Faculty Research (by Research Area)

Communications and Signal Processing
Name Title Ph.D. Research Interest
Mahnoosh Alizadeh Assistant Professor University of California, Davis Smart Infrastructure, Cyber-physical Systems, Smart Cities, Networked Control Systems
Jerry Gibson Professor Southern Methodist University Voice and Video Compression, Multimedia over Networks, Wireless Communications
Hua Lee Professor University of California, Santa Barbara High-Resolution Imaging Techniques; Microwave, Acoustic, and Ultrasound Imaging Systems; Medical Imaging Devices; Distributed Sensing and Imaging Networks
Upamanyu Madhow Professor University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Wireless Communication, Sensor Networks, Multimedia Security
B.S. Manjunath Professor University of Southern California Image Informatics
Yasamin Mostofi Professor Stanford University Mobile Sensor/Vehicle Networks, Wireless Communications, Networked Control Systems
Ramtin Pedarsani Assistant Professor University of California, Berkeley Information and Coding Theory, Stochastic Systems, Network Control, Distributed Computation
Kenneth Rose Professor California Institute of Technology Information Theory, Signal Compression and Networking, Pattern Recognition
Pradeep Sen Professor Stanford University Computer Graphics, Imaging, Computer Vision
Christos Thrampoulidis Assistant Professor California Institute of Technology High-dimensional Data Analysis, Mathematical Optimization, Compressive Sensing, Signal Processing
Yon Visell Associate Professor McGill University Haptics, Robotics, Tactile Sensing, Soft Electronics, Bioinspired Systems
Computer Engineering
Name Title Ph.D. Research Interest
Kaustav Banerjee Professor University of California, Berkeley Nanoelectronics; Physics, Technology, and Applications of Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials; 2D Materials and their Heterostructures; Bioelectronics; Quantum Electronics; Ultra-Low Power Devices, Circuits and Sensors
Forrest Brewer Professor University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign VLSI Design and Architecture, System Level Tools and Specification
Peng Li Professor Carnegie Mellon University Integrated Circuits and Systems, Learning Algorithms and Circuits for Brain-Inspired Computing, Electronic Design Automation, Computational Brain Modeling, Hardware Machine Learning Systems
Behrooz Parhami Professor University of California, Los Angeles Computer Arithmetic, Parallel Processing, Dependable Computing, Computer Architecture
Dmitri Strukov Professor Stony Brook University Solid-State Nanoionics, Emerging Electron Devices and Circuits, Non-Volatile Memories, Neuromorphic Computing
Luke Theogarajan Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Low-Power Analog VLSI, Biomimetic Nanosystems, Neural Prostheses, Biosensors, Block Polymer Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Microfabrication
Li-C Wang Professor University of Texas at Austin Design Verification, Timing Validation, Silicon Debug and Diagnosis
Yuan Xie Professor Princeton University VLSI Design, Electronics Design Automation, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems Design
Zheng Zhang Assistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Design Automation Algorithms for VLSI/MEMS/Photonics; Uncertainty Quantification and Data Analysis; Modeling and Control for Robotic and Autonomous Systems; Computation for Biomedical Imaging
Control Systems
Name Title Ph.D. Research Interest
Mahnoosh Alizadeh Assistant Professor University of California, Davis Smart Infrastructure, Cyber-physical Systems, Smart Cities, Networked Control Systems
Katie Byl Associate Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Dynamics, Control, Manipulation, Locomotion, Learning
Shiv Chandrasekaran Professor Yale University Fast Algorithms for Partial Differential Equations, Signal and Image Processing
João Hespanha Professor Yale University Hybrid and Switched Systems; the Modeling and Control of Communication Networks; Distributed Control over Communication Networks (also known as networked control systems); the Use of Vision in Feedback Control; Game Theory; and Stochastic Modeling in Biology
Jason Marden Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles Game Theoretic Methods for Coordination of Large Scale Distributed Systems
Yasamin Mostofi Professor Stanford University Mobile Sensor/Vehicle Networks, Wireless Communications, Networked Control Systems
Andrew Teel Professor University of California, Berkeley Development of Feedback Control Algorithms for Nonlinear and Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Electronics and Photonics
Name Title Ph.D. Research Interest
Daniel Blumenthal Professor University of Colorado at Boulder Optical Communications and Networks, Optical Packet Switching, Ultra Low Loss Waveguide (ULLW) Platform and Devices, Low-noise and Linewidth Lasers, Integrated Optical Gyros, Ultrafast Optical Signal Processing, Photonic Integration in InP, SiPh/InP and Silicon Photonic and Nano-photonic Device Technologies
John Bowers Professor Stanford University Photonic Materials, Devices, Systems and Networks
James Buckwalter Professor California Institute of Technology High-speed Mixed-signal Circuits, RF and Millimeter-wave Integrated Circuits and Systems, RF Photonic, Optoelectronic Interfaces, CMOS and III-V ICs
Larry Coldren Research Professor & Professor Emeritus Stanford University Optoelectronic Materials and Devices with an emphasis on Photonic Integrated Circuits for Optical Communication and Sensing Applications
Nadir Dagli Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Design, Fabrication, and Modeling of Photonic Integrated Circuits; Ultra-fast Electro-optic Modulators; WDM Components; Photonic Nanostructures
Steven Denbaars Professor University of Southern California Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Electronics
Arthur Gossard Research Professor & Professor Emeritus University of California, Berkeley Growth of Quantum Structures and Nanostructures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Jonathan Klamkin Associate Professor University of California, Santa Barbara Integrated Photonics, Silicon Photonics, Optical Communications, Nanophotonics, Microwave Photonics, Compound Semiconductors, Photonic Integration Techniques, Electronic-photonic Integration
Umesh Mishra Professor Cornell University Physics and Technology of Devices Based on Wide Bandgap Materials. Applications: Microwave Electronics, Power Electronics, Opto-electronics and Sensing
Galan Moody Assistant Professor University of Colorado Boulder Quantum Photonics and Optoelectronics; Physics of Nanoscale Quantum Systems and Devices including Quantum Dots and 2D Materials; Quantum Light Generation, Manipulation, and Detection; Hybrid Quantum Systems; Valleytronics
Christopher Palmstrøm Professor University of Leeds, U.K. Spintronics, Metallization of Semiconductors, Thin Film Analysis, Dissimilar Materials Epitaxial Growth, and Molecular Beam and Chemical Beam Epitaxial Growth of Metallic Compounds, Functional Materials, Magnetic Materials and Compound Semiconductors
Pierre Petroff Research Professor & Professor Emeritus University of California, Berkeley Growth and Spectroscopy of Confined 2D and 3D Confined Electrons in Semiconductors; Modifications of the Electronic States in these Quantum Confined Systems w/ Confined Photons
Mark Rodwell Professor Stanford University Research in very high frequency electronics: transistors, ICs, communications and imaging systems operating from 60-600GHz.  Research on nm transistors for VLSI.
Loai Salem Assistant Professor University of California, San Diego Power Management Integrated Circuits including Energy Harvesters and RF Supply Modulators, RF Power Amplifiers, Low-power Mixed-signal Circuits with focus on New Architectures for Analog/Digital Corcuits
Clint Schow Professor University of Texas at Austin Optoelectronic/Electronic Integration and Co-design, Photonic Switching, Equalization Techniques for High-speed Optical Links, Optoelectronic Devices, Integrated Transceiver Packaging
Jon Schuller Associate Professor Stanford University Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Photovoltaics, Organic Semiconductors, and IR Spectroscopy
Spencer L. Smith Associate Professor University of California, Los Angeles Neuroengineering, Optics, Imaging, Neuroscience, Vision, Neural modelling, Electronics
Robert York Professor Cornell University Electronics and Photonics; Microwave and Millimeter-wave Circuits and Devices; Ferroelectric Thin-film Technology and Applications