Research
Engineers have the power to create new things and the responsibility to use our knowledge for good. Our faculty and students pursue novel, visionary research that leads to positive societal impact.
Explore areas of research excellence, and view video highlights from faculty labs.
Climate Solutions
Baskin Engineering researchers are leading major projects to address climate crisis issues, including green computing, conservation genomics, more efficient greenhouses, smart power, climate-wise agricultural technology, wildfire management and more. These initiatives leverage engineering expertise and partnerships to provide meaningful contributions that are improving our resilience to climate change. Innovative technical solutions are reducing greenhouse gas emissions, helping communities adapt, and providing a deeper understanding of the impacts of climate change.
AgTech
Baskin School of Engineering innovations in agricultural technology contribute to addressing climate impacts and support sustainability, part of UC Santa Cruz’s long history of thoughtful leadership in agroecology and sustainable food systems.
Genomics
In 2000, UC Santa Cruz made history with the Human Genome Project. Today, we are focusing the power of genomics – collaboratively, openly and ethically – for the benefit of both the individual and the planet. Join us!
Covid-19 Research
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, engineers at UCSC were eager to join the fight to combat the disease's devastating effects. Learn about how they shifted their resources and research projects to address some of the most pressing problems of the current global crisis.
Uncertainty Aware Robot Control
Professor Dejan Milutinović and his graduate students study the control of robotic and autonomous vehicle systems, especially in the presence of uncertainty. The research is multidisciplinary, involving control theory, statistical physics, mathematics and mechanics. In the lab, they can test at a small scale, so there is no need to invest in airplanes and automobiles to test their theories.
Interactive Systems for Individuals with Special Needs
Sri Kurniawan, professor of computational media, is leading her students to research and develop games and applications to help people with special needs.
Latest Research News
- Alumna Marizza Delgado—Miss New York USA and data scientist—and alumni Aviv Elor and Ash Robbins —co-founders of Immergo Labs—were recognized in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30
- UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Biomolecular Engineering Mark Akeson has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
- Two UC Santa Cruz faculty members, Richard (Ed) Green and Chris Benner, have been selected as awardees for the eighth annual Santa Cruz Works Titans Awards
- Several current and former UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff have joined with leading experts in the field of conservation genomics to launch Wise Ancestors, a non-profit centering Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities as co-creators of biodiversity conservation projects
Baskin Engineering Faculty Working in our Major Research Areas
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Covid-19 Research
Projects related to COVID-19.
Algorithms, Logic, and Complexity
| Name | Department |
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| Seshadhri Comandur | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Daniel Juon Fremont | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lise C Getoor | Computer Science and Engineering
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| David Paul Helmbold | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Phokion Kolaitis | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Allen Van Gelder | Computer Science and Engineering
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AgTech Research and Initiatives
| Name | Department |
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| Shiva Abbaszadeh | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Javier Gonzalez-Rocha | Applied Mathematics
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| Nobuhiko P Kobayashi | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Colleen Josephson | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Michael George Frederick Matkin | Baskin School of Engineering
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| Stephen J McGuire | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Dejan Milutinovic | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Katia Obraczka | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Marco A Rolandi | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Norman Makoto Su | Computational Media
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
| Name | Department |
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| Luca De Alfaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Jeffrey M Flanigan | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lise C Getoor | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Abhishek Halder | Applied Mathematics
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| David Haussler | Biomolecular Engineering
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| David Paul Helmbold | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Heiner H Litz | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Yang Liu | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Michael J Mateas | Computational Media
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| Narges Norouzi | |
| Adam M Smith | Computational Media
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| Marilyn A Walker | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Emmet James Whitehead | Computational Media
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| Yi Zhang | Computer Science and Engineering
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Bayesian Statistics
| Name | Department |
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| Athanasios Kottas | Statistics
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| Herbie Lee | Academic Affairs
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| Ju Hee Lee | Statistics
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| Richard Li | Statistics
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| Marc S Mangel | Applied Mathematics
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| Raquel Prado | Statistics
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| Bruno Sanso | Statistics
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Bioinformatics and Genomics
| Name | Department |
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| Mark A Akeson | Biomolecular Engineering
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| David L Bernick | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Phillip W Berman | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Angela N Brooks | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Russell Brendan Corbett-Detig | Biomolecular Engineering
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| David W Deamer | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Camilla E Forsberg | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Richard Green | Biomolecular Engineering
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| David Haussler | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Richard P Hughey | Undergraduate Education
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| Kevin Karplus | Biomolecular Engineering
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| William James Kent | Genomics Institute
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| Daniel Kim | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Todd M J Lowe | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Benedict John Paten | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Nader Pourmand | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Joshua M Stuart | Biomolecular Engineering
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Cancer Research
| Name | Department |
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| Angela N Brooks | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Rebecca Dubois | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Camilla E Forsberg | Biomolecular Engineering
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| David Haussler | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Daniel Kim | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Ju Hee Lee | Statistics
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| Holger Schmidt | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Joshua M Stuart | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Christopher S Vollmers | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Ahmet A Yanik | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Climate Resilience Research and Initiatives
| Name | Department |
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| Shiva Abbaszadeh | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Yihsu Chen | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Jason Eshraghian | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Rebecca Ann Fenwick | Baskin School of Engineering
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| Matthew R Guthaus | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Katherine C Isbister | Computational Media
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| Colleen Josephson | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Nobuhiko P Kobayashi | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Heiner H Litz | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Robert B Lund | Statistics
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Stephen J McGuire | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Katia Obraczka | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Alex Pang | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Jose Renau | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Marco A Rolandi | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Ricardo Sanfelice | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Magy Seif El Nasr | Computational Media
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| Norman Makoto Su | Computational Media
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| Xin Eric Wang | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Yu Zhang | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Javier Gonzalez-Rocha | Applied Mathematics
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Communications, Signals, and Image Processing
| Name | Department |
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| Farid U Dowla | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Benjamin Friedlander | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Roberto Manduchi | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Katia Obraczka | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Hamid Sadjadpour | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Yu Zhang | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Computational Biology
| Name | Department |
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| Angela N Brooks | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Richard Green | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Narges Norouzi | |
| Joshua M Stuart | Biomolecular Engineering
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Computer Hardware: Architecture, Chip Design, FPGAs, and Design Automation
| Name | Department |
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| Scott Beamer | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Matthew R Guthaus | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Richard P Hughey | Undergraduate Education
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| Sung Mo Kang | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Tracy Larrabee | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Heiner H Litz | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Kenneth Pedrotti | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Jose Renau | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Martine Schlag | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Anujan M Varma | Computer Science and Engineering
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Computer Games
| Name | Department |
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| Nathan Daniel Altice | Computational Media
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| Elin Carstensdottir | Computational Media
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| Katherine C Isbister | Computational Media
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| Michael B John | Computational Media
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| Sri H Kurniawan | Computational Media
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| Michael J Mateas | Computational Media
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| Edward F Melcer | Computational Media
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| Adam M Smith | Computational Media
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| Noah G Wardrip-Fruin | Computational Media
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| Emmet James Whitehead | Computational Media
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Computer Security and Privacy
| Name | Department |
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| Owen Barnett Arden | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Ioannis Demertzis | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Darrell D E Long | Baskin School of Engineering
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| Ethan L Miller | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Chen Qian | Computer Science and Engineering
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Computer Vision, Visualization, and Graphics
| Name | Department |
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| James Edward Davis | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Suresh K Lodha | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Alex Pang | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Allen Van Gelder | Computer Science and Engineering
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Cyber-Physical Systems
| Name | Department |
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| Alvaro Cardenas | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Gabriel Hugh Elkaim | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Stephen J McGuire | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Dejan Milutinovic | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Katia Obraczka | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Chen Qian | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Ricardo Sanfelice | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Mircea Teodorescu | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Yu Zhang | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Database Systems
| Name | Department |
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| Peter A Alvaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Ioannis Demertzis | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lise C Getoor | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Phokion Kolaitis | Computer Science and Engineering
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Data Science
| Name | Department |
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| Marcela Alfaro Cordoba | Statistics
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| Peter A Alvaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Seshadhri Comandur | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lise C Getoor | Computer Science and Engineering
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| David Paul Helmbold | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Darrell D E Long | Baskin School of Engineering
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| Ethan L Miller | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Rodney T Ogawa | Education Department
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| Abel Rodriguez | Statistics
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| Yi Zhang | Computer Science and Engineering
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Distributed Systems
| Name | Department |
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| Peter A Alvaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Owen Barnett Arden | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lindsey A Kuper | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Heiner H Litz | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Ethan L Miller | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Alexander Lee Wolf | Computer Science and Engineering
