[AI Seminar Series] REMINDER: Seminar by Prof. Fatemeh Asgarinejad, tomorrow Friday Oct.24th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room

[Vassilis Tsotras]

Reminder for the AI Seminar, tomorrow Friday at noon in the MRB seminar
room. Please use the link below to register if you plan to attend.

thanks,
V. Tsotras

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM Vassilis Tsotras <vassilis.tsotras at ucr.edu>
wrote:

> The next AI Seminar will be on Friday October 24th, 12:00-1:00pm at the
> MRB Seminar Room (1st floor).
>
> *** Pizza and refreshments will be provided ****
>
> To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at:
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-seminar-series-tickets-1846997532339
>
> The talk will be given by *Prof. Fatemeh Asgarinejad*, Department of
> Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCR
>
> TITLE: Towards Efficient Learning on Edge by Hyperdimensional Computing
>
> ABSTRACT:
> Recent advancements in machine learning, while powerful, are often
> burdened by significant computational and memory requirements, limiting
> their deployment in resource-constrained settings. Hyperdimensional
> Computing (HDC) emerges as an alternative with its simplicity, lightweight
> operations, and robustness to errors in high dimensional space. By encoding
> data into high-dimensional vectors and performing efficient algebraic
> computations, HDC opens a new avenue as an efficient learning paradigm.
>
> In this talk, I will introduce the fundamentals of HDC and briefly review
> existing research across its various stages. I will then present PIONEER, a
> novel approach that uses learned projection vectors to optimize the
> encoding process. By leveraging neural networks to learn these vectors,
> PIONEER allows HDC to achieve high accuracy while preserving efficiency.
> Finally, I will discuss two applications of HDC: a cost-effective,
> noise-resilient pressure mat system for human activity recognition and the
> detection of epileptic seizures from surface EEG.
>
>
> Bio:
> Fatemeh Asgarinejad is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the
> Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of
> California, Riverside. Prior to UCR, she earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and
> Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. She is
> the recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award from UC San Diego’s
> Computer Science and Engineering Department and 2025 Barbara J. and Paul D.
> Saltman Excellent Teaching Award. Her Ph.D. research focused on the synergy
> between brain-inspired Hyperdimensional Computing and Machine Learning. She
> is now advancing innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering
> education and exploring applications of machine learning.
>
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> Sponsored by the RAISE at UCR Institute, the AI Seminar Series presents
> speakers working on cutting edge Foundational AI or applying AI in their
> research. The goal of these seminars is to inform the UCR community about
> current trends in AI research and promote collaborations between faculty
> in this emerging field. These seminars are open to interested faculty and
> graduate/undergraduate students. Please forward this email to other
> colleagues or students in your lab that may be interested. After the
> seminar a discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for
> possible collaborations etc.
>
> Sincerely,
> Vassilis Tsotras
> Professor, CSE Department
> co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute
>
> Amit Roy-Chowdhury
> Professor, ECE Department
> co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute
>
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