Electrical Engineering

Research Areas

  • Natural Language Processing and Speech
  • Security and Privacy
  • Computer Architecture and Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Design Automation
  • Edge Computing
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0
  • Analog Devices
  • Computer Systems and Computer Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Devices
  • Embedded Systems
  • Hardware Accelerators
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)
  • Computer Vision and Speech Processing
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology
  • Neuromorphic Computing
  • Sensor Systems
  • Silicon Photonics
  • Sustainable Computing (Green Computing)

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2018-
    • Chair, Computer Engineering, 2023-
    • Visiting Associate Professor, Seoul National University, 2022-2023
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2012-2018
  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2015
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Distinguished Lecturer, 2023-2025
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University

Additional information

Research Areas

  • Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics
  • Photonics and Optics
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Quantum Materials
  • Communications
  • Electromagnetics
  • Photonics
  • