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January 12-13, 2026 | BWRC Winter Research Review
Tentative agenda. Check back for updates.
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Monday, January 12, 2026 |
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8:00am-9:00am |
Breakfast and Registration |
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9:00am-9:10am |
Introduction and Center Update |
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9:10am-9:30am |
Machine Learning for AMS Circuits |
Felicia Guo & Ken Ho |
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9:30am-9:50am |
Radiance: A GPU SoC with Configurable Microscaling Format Tensor Cores |
Amanda Shi & Richard Yan |
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9:50am-10:05am |
Faculty Presentation (Niknejad) |
Ali Niknejad |
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10:05am-10:20am |
Dual Polarized High-Speed Wireline Links with Passband Dielectric Waveguides |
Rami Hijab |
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10:20am-10:35am |
Millimeter-wave Inverse Design via Circuit-element-based Pixel Modeling |
Hamid Afzal |
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10:35am-10:55am |
EM-Driven Inverse Design Platform for Passive and Co-Optimized FR3 Doherty PA |
Haley Dave & Masoud Masoumizadeh |
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10:55am – 11:10am |
Break |
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11:10am-12:15pm |
Flash Talks |
BWRC Students |
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12:15pm-2:30pm |
Lunch/Poster Session |
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2:30pm-2:45pm |
Faculty Presentation (Arias) |
Ana Arias |
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2:45pm-3:00pm |
An Ultra-thin, EEG-Compatible MRI Head-Cap that Enables High-Performance Neuroimaging |
Julian Maravilla |
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3:00pm – 3:15pm |
Robust Long-Term Electrophysiology Interfaces using Roll-to-Roll-Manufactured CNT Thin Films |
Yuhan Wen |
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3:15pm – 3:30pm |
Faculty Presentation (Nuzzo) |
Pierluigi Nuzzo |
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3:30pm-3:45pm |
From Contracts to Learning: Constraint-Aware Design Space Exploration of Complex Systems |
Yifeng Xiao |
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3:45pm – 4:00pm |
Reinforcement Learning for Analog Circuit Optimization |
Chun-Yen Yao |
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4:00pm – 4:15pm |
Break |
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4:15pm – 4:30pm |
Faculty Presentation (Wawrzynek) |
John Wawrznyek |
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4:30pm- 4:45pm |
Faculty Presentation (Muppala) |
Aditya Varma Muppala |
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4:45pm – 6:00pm |
Poster Session continued |
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6:00pm – 8:00pm |
Dinner |
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 |
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12:00pm-1:00pm |
Registration |
Raw Thrills Lounge |
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1:00pm-1:10pm |
Welcome and Workshop Goals/Expectations |
Eugene Jarvis Auditorium |
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1:10pm – 1:55pm |
Panel 1: ‘Envisioning the Future of SoC Design Utilizing Agentic AI' |
Puchir Puri (IBM), Ivan Kissiov (Siemens EDA), Rajeev Jain (Qualcomm), Joseph Gonzales (UCB) |
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1:55pm – 2:40pm |
Panel 2: ‘Realizing the Future of SoC Design Utilizing Agentic AI' |
Ram Iyer (Cadence), Mark Ren (formerly Nvidia), Ala Qumsieh (Apple),Bora Nikolic (UCB) |
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2:40pm – 3:00pm |
Networking Break |
Raw Thrills Lounge |
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2:50pm-4:15pm |
Breakout Discussions |
Brayton Room |
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2:50pm-4:15pm |
Breakout Discussions |
Rosenblum Room |
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2:50pm-4:15pm |
Breakout Discussions |
Eugene Jarvis Auditorium |
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4:15pm – 4:35pm |
Networking Break |
Raw Thrills Lounge |
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4:35pm – 5:50pm |
Breakout Session Reports & Open Discussion |
Eugene Jarvis Auditorium |
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5:50pm-7:00pm |
Student Posters + Heavy Hors D’oeuvres |
Raw Thrills Lounge |
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