BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260203T145630Z UID:6FEF0DED-C800-4E51-B1FA-A815CB94E586 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T200000 DESCRIPTION:Event will be held on Tuesday\, January 27\, 2026\, from 6:00 –8:00 PM (EST) at Northeastern University - Boston campus EXP Building ( Conf room: 610).\n\nAbstract:\n\nOver the past decade\, RF and microwave s ensing and communications have become increasingly intertwined\, a converg ence that is accelerating as new computing paradigms reshape how informati on is acquired\, processed\, and acted upon. Today\, sensing\, communicati on\, and computing are no longer distinct system layers: computing provide s the tools and infrastructure that enable modern communication\, while co mmunication itself has become a fundamental operation within many computin g systems.\n\nTechnologies such as software-defined radios and edge comput ing further blur these boundaries by embedding intelligence directly into the coordination and operation of RF channels. In this talk\, I examine bo th the enabling devices\, components\, and circuits that make this fusion possible\, as well as emerging computing paradigms that fundamentally alte r how RF systems interact with data. I will highlight recent advances in t unable on-chip RF and microwave platforms and discuss the emergence of mic rowave neural networks\, which leverage these capabilities to perform sign al processing and inference directly in hardware. Together\, these example s point toward a new class of RF and millimeter-wave systems that move bey ond passively listening to their environment toward actively understanding it\, while also revealing the practical limits and open challenges of int elligence at the RF front end.\n\nSpeaker(s): Alyssa\, \n\nRoom: Conf room EXP 610\, Bldg: EXP\, Northeastern University\, 815 Columbus Ave\, Boston \, Massachusetts\, United States\, 02120 LOCATION:Room: Conf room EXP 610\, Bldg: EXP\, Northeastern University\, 81 5 Columbus Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States\, 02120 ORGANIZER:ieee.microsystems.boston@gmail.com SEQUENCE:44 SUMMARY:Communicating\, Processing\, and Computing: Systems That Listen AND Understand URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/532921 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="M soNormal"><span style="background-color: rgb(241\, 196\, 15)\; font-family : terminal\, monaco\, monospace\; font-size: 18pt\;">Event will be held on Tuesday\, January 27\, 2026\, from 6:00&ndash\;8:00 PM (EST) at Northeast ern University - Boston campus EXP Building (Conf room: 610).</span></p>\n <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;">Abstra ct:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ge orgia\, palatino\, serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">Over the past decade\, RF an d microwave sensing and communications have become increasingly intertwine d\, a convergence that is accelerating as new computing paradigms reshape how information is acquired\, processed\, and acted upon. Today\, sensing\ , communication\, and computing are no longer distinct system layers: comp uting provides the tools and infrastructure that enable modern communicati on\, while communication itself has become a fundamental operation within many computing systems.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line -height: 107%\; font-family: georgia\, palatino\, serif\;">Technologies su ch as software-defined radios and edge computing further blur these bounda ries by embedding intelligence directly into the coordination and operatio n of RF channels. In this talk\, I examine both the enabling devices\, com ponents\, and circuits that make this fusion possible\, as well as emergin g computing paradigms that fundamentally alter how RF systems interact wit h data. I will highlight recent advances in tunable on-chip RF and microwa ve platforms and discuss the emergence of microwave neural networks\, whic h leverage these capabilities to perform signal processing and inference d irectly in hardware. Together\, these examples point toward a new class of RF and millimeter-wave systems that move beyond passively listening to th eir environment toward actively understanding it\, while also revealing th e practical limits and open challenges of intelligence at the RF front end .</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR