Yasamin Mostofi received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. She is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara. Yasamin is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the Antonio Ruberti Prize from the IEEE Control Systems Society (research contribution award for 40 and under), the 2025 IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award, the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, and the IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award of Region 6 (more than 10 Western U.S. states), among other awards. She is a fellow of IEEE. Sample keynotes include a keynote at the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile & Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), a semi-plenary talk at the 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), and a keynote at the 2018 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), among others. Yasamin's research is multi-disciplinary, in the areas of wireless systems and robotics/control. Current high-level research thrusts include 1) RF sensing for several different applications such as through-wall imaging, occupancy analytics, collective behaviors, context inference, smart health, and smart spaces; and 2) communication-aware robotics, UAV-assisted connectivity, and joint robotic path planning and communication. Her research has appeared in several reputable news venues such as BBC, New Scientist, Daily Mail, Engadget, TechCrunch, NSF Science360, ACM News, and IEEE Spectrum, among others. Yasamin has served in many different professional capacities over the years. Recent samples include serving on the inaugural editorial board of NPJ Wireless Technology as part of Nature Portfolio, serving on the Board of Governors of IEEE CSS, serving as a senior editor for IEEE TCNS, and serving as a program co-chair for ACM MobiCom 2022, among others.

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