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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

A Rewarding Retirement

Chris Forland’s years on campus prepared him for future successes, and he’s paying it forward to ensure the same holds true for Tartan engineers and his loved ones.
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Data Science Club Competes in Hack-a-Thon

The CMU-Africa Data Science Club competed in this year’s Umoja Hack. Umoja Hack is Africa’s premier inter-university hack-a-thon which includes three days of speakers, competitions, and networking events.
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Chi Named 2023 IEEE Fellow

Yuejie Chi has been elevated to fellow status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Bringing AI to Hard Disk Drives

Jimmy Zhu and his students have fabricated the first machine learning-based data detection channel chip for hard disk drives.
Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Yagan Receives Three Federal Grants for Network Science Research

Osman Yagan recently received three federal grants totaling $1.6 million from the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for proposals focusing on network science.
Thursday, November 03, 2022

Joshi Receives 2023 Young Investigator Award

Gauri Joshi has received the 2023 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research for her work in data-aware and system-aware algorithms for distributed machine learning.
Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Siewiorek Retires After 50 Years of Service

During Siewiorek’s five-decade tenure at Carnegie Mellon, he has inspired hundreds of students and leaves an immeasurable impact on the field of electrical and computer engineering.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Sriraman Featured as Meta's Academic of the Month

Akshitha Sriraman is featured on the Meta Research blog this October as the Academic of the Month. In the monthly interview series, Meta features members of the academic community — and the important research they do — as thought partners, collaborators, and independent contributors.
Monday, October 24, 2022

What We Must Do To Protect Critical Industrial Systems From Cyber Attacks

Craig Miller interviewed with Authority Magazine on what we must do to protect critical industrial systems from cyberattacks.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Did You Hear That?

Alum-founded company, Audition Technology, offers over-the-counter hearing aids, providing affordable, accessible, and quality hearing healthcare and wellness to millions of Americans.
Monday, October 10, 2022

Playing Nice

Someday autonomous vehicles and human-driven vehicles will share the road. How to manage the rise of AVs is the topic of a Carnegie Mellon policy brief.
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Students Earn Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships for Pose Estimation

Zhengyi Luo, a Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute (RI), and Yu-Jhe Li, a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, are researching pose estimation, an essential component for human-like 3D avatars in games or sci-fi-like telepresence.
Dinosaurs Found Where Art and Technology Intersect
Monday, September 26, 2022

Dinosaurs Found Where Art and Technology Intersect

An engineer and artist, John Schlag created reality-defying graphics for some of the most famous movies of our time, including Jurassic Park and Terminator 2.
CMU Team Designs the Airports of Tomorrow
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

CMU Team Designs the Airports of Tomorrow

An interdisciplinary team from Carnegie Mellon University won NASA’s Blue Skies: Airports of Tomorrow competition with their project focused on sustainability and connected autonomy, earning them internships with NASA this upcoming year.
Transformational Growth at CMU-Africa
Thursday, September 08, 2022

Transformational Growth at CMU-Africa

A historic partnership with the Mastercard Foundation will expand the engineering and technology, research, and entrepreneurship programs at CMU-Africa, helping to strengthen Africa’s technology, innovation, and research ecosystem.
Dean’s Early Career Fellows Announced
Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Dean’s Early Career Fellows Announced

Five College of Engineering faculty members have been awarded the Dean’s Early Career Fellowship in recognition of their exemplary contributions to their respective fields.
CMU Spin Off Develops Software for Clean Energy
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

CMU Spin Off Develops Software for Clean Energy

Pearl Street Technologies develops software that identifies what grid upgrades might be needed to allow wind and solar projects to interconnect to the power grid.
Diversity Proves Key in Optimization
Monday, August 29, 2022

Diversity Proves Key in Optimization

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a framework to explain how the layered architecture of the human brain enables fast and accurate sensorimotor control despite slow or inaccurate components; a finding that could inspire future intelligent systems.
Researchers Win Best Paper at ICCP 2022
Friday, August 26, 2022

Researchers Win Best Paper at ICCP 2022

Their paper, “Polarized Spiral Point Spread Function for Single-Shot 3D,” outlines a new depth estimation technique using a specialized point spread function (PSF) to determine depth from a single-lense image.
Afretec Awards First Research Planning Grants
Monday, August 22, 2022

Afretec Awards First Research Planning Grants

Pan-African network funds six collaborative research projects aimed at driving inclusive digital transformation on the continent.
Demystifying Communication in the Brain
Friday, August 19, 2022

Demystifying Communication in the Brain

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Einstein College of Medicine, and the Champalimaud Foundation introduce a new statistical method, Delayed Latents Across Groups or DLAG, to help detangle concurrent communication across brain areas.
Hacking Team Wins Superbowl of Hacking for 6th Time
Monday, August 15, 2022

