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SummaryRFIC design is a complex “dark art” that limits progress in wireless technologies like 5G, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communications. Princeton researchers use reinforcement learning ...

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In her first year of graduate school at Stanford University, back in 2021, Sydney Erickson knew only that she was going to be a physicist. Now Erickson is finishing her doctoral degree and ...