Fri Mar 14 @ 10:00AM in Tech L324: Machine Learning Poster Session

Fri Mar 14 @ 11:00AM in Tech L324: Dr. Yunjian Xu, Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design, "Mechanism Design for Demand-side Management in Next-generation Power Grids"

Fri Mar 14 @ 5:00PM in Ford Design Center: Segal Design Institute's "Design Innovation Open House"

Sat Mar 15 @ 12:00PM in Ford Design Center: Segal Design Institute's "Design Thinking & Communication Project Fair"

Mon Mar 17 @ 9:00AM in Tech L324: Demo Fair: Human Computer Interaction (EECS 330)

Mon Mar 14 @ 11:00AM in Tech L324: Mieszko Lis, Graduate Student, MIT "The Execution Migration Machine: Hardware-Level Thread Migration in a 110-Core Shared-Memory Multiprocessor"

Mon Mar 17 @ 6:00PM in Jerome B. Cohen Commons, Technological Institute L482 : EECS Study Night

Fri Mar 14 @ 11:00AM in Tech L324: Segal Design Seminar: Dr. Daniela K. Rosner, Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, "Bringing Making to the Masses"
Jobs, Internships 

New this week:

 
Google PhD Intern Application Closing Fri 4/14

PwC's Aspire to Lead Webcast and Photo Contest Thursday 4/4

Work Study WebMaster - to Support Transportation Center Website

The Alumnae of Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship 2014-15 (Apply by Fri 4/18)

Summer Internship Opportunity at Argonne National Lab
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