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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

A Passion for Power Systems

Power outages during childhood inspires CMU-Africa student to pursue power system solutions.
Friday, December 08, 2023

Conrad Tucker named new director of CMU-Africa

In his new role as director of CMU-Africa, Tucker will also serve as the College of Engineering’s Associate Dean for International Programs in Africa.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Going Wireless Is Not Just For Phones

A team of researchers developed a platform where soft robots can be controlled in a non-line-of-sight context using wireless energy.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Tartan Teacher in His Second Act

ECE alum Gerald Ng infuses Newton South High School with his CMU experiences.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Zhang Receives NSF CAREER Award

This prestigious five-year funding opportunity will allow Zhang to continue his work on a specific class of kirigami-actuated adapted metasurfaces whose dynamic tunability makes them ideal for use in biomedical imaging, drone-based sensing and imaging, and wearable augmented reality glasses.
Monday, November 13, 2023

Nakahira Attends Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

The two-and-a-half-day symposium showcased developments on the following topics: materials by design, computational approaches to address infectious diseases, wearable robotics, and circular economy.
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Do Drones Have a Future in African Agriculture?

Researchers are beginning to realize drones’ potential in the quick transportation of goods, leading to the development of startup companies such as Zipline, an autonomous delivery system that drops off packages of blood to clinics by parachute.
Wednesday, November 01, 2023

Validating Large Language Models

Researchers developed an automated tool to audit AI models that are designed to understand and generate human language.
Thursday, October 26, 2023

New Quantum Computing and Information Technologies Center

A new National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University will create an ecosystem that advances quantum computing and information technologies.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Detecting Brain Tsunamis

A collaboration between researchers in engineering and medicine has resulted in the first noninvasive method for detecting worsening brain injuries before they happen, a breakthrough with potential to reshape neurocritical care.
Monday, October 16, 2023

Cen Receives J.P. Morgan AI Ph.D. Fellowship

Shicong Cen, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering, received a J.P. Morgan AI Ph.D. Fellowship for his research on the learning process in data-driven decision making.
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Cadence Day

Since 2019, Cadence Design Systems and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have built and maintained a strong partnership rooted in the belief of hands-on education and innovation. To celebrate the continued collaboration, the department hosted the first annual Cadence Day.
Faculty and Alumnus Inducted Into the National Academy of Engineering
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Faculty and Alumnus Inducted Into the National Academy of Engineering

College of Engineering dean, professor, and alumnus recognized for outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.
Koopman Receives ISSS Educator of the Year Award
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Koopman Receives ISSS Educator of the Year Award

The Educator of the Year Award is presented annually for outstanding achievement in, or contribution to, system safety education and the advancement of the state of knowledge in system safety.
Steering Light at the Speed of Sound
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Steering Light at the Speed of Sound

CMU researchers develop ultrafast light steering technology that could benefit LiDAR, projectors, and imaging systems.
Sriraman Receives Intel’s 2023 Rising Star Award
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Sriraman Receives Intel’s 2023 Rising Star Award

The Intel Rising Star Faculty Award program selects early-career academic researchers who are leading the advancements in technology research that demonstrate the potential to disrupt the industry.
USDOT Deputy Secretary Meets CMU Transportation Researchers
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

USDOT Deputy Secretary Meets CMU Transportation Researchers

USDOT Deputy Secretary Meets CMU Transportation Researchers
Pileggi Honored with 2023 Phil Kaufman Award
Thursday, September 07, 2023

Pileggi Honored with 2023 Phil Kaufman Award

Lawrence Pileggi, Coraluppi Head and Tanoto Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, will be honored with the 2023 Phil Kaufman Award for distinguished contributions to Electronic System Design.
Researchers Win Best Paper at Top Graphics Conference
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Researchers Win Best Paper at Top Graphics Conference

Aswin Sankaranarayanan and team won Best Paper Award at the 2023 Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference.
Embedded Deep Learning
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Embedded Deep Learning

The new course highlights embedded deep learning through hands-on experiences. Projects included a dog fitness tracker, a bird feeder program that distinguishes birds from squirrels, and a program that detects how much empty space is on your shelves at home.
Improving Traffic Safety with Intelligent Transportation Systems
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Improving Traffic Safety with Intelligent Transportation Systems

Researchers at CMU-Africa and CMU-Pittsburgh are working to improve traffic safety in Africa through the use of intelligent transportation systems.
Communication and Compute For All
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Communication and Compute For All

A team of CMU researchers led by Swarun Kumar and Akshitha Sriraman received the College of Engineering Moonshot Award for their interdisciplinary initiative between CMU-Pittsburgh and CMU-Africa.
Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins 7th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins 7th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), was back at it again, as the team defended its title, earning its seventh victory in the past eleven years.
Introducing Students to Open-Source Chip Design
Wednesday, August 09, 2023

Introducing Students to Open-Source Chip Design

A new course in ECE aims to provide students with an introduction to open-source computer chip design.
Using AI Towards a Cleaner Energy Future: Building Hope Closing Event
Wednesday, August 09, 2023

Using AI Towards a Cleaner Energy Future: Building Hope Closing Event

Funded through PT2020 and FCT under the CMU Portugal Program, Building HOPE – Building Holistic Optimization of Prosumed Energy – aimed to revolutionize energy management practices in smart urban environments.
Detecting Trojans in Analog Hardware
Thursday, August 03, 2023

Detecting Trojans in Analog Hardware

Researchers designed a hardware trojan detection method meant to continuously monitor for malicious hardware.
Getting Started in Electronics
Friday, July 28, 2023

Getting Started in Electronics

A new course in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering aims to bring all students closer to the discipline, even non-majors.
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Unprecedented Resolution
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Unprecedented Resolution