Hacking Team Wins Superbowl of Hacking for 6th Time

Carnegie Mellon University’s hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, joined forces with the University of British Columbia’s team, Maple Bacon, and researchers from Theori.io, a Texas-based company founded by CMU alumni, to win this year’s DEF CON cybersecurity conference’s Capture the Flag competition, an event widely regarded as the “Olympics of hacking.”
Dandin recognized for novel approach to single-cell cancer research
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Dandin recognized for novel approach to single-cell cancer research

ECE Assistant Professor Marc Dandin has received Oracle’s inaugural Research Project Award for his innovative approach to single-cell cancer research.
Koopman quoted by multiple outlets on AV safety
Friday, July 08, 2022

Koopman quoted by multiple outlets on AV safety

ECE Associate Professor and leading expert in AV safety, Phil Koopman, has been quoted in a number of articles from various outlets.
Joshi, Zhang named to MIT Technology Review's "Innovators Under 35" list
Thursday, July 07, 2022

Joshi, Zhang named to MIT Technology Review's "Innovators Under 35" list

ECE assistant professors Gauri Joshi and Xu Zhang have been named to the MIT Technology Review's 2022 class of "Innovators Under 35" listECE assistant professors Gauri Joshi and Xu Zhang have been named to the MIT Technology Review's 2022 class of "Innovators Under 35" list
Sekar earns ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Paper Award
Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Sekar earns ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Paper Award

Professor Vyas Sekar and fellow researchers explore the impact of video quality on user engagement.
Carnegie Mellon launches initiative to transform nanosatellite capabilities
Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Carnegie Mellon launches initiative to transform nanosatellite capabilities

Researchers at CMU’s College of Engineering are working to develop computationally capable constellations of nanosatellites, equipped with machine learning techniques that extract valuable insights from the data while still in orbit.
Koopman selected for NSC Inaugural Mobility Safety Advisory Group
Friday, July 01, 2022

Koopman selected for NSC Inaugural Mobility Safety Advisory Group

ECE Associate Professor, Phil Koopman, a leading expert in Autonomous Vehicle (AV) safety, has been selected by the National Safety Council (NSC) to join its inaugural Mobility Safety Advisory Group.
Protect Your Security and Privacy
Friday, July 01, 2022

Protect Your Security and Privacy

As many of us leave for summer vacation, protect your security and privacy with these tips from CyLab faculty.
Researchers discover cost-effective way to harness satellite signals
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Researchers discover cost-effective way to harness satellite signals

As low orbit satellites become more abundant, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are uncovering new ways to harness satellite frequencies using small, low-cost, mobile devices.
Sekar earns IIT Madras Young Alumni Achiever Award
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Sekar earns IIT Madras Young Alumni Achiever Award

Electrical and Computer Engineering Tan Family Professor Vyas Sekar has received the Institute of Technology Madras' inaugural Young Alumni Achiever Award.
Chen recognized as a highly accomplished early-career engineer
Monday, June 27, 2022

Chen recognized as a highly accomplished early-career engineer

Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Vanessa Chen has been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium.
Alumnus-owned Quadric donates developer kits
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Alumnus-owned Quadric donates developer kits

AI developer and processor manufacturing company, Quadric, donated two of its developer kits for projects in ECE's Entrepreneurship course.
Rajkumar quoted on Tesla issues
Monday, June 13, 2022

Rajkumar quoted on Tesla issues

Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Gizmodo on the drawbacks of steering technology in self-driving cars amid new reports of Teslas randomly braking on the road.
Three Mastercard Scholars honored at graduation
Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Three Mastercard Scholars honored at graduation

Three CMU-Africa Mastercard Scholars were given special honors at graduation.
Flipping the Switch on a New Career
Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Flipping the Switch on a New Career

A temporary part-time position turned into a full-time career for Jessica Tomko at Carnegie Mellon University.
Seeing Beyond Algorithms
Wednesday, June 01, 2022

Seeing Beyond Algorithms

CMU alumnae harness AI and computer vision to break down social media siloes.
Winners announced for 2022 TechSpark Design Expo
Friday, May 27, 2022

Winners announced for 2022 TechSpark Design Expo
Making Machines Cooperate
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Making Machines Cooperate

Associate Professor Carlee Joe-Wong and Courtesy Professor Robert Iannucci have received an NSF Award for their work on data-centric networks. Their research looks to improve distributed learning in applications like smart cities, data analysis, augmented reality and more.
Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Sailor
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Sailor

For ECE alumnus Will Lee, an internship helped him discover something a little more unexpected: a passion for sailing.
Rajkumar interviewed on international chip shortage
Monday, May 16, 2022

Rajkumar interviewed on international chip shortage

ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in an article published by WESA on how the international microchip shortage has disrupted research at CMU.
Wet circuits for biology research
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Wet circuits for biology research

You don’t have to be an engineer to know that water and electronics don’t mix. But if you want to use a sensing circuit to study small-scale features in a community of cells, the electronics must find a way to accommodate the cell’s aqueous environment.
Savvides Wins PIPLA 2022 Inventor of the Year
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Savvides Wins PIPLA 2022 Inventor of the Year

The award is given to a scientist whose patented developments have been economically significant and/or made positive contributions to society.
Blanton Accepts NSBE Lifetime Achievement in Academia Award
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Blanton Accepts NSBE Lifetime Achievement in Academia Award

Shawn Blanton accepted the 2022 Lifetime Achievement in Academia Award at the National Society of Black Engineers’ annual conference.
Controlling Light Waves
Monday, April 04, 2022

Controlling Light Waves

Researchers create chip-scale broadband light sources from silicon carbide.
Crossroads for Data
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Crossroads for Data

The Intel/VMware Crossroads 3D-FPGA Academic Research Center has been formed to determine the role of FPGAs in extending the performance and efficiency of future datacenters.
Koopman Quoted in The Guardian on AV Technology Safety
Monday, March 28, 2022

Koopman Quoted in The Guardian on AV Technology Safety

“Safety isn’t about working right most of the time. Safety is all about the rare case where it doesn’t work properly."
Disentangling Interactions Across Brain Areas
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Disentangling Interactions Across Brain Areas

A long-standing research collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Champalimaud Research is simultaneously recording populations of neurons across multiple brain areas in the visual system and utilizing novel statistical methods to observe neural activity patterns being conveyed between the areas.
CyLab’s 2022 Seed Funding Awardees
Friday, March 18, 2022

CyLab’s 2022 Seed Funding Awardees

Over $400K in seed funding has been awarded to 18 different faculty and staff across seven departments at Carnegie Mellon to support security and privacy research. Funding was awarded based on projects’ intellectual merit, originality, fit towards CyLab’s priorities, and potential impact.
Kumar Quoted in The Daily Beast
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Kumar Quoted in The Daily Beast

Kumar was quoted in Daily Beast on a fiber that can be used to turn clothes into listening devices.
Bosch Takes Next Steps
Monday, March 14, 2022

Bosch Takes Next Steps

Bosch and Carnegie Mellon announced new leadership for the Carnegie Bosch Institute (CBI) as Christopher Martin, CMU alumnus and director of engineering, research and development for the Bosch Research and Technology Center in Pittsburgh, steps into the role of president of CBI.
Low Power Encrypted Computing Solutions
Thursday, March 03, 2022

Low Power Encrypted Computing Solutions

van der Hagen has developed new algorithms and hardware designs that make encrypted offloading feasible, even for low-resource clients.
Gift to Advance Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon
Monday, February 21, 2022

Gift to Advance Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon alumnus to make a generous gift to support electrical and computer engineering at the institution.
Faculty Named Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researchers
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Faculty Named Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researchers

CyLab faculty Justine Sherry, Vyas Sekar, and James Hoe have been selected among the winners of Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researcher Award for their collaborative work on “Pigasus: FPGA-Accelerated Intrusion Detection and Prevention System” with Intel. Their work is to the fastest open-source intrusion detection system to date.
Fanti Awarded Second Chainlink Research Grant
Monday, February 14, 2022

Fanti Awarded Second Chainlink Research Grant

Giulia Fanti, a leading academic researcher on blockchain and distributed systems, has been selected as a research grant recipient by the Chainlink Community Grant Program.
Fingerprinting the IoT
Wednesday, February 09, 2022

Fingerprinting the IoT

Researchers at the Energy-Efficient Circuits and Systems Lab are inventing new ways to secure IoT devices.
Engineering a Career in Medicine
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Engineering a Career in Medicine

Even though a career in medicine—whether at a hospital or military base—is very different from ECE, Chatterjee maintains that his undergraduate experience was integral to his present career.
Build18 Featured in The Verge
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Build18 Featured in The Verge

Participants of the ECE Build18 engineering festival were referenced in a story in The Verge featuring their project of creating a fish-operated vehicle.
Mochi Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Mochi Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award

The Parallel Data Lab’s Mochi Project recently received the prestigious R&D 100 Award from R&D World magazine, a leading resource for research scientists, engineers, and technical staff members at laboratories around the world.
Tartan-Artibeus-1 Satellite to Launch to Low-Earth Orbit
Thursday, January 13, 2022

Tartan-Artibeus-1 Satellite to Launch to Low-Earth Orbit

Lucia's lab developed the Tartan-Artibeus-1 Satellite, the world’s first batteryless pocketqube nanosatellite, which will be deployed to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) aboard the SpaceX Transporter-3 Rocket, launching from Cape Canaveral.
Kar Named 2022 IEEE Fellow
Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Kar Named 2022 IEEE Fellow

Soummya Kar has been elevated to fellow status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology.
Encouraging Student Research
Monday, January 03, 2022

Encouraging Student Research

Participating in research can have a profound effect on a student’s future career. It allows them to gain high-level experiences and technical skills in their field. They also learn skills like time management and teamwork, which are valuable no matter what industry the student ultimately goes into.
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