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News

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    At NextG symposium, tech leaders stress collaboration between industry, academia and government

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    Engineering students recognize exceptional teachers and mentors

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    Can language models read the genome? This one decoded mRNA to make better vaccines.

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    Princeton IP Accelerator funding awarded to support promising new technologies

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    Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

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    Episode 1: Stanley Jordan Pulls Out All the Stops

Events

  • May 14

    12:30 pm

    3D Millimeter-wave Imaging and Sensing with Si-based Phased Arrays, Edge Computing, and AI