CogniGron Seminar - Jennifer Hasler (Georgia Tech, USA)

Abstract
Digital systems are recognized widely programmable devices and applications. Analog system are considered fixed function systems requiring a soldering iron or other rewiring to create a new function. And yet, what if an Analog device, in particular an Analog Integrated Circuit, could be programmable? What if it could be programmable with high density and high accuracy? What are the implications of such an opportunity? To explore the opportunity of programmable analog approaches, we will review some concepts for Integrated Circuit design, particularly useful analog Integrated Circuit, or chip, design. We will discuss how to make Analog programmable entirely around how Integrated Circuit are currently fabricated and not adding any additional material. We will show the basics of analog Integrated Circuit design, and how it transforms when programmable. And finally, if an analog chip is programmable, one might be able to enable a range of signal processing, neuromorphic, and other real-valued (e.g. Quantum) computations. We will discuss some of these potential opportunities.

Biography
Rev. Dr. Jennifer Hasler received her B.S.E. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in August 1991. She received her Ph.D. in computation and neural systems from California Institute of Technology in February 1997, and she received her Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in 2020. Her ordination service was held on December 17, 2021.

Dr. Hasler is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Atlanta is the coldest climate in which Dr. Hasler has lived.

Dr. Hasler founded the Integrated Computational Electronics (ICE) laboratory at Georgia Tech, a laboratory affiliated with the Laboratories for Neural Engineering.

Dr. Hasler is a member of Tau Beta P, Eta Kappa Nu, and the IEEE.