Electrical Engineering

Additional Information

  • Education
    • Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
    • M.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    • B.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research Areas

  • Carbon Management, Capture, Storage, Utilization, and Conversion
  • Communications
  • Computer Architecture
  • Electromagnetics
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Memory and Storage
  • Networking
  • Photonics
  • Quantum Communications
  • Quantum Computing
  • Silicon Photonics

Additional Information

  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • BS, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan
    • BEng, Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Communications
  • Electromagnetics
  • Embedded Systems
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Memory and Storage
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Photonics
  • Bioelectronics
  • Sensor Systems
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)
  • Robotics and Automation
  • Displays

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University 2020-present
    • Professor of Electrical engineering, Columbia University 2018-2020
    • Associate Professor of Electrical engineering, Columbia University, 2011-2018
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006–2011
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE
    • Society for Information Display (SID)
    • SPIE
    • Materials Research Society (MRS)
    • Optica
  • Honors & Awards
    • Architizer A+ Award
    • Verizon Powerful Answers
    • Popular Science, Invention of the Year
    • Interdigital Innovation Challenge
    • MIT/USDOE Clean Energy Prize
    • Ocean Optics Blue Ocean Award
    • Kim Award for Undergraduate Involvement
    • Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Award
    • NSF CAREER award
    • IVMC Shoulders Gray Spindt award
    • IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award
    • Fellow, Optica
    • Fellow, SID
    • Fellow, IEEE
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, MIT
    • MEng, Electrical Engineering, MIT
    • SB, Electrical Engineering, MIT

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Sensor Systems
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)

Additional Information

  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Villanova University

Research Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Wireless, Embedded & Sensor Systems
  • Communications
  • Networking
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Algorithms
  • Optimization

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • ACM Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation (SIGMETRICS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Paper Award at IEEE INFOCOM, 2020
    • Best Student Paper Award at IFIP Performance, 2020
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2017
    • Best Paper Award, ACM CoNEXT, 2016
    • Best Student Paper Finalist Award, American Control Conference (ACC), 2013
    • Mac Van Valkenburg Graduate Research Award, UIUC, 2012
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019–Present
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014–2019
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran

Research Areas

  • Data Science
  • Systems Biology

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Association for Cancer Research
    • International Society for Computational Biology
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2014
    • Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University, 2001
    • IEEE Fellow, 1998
    • National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1986-1991
    • IBM Invention Achievement Award, 1983
    • IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, 1982
  • Professional Experience
    • Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–
    • Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1992-
    • Acting Chairman, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, Sept.-Dec. 1999
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1985–1992
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1983–1985
    • Research Staff Member, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1978-1983
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
    • MS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Research Areas

  • Speech neurophysiology
  • Deep neural network models
  • Brain computer interfaces
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZMBBI), Columbia University, 2020-
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2013-2020
    • Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco. 2010-2013
    • Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Language and Speech Processing, Johns Hopkins University, 2008-2010
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2022 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award
    • 2022 Misha Mahowald Prize for Neuromorphic Engineering
    • 2019 Top-10 Health Innovation of the Year award, Health Innovations magazine
    • 2019 Top-10 breakthroughs of the year award, Institute of Physics
    • 2018 & 2019 Grand prize winner at NYC Media Lab
    • 2018 Young Investigator Award, Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience, San
    • 2018 Top 10 most significant and promising tech innovators of the year award, UNICEF
    • 2016, National Science Foundation (NSF), Faculty Early Career Development Award
    • 2015, Pew Charitable Trust, Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences Award
    • 2015, Research Initiatives in Science and Engineering Award (RISE)
    • 2015, Kavli Institute for Brain Science Award          
    • 2005, George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

Research Areas

  • Decision Analysis
  • Economics & Computation
  • Game Theory
  • Optimization
  • Resource Allocation
  • Algorithmic Fairness
  • E-commerce
  • Large-scale Optimization
  • Matching Platforms
     

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of IEOR, Columbia University, 2019-
    • Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science, 2018-2020
    • Software Developer, Netmester A/s, 2010-2011
  • Professional Affiliations
    • INFORMS
    • ACM
  • Honors & Awards
    • ONR Young Investigator award, 2022
    • NSF CAREER award, 2023
    • Facebook Fellowship, 2016
  • Education
    • PhD, in computer science, Carnegie Mellon University
    • MS, software development and technology, IT University of Copenhagen
    • BA human-centered informatics, Aalborg University

Research Areas

  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Systems

Research Areas

  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Multimedia Retrieval
  • Image Video Recognition
  • Multimedia Knowledge Extraction

Additional Information

  • Research Experience
    • Amazon Scholar, 2020-2022
    • Visiting faculty, Microsoft Research, Beijing, 2006
    • Visiting faculty, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, 2004-2006
  • Professional Experience
    • Dean, Columbia Engineering, 2022-
    • Interim Dean, Columbia Engineering, 2021-2022
    • Senior Executive Vice Dean, Columbia Engineering, 2015–2021
    • Senior vice dean of engineering, Columbia University, 2012–2015
    • Chief Technical Advisor, VidRovr Inc., 2016-
    • Chief Technical Advisor, Axon Image Inc., 2015-
    • Richard Dicker Chair Professor, Columbia University, 2011–
    • Professor of computer science, Columbia University, 2011–
    • Chair of electrical engineering, Columbia University 2007–2010
    • Professor of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 2002–2011
    • Associate professor of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1997–2002
    • Assistant professor of electrical engineering, Columbia University, 1993–1997
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    • Fellow of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • National Academy of Engineering, 2023
    • National Academy of Inventors, 2022
    • Academia Sinica, 2018
    • Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery, 2017
    • Honorary Doctorate, University of Amsterdam, 2016
    • Most Influential Scholar in the Field of Multimedia, AMiner, 2016
    • Great Teacher Award, The Society of Columbia Graduates, 2013
    • Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2012
    • Technical Achievement Award, ACM Special Interest Group in Multimedia, 2011
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2010
    • Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, IEE, 2009
    • Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 1998–2001
    • Career Award, National Science Foundation, 1995–1998
  • Selected Publications

    Liu, Wei, Jun Wang, Rongrong Ji, Yu‐Gang Jiang, and Shih‐Fu Chang. "Supervised hashing with kernels." In Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), IEEE Conference on, pp. 2074‐2081, 2012.

    Wu, Xiao‐Ming, Zhenguo Li, Anthony M. So, John Wright, and Shih‐Fu Chang. "Learning with partially absorbing random walks." In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), pp. 3077‐3085. 2012.

    Wang, Jun, Tony Jebara, and Shih‐Fu Chang. "Semi-supervised learning using greedy max‐cut." Journal of Machine Learning Research 14, no. Mar (2013): 771‐800.

    Ye, Guangnan, Yitong Li, Hongliang Xu, Dong Liu, and Shih‐Fu Chang. "Eventnet: A large scale structured concept library for complex event detection in video." In Proceedings of ACM international conference on Multimedia, pp. 471‐480. ACM, 2015.

    Borth, Damian, Rongrong Ji, Tao Chen, Thomas Breuel, and Shih‐Fu Chang. "Large‐scale visual sentiment ontology and detectors using adjective noun pairs." In Proceedings of ACM international conference on Multimedia, pp. 223‐232. ACM, 2013.

    Smith, John R., and Shih‐Fu Chang. "VisualSEEk: a fully automated content‐based image query system." In ACM international conference on Multimedia, pp. 87‐98. ACM, 1997.