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Zoran Kostić

Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Electrical Engineering

Kostić uses deep learning, parallel computing and software/hardware co-design to do research, implement systems and optimize their performance.

He was a key contributor to research in signal processing and design of mobile wireless systems, and a lead system architect for a system-on-chip deployed in dozens of millions of devices. His present research covers applications in smart cities, Internet of Things, medicine and healthcare. He uses his integration skills to create complete solutions to problems at scale. He has a vigorous collaboration with industrial partners and academics from engineering and medical fields. His work resulted in a notable publication record, three dozen patents, and critical contributions to successful products. He has an extensive intellectual property development and consulting experience.

Zoran Kostić holds a Dipl. Ing. degree from the University of Novi Sad, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Rochester. Prior to joining the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, he spent two decades working in research and product development and held leadership positions in Bell Laboratories, AT&T Research, Thomson Multimedia, The Mathworks and Broadcom.

Research Areas

  • Communications
  • Embedded Systems
  • Hardware Accelerators
  • Networking
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Vision and Speech Processing
  • Sensor Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet of Things
  • Parallel Computing
  • Systems

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014-
    • Principal Scientist, Architecture Design Lead, Mobile System on Chip, Broadcom Inc.
    • Principal Engineer, The Mathworks
    • Principal MTS, AT&T Wireless Research
    • Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories Cellular Mobile Communications
    • Academic Instructor, graduate level and executive courses, UCLA, UCSD, CU
    • Founder, startup InnovICs , third generation cellular system design
    • Intellectual Property Consulting
  • Honors & Awards
    • IEEE, Senior Member
    • Three dozen patents on signal processing, wireless and mobile communications (database link) 
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Rochester
    • Dipl. Ing. Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad