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A. Lee Swindlehurst, Ph.D.
Nicolaos G. and Sue Curtis Alexopoulos Presidential Chair and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Signal processing, estimation and detection theory, applications in wireless communications, geo-positioning, radar, sonar, biomedicine
Email: swindle@uci.edu
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Hamidreza Aghasi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Analog circuit design, mm-wave and terahertz integrated circuits, high resolution integrated sensing and imaging, neuromorphic computation, emerging device technologies
Email: haghasi@uci.edu
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Mohammad Al Faruque, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Emulex Career Development Chair
Research Interests: Cyberphysical systems, internet of things, embedded systems, cyberphysical systems security
Email: alfaruqu@uci.edu
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Ender Ayanoglu, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Communication systems, communication theory, communication networks
Email: ayanoglu@uci.edu
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Nader Bagherzadeh, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Computer Science
Research Interests: Parallel processing, computer architecture, computer graphics, memory systems, 3D integrated circuits, heterogeneous computing, low-power processing
Email: nader@uci.edu
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Ozdal Boyraz, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Integrated optics, silicon photonics, optical communications systems and microwave photonics
Email: oboyraz@uci.edu
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Peter Burke, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Nano-electronics, bio-nanotechnology
Email: pburke@uci.edu
Hung Cao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Biosensors and bioelectronics, cardiovascular engineering, neural engineering
Email: hungcao@uci.edu
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Filippo Capolino, Ph.D.
Dean's Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Optics/electromagnetics in nanostructures and sensors, antennas/microwaves, radio frequency and wireless systems
Email: f.capolino@uci.edu
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Aparna Chandramowlishwaran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: High-performance computing, domain-specific compilers, algorithm-architecture co-design, data analysis, scientific computing
Email: amowli@uci.edu
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Quoc-Viet Dang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Teaching of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: E-learning, data analysis, autonomous vehicle racing, cyberphysical systems
Email: qpdang@uci.edu
Franco De Flaviis, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Microwave systems, wireless communications, electromagnetic circuit simulations
Email: franco@uci.edu
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Rainer Doemer, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: System-level design, embedded computer systems, design methodologies, specification and modeling languages, advanced parallel simulation, integration of hardware and software systems
Email: doemer@uci.edu
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Magnus Egerstedt, Ph.D.
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Control theory and robotics, control and coordination of complex networks, multirobot systems, mobile sensor networks and cyber-physical systems
Email: magnus@uci.edu
Salma Elmalaki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Teaching Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Mobile computing, pervasive autonomous systems, personalized computing, and internet-of-things (IoT)
Email: salma.elmalaki@uci.edu
Rahim Esfandyar-Pour, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Nanotechnology & nanoscience, microelectromechanical systems & nanoelectromechanical systems, flexible electronics & wearables, sensors & microfluidics, microelectronics circuits & systems, internet of things biodevices, personalized medicine, point-of-care diagnostics
Email: rahimes@uci.edu
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Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Parallel processing, computer architecture, processor architecture
Email: gaudiot@uci.edu
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Michael Green, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Analog/mixed-signal integrated circuit design, broadband circuit design, theory of nonlinear circuits
Email: mgreen@uci.edu
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Glenn Healey, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Machine learning, data science, sabermetrics, physical modeling, computer vision, image processing
Email: ghealey@uci.edu
Payam Heydari, Ph.D.
Chancellor's Professor and Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Design and analysis of analog, radio-frequency, millimeter-wave and terahertz integrated circuits
Email: payam@uci.edu
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Sitao Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Hardware accelerators, programming languages and compilers for accelerators, high-level synthesis, heterogeneous computing
Email: sitaoh@uci.edu
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Syed Jafar, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Wireless communication and information theory
Email: syed@uci.edu
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Hamid Jafarkhani, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Conexant-Broadcom Endowed Chair
Research Interests: Communication theory, signal processing and machine learning with emphases on coding, wireless communications, image processing and wireless networks
Email: hamidj@uci.edu
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Pramod Khargonekar, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Systems and control theory, learning and intelligent systems, applications to renewable energy and smart grid, neural engineering and economics, leadership and creativity, technology and society
Email: pramod.khargonekar@uci.edu
Dion Khodagholy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Bioelectronics, Neural Interface device, Conducting polymers, Systems Neuroscience
Email: dkhodagh@uci.edu
Fadi Kurdahi, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Embedded Computer Systems and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Computer Science
Research Interests: Embedded and cyber-physical systems, very-large-scale integration system design, design automation of digital systems
Email: kurdahi@uci.edu
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Hyoukjun Kwon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: computer architecture, machine learning, hardware accelerator for deep learning, compiler for accelerators, mapping and dataflow optimization on accelerators, cross-stack optimization of AI systems, network-on-chips
Email: hyoukjun.kwon@uci.edu
G.P. Li, Ph.D.
Director of the UCI Division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), Director of the Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Micro/nano technology for sensors and actuators, internet of things (IoT), smart manufacturing, biomedical devices and millimeter-wave wireless communication
Email: gpli@uci.edu
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Zhou Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Data-driven security analytics, internet measurement, side-channel analysis, internet of things security
Email: zhou.li@uci.edu
Athina Markopoulou, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Information and Computer Sciences
Research Interests: Networking: including network protocols, network measurement and analysis, mobile systems and mobile data analysis, network security and privacy
Email: athina@uci.edu
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Henry Samueli, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Digital signal processing, communications systems engineering, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor integrated circuit design for applications in high-speed data transmission systems
Email: engineeringdean@uci.edu
Terry Sanger, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, CHOC; Vice Chair of Research for Pediatrics, UCI School of Medicine, Staff Physician CHOC department of Neurology
Research Interests: Computational neuroscience, machine learning, failure models of biological network computing, robotic models of neurological disorders, dystonia, childhood movement disorders, biological signal processing, adaptive control, stochastic systems
Email: tsanger@uci.edu
Maxim Shcherbakov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Nanotechnology, nonlinear and quantum optics, optics-based telecommunications and computing, laser physics
Email: maxim.shcherbakov@uci.edu
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Yanning Shen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Machine learning, data science, network science and statistical-signal processing
Email: yannings@uci.edu
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Chen-Yu (Phillip) Sheu, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Biomedical Engineering; Computer Science
Research Interests: Semantic computing, robotic computing, artificial intelligence, biomedical computing, multimedia computing
Email: psheu@uci.edu
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Yasser Shoukry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Resilience, safety, security and privacy of artificial intelligence (AI), controlled cyber-physical systems (CPS), internet-of-things (IoT), and robotic systems
Email: yshoukry@uci.edu
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Keyue Smedley, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Power electronics, renewables, energy storage and grid stabilization
Email: smedley@uci.edu
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Peter Tseng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Microelectromechanical systems, wearable technology, materials-by-design, bioelectromagnetism, nanotechnology
Email: tsengpc@uci.edu
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Boris Vaisband, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging, neuromorphic circuits and systems, and design and optimization methodologies, including power delivery and thermal management, communication, and floorplanning
Email: boris.vaisband@uci.edu
Zhiying Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Information theory, coding theory for data storage, compression and computation for genomic information
Email: zhiying@uci.edu
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Fei Xia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (appointment effective July 1, 2025)
Research Interests: Optical microscopy and sensing, biophotonics and neurophotonics, computational optics, neuromorphic optical processors and computation, AI for Optics
Email: fei.xia@uci.edu
Homayoun Yousefi'zadeh, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Communications networks
Email: hyousefi@uci.edu
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