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Electronic Circuits
| Name | Department |
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| Matthew R Guthaus | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Sung Mo Kang | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Kenneth Pedrotti | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Stephen C Petersen | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Human-Computer Interaction
| Name | Department |
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| Katherine C Isbister | Computational Media
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| Sri H Kurniawan | Computational Media
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| David Timothy Lee | Computational Media
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| Roberto Manduchi | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Stephen J McGuire | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis
| Name | Department |
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| Nicholas H Brummell | Applied Mathematics
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| Pascale Garaud | Applied Mathematics
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| Marcella M Gomez | Applied Mathematics
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| Qi Gong | Applied Mathematics
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| Abhishek Halder | Applied Mathematics
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| Dongwook Lee | Applied Mathematics
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| Richard Li | Statistics
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| Marc S Mangel | Applied Mathematics
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| Daniele Venturi | Applied Mathematics
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| Michael J Mateas | Computational Media
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Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
| Name | Department |
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| Kenneth Pedrotti | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Holger Schmidt | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Natural Language Processing
| Name | Department |
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| Jeffrey M Flanigan | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lise C Getoor | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Marilyn A Walker | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Yi Zhang | Computer Science and Engineering
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Networks
| Name | Department |
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| Alvaro Cardenas | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| John T Musacchio | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Katia Obraczka | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Chen Qian | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Ricardo Sanfelice | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Bradley R Smith | ITS-Vice Chancellor’s Office
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| Anujan M Varma | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Alexander Lee Wolf | Computer Science and Engineering
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Photonics and Electronic Devices
| Name | Department |
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| Shiva Abbaszadeh | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Nobuhiko P Kobayashi | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Michael M Oye | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Marco A Rolandi | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Holger Schmidt | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Toshishige Yamada | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Ahmet A Yanik | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Nanostructured Energy Conversion Technology and Research (NECTAR) Group
Rolandi Group in Bioelectronics
Power Systems and Energy Engineering
| Name | Department |
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| Yihsu Chen | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Keith Allen Corzine | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Leila Parsa | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Yu Zhang | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Programming Languages
| Name | Department |
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| Owen Barnett Arden | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Cormac A Flanagan | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Lindsey A Kuper | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Tyler R Sorensen | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Allen Van Gelder | Computer Science and Engineering
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Real-time Systems
| Name | Department |
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| Luca De Alfaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Scott A Brandt | Computer Science and Engineering
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Remote Sensing and Environmental Technology
| Name | Department |
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| Marc S Mangel | Applied Mathematics
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| Patrick E Mantey | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| John F Vesecky | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Real-time Environmental Information Network and Analysis System (REINAS)
Robotics and Control
| Name | Department |
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| Gabriel Hugh Elkaim | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Qi Gong | Applied Mathematics
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| Abhishek Halder | Applied Mathematics
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| Dejan Milutinovic | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Stephen J McGuire | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Ricardo Sanfelice | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Mircea Teodorescu | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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| Donald M Wiberg | Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Dynamics, Autonomous Navigation, Surface Engineering and Robotics (DANSER) Lab
Systems Biology
| Name | Department |
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| Robert L Coffman | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Marcella M Gomez | Applied Mathematics
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| Joshua M Stuart | Biomolecular Engineering
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Software Engineering
| Name | Department |
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| Luca De Alfaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Cormac A Flanagan | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Emmet James Whitehead | Computational Media
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| Alexander Lee Wolf | Computer Science and Engineering
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Stem Cells
| Name | Department |
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| Camilla E Forsberg | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Ali Shariati | Biomolecular Engineering
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Storage Systems
| Name | Department |
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| Peter A Alvaro | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Scott A Brandt | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Heiner H Litz | Computer Science and Engineering
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| Darrell D E Long | Baskin School of Engineering
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| Ethan L Miller | Computer Science and Engineering
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Vaccines and Antiviral Therapeutics
| Name | Department |
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| Phillip W Berman | Biomolecular Engineering
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| Rebecca Dubois | Biomolecular Engineering
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