Researchers begin human testing of noninvasive neural interfaces that can be used as a wearable device.
Three Alumni-Founded Startups Join 2023 VentureBridge Cohort
Friday, July 14, 2023

Three Alumni-Founded Startups Join 2023 VentureBridge Cohort

Leaficient, Addy AI, and Berri are founded by College of Engineering alumni and join 10 other startups as a part of the VentureBridge investment program.
Wireless Beamforming
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Wireless Beamforming

Ph.D. alumnus Jingxian Wang has been awarded the ACM SIGMOBILE award for his thesis, “Blind Wireless Beamforming to Power, Heat, and Move,” which explores ways in which blind beamforming systems can deliver precise energy to battery-free devices.
Tracking Contagions
Monday, July 10, 2023

Tracking Contagions

A team of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon’s Mansi Sood study how contagions spread and mutate on complex networks. The work was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Introducing Students to Nanofabrication
Monday, June 26, 2023

Introducing Students to Nanofabrication

The new ECE course, Hacker Fab, provides students with a hands-on introduction to fabrication of nanoscale technologies
"Eat a Tub of Expired Yogurt"
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

"Eat a Tub of Expired Yogurt"

Recent CMU grad develops hostile, lying chatbot as an ethics exercise.
Kwasa Named Fulbright U.S. Scholar
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Kwasa Named Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Jasmine Kwasa, a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University’s Neuroscience Institute, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to expand access to quality epilepsy monitoring in Kenya.
Carnegie Mellon University Africa Celebrates 10th Graduation
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University Africa Celebrates 10th Graduation

The event, held on May 26th, honored the achievements of the Class of 2023, which included 158 graduates.
Focusing on Virtual Reality
Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Focusing on Virtual Reality

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new method for generating natural focal blur in a virtual reality headset, called the Split-Lohmann multifocal display.
The Benefits of Brain Computer Interfaces
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The Benefits of Brain Computer Interfaces

Yu weighs in on the benefits of brain computer interfaces (BCI) in a BuiltIn explainer piece.
Announcing Safety21
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Announcing Safety21

Congresswoman Summer Lee and USDOT announce $20 million grant for transportation safety research for Carnegie Mellon.
Sharing the Road
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Sharing the Road

Joe-Wong published an opinion piece in Autonomous Vehicle International on how self-driving cars and human-driven cars can share the road.
$3.3 million Awarded to Advance Digital Technology in Africa
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

$3.3 million Awarded to Advance Digital Technology in Africa

Afretec has awarded 11 grants, each led by a multi-university research team, to build research capacity and work toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa.
Reimagining Datacenters
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Reimagining Datacenters

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are rethinking datacenter architecture, improving their cost- and energy-efficiency, sustainability, and equity.
Moura Awarded the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Moura Awarded the IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal

José Moura, the Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received the prestigious IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal for contributions to theory and practice of statistical, graph, and distributed signal processing.
Zero Trust in "Zero Trust"
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Zero Trust in "Zero Trust"

In a new tech report, Virgil Gligor explains why the U.S. Government’s plan to implement zero-trust architectures leaves much to be desired.
Energy Course Continuum: a CMU-Africa and Pittsburgh Collaboration
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Energy Course Continuum: a CMU-Africa and Pittsburgh Collaboration

Students at CMU-Africa and CMU-Pittsburgh have the opportunity to enroll in a unique continuum of classes focusing on the fundamentals of energy systems preparing them for designing these systems in different contexts.
Software Engineer, Pageant Queen
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Software Engineer, Pageant Queen

ECE alumna Lisa Yan was crowned Miss Asian Global, representing the Chinese community of San Francisco. Her platform focus earned her the merit titles of Miss Asian STEM and Miss Asian Entrepreneur.
Improving System Verification
Monday, March 13, 2023

Improving System Verification

Parno and researchers present a hybrid approach that combines linear types with SMT-based verification for memory reasoning, winning an ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award at this year’s OOPSLA Conference.
ECE PhD Students Host Pittsburgh Women in Math and Computing Symposium
Thursday, March 02, 2023

ECE PhD Students Host Pittsburgh Women in Math and Computing Symposium

ECE PhD Students, Mansi Sood and Isabel Murdock, organize a professional development and networking symposium, the Pittsburgh Women in Math and Computing Symposium, at Carnegie Mellon University to support women considering graduate degrees in math and computing-related fields.
James Barr von Oehsen Named Director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

James Barr von Oehsen Named Director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

James Barr von Oehsen has been selected as the director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
Solving Africa’s Energy Crisis One Battery at a Time
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Solving Africa’s Energy Crisis One Battery at a Time

Rawn, along with students working on the project, saw the potential value in repurposing used battery cells from solar energy systems and electric vehicles and began approaching e-waste recycling companies that could partner in the endeavor.
Fromherz Wins ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Fromherz Wins ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award

To ensure the dependability of real-world critical software, Aymeric Fromherz, a former CyLab Presidential Fellow who earned his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2022, advocates for the adoption of a proof-oriented programming paradigm in high-assurance software development, providing mathematical guarantees about various aspects of a program’s behavior.
It takes two: Analyzing Neural Activity From Calcium Imaging
Monday, January 23, 2023

It takes two: Analyzing Neural Activity From Calcium Imaging

Carnegie Mellon University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers teamed up to analyze existing methods that are used to interpret calcium imaging recordings, as well as propose a novel method that combines two leading approaches.
Savvides Talks Potential of Facial Recognition Research to Predict Market Trends
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Savvides Talks Potential of Facial Recognition Research to Predict Market Trends

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, one of the leading institutions for artificial intelligence research, have embarked on a study using facial-recognition algorithms to track the expressions of traders.
Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa
Thursday, January 05, 2023

Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa

Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will bring together academia, government, and the private sector to make digital financial services more accessible.
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