Join us for ECExpo 2024 on April 5, 10am-6:30pm
Come learn about the exciting new developments in education and research in ECE at UC Davis! An agenda for the event is included below.
Event registration is now closed. Please email Rebecca Bailey (rbailey@ucdavis.edu), if you missed the RSVP deadline but would still like to participate!
- Registration and Coffee - 10 am, Kemper Hall Lobby
- Enjoy some coffee, light breakfast, and networking.
- Welcome and Keynote, "Academia to Apple Inc." – 10:30 am, Kemper Hall Lobby
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Stephen Schell reflects on an unlikely career spanning academia, start-up companies, and finally Apple where he led wireless systems architecture for the first iPhone and several subsequent generations. Starting from his research focus on adaptive signal processing, he found he had to adapt his technical interests and professional scope several times over the decades. Papers, patents, and products ensued!
About the Keynote Speaker: Stephen Schell was a pivotal member of the Apple team that created the first iPhone in 2007. In his 10 years at Apple, he drove wireless technology plans for cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and near-field communication protocols many years ahead of product launches, and helped build the architectures of the Apple Pay system, the eSIM feature that freed the iPhone from SIM cards and the AirPods product line. He retired as a senior director of wireless systems architecture and DEST in 2015. Over his nearly 35-year career, Schell achieved 90 patents as a co-inventor or, sometimes, as a sole inventor. He is also proud of his time as a tenure-track electrical engineering professor at Pennsylvania State University, where he advised three Ph.D. students and five M.S. students in the early '90s. - Lunch and Poster Preview - 12 pm, Kemper Hall Courtyard
- Enjoy lunch in the beautiful open space of the Kemper Courtyard. Student posters will also be available for browsing.
- New Faculty Talk and Department Highlights - 1:15 pm, Kemper Hall Lobby
- Our department’s newest faculty member, Prof. Yubei Chen, will give an exciting talk on his work, "Self-Supervised Learning: the Principles and the Frontier". Department Chair André Knoesen will also overview research, funding, and teaching successes in our department over the past year.
- Student Poster Session, Reception, and Awards - 2:15 pm, Kemper Hall Courtyard and Lobby
- See posters highlighting some of the amazing work of our students.
- Student-Led Networking Event - 4 pm, Kemper Hall Courtyard
- An IEEE Industry Immersion and GSA mixer.
- Guest Parking Instructions
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The UC Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering office is located at 2064 Kemper Hall. The closest visitor parking to our department office is visitor parking lot 47.Parking has gone mobile--Amp Park App!
When you're on the go, the free Amp Park app makes it easy to pay for parking at UC Davis right from your phone. Once you set up your account, simply select your parking zone, vehicle, pay for the day or hour, and go. It's smart, contactless payment in the palm of your hand!
Click the following links for more information regarding visitor parking rates and how to pay for parking with the Amp Park app.
For additional information to navigate around campus, please review the UC Davis Campus Map. For more details regarding distinguished visitor parking, please contact ece-notify@ucdavis.edu.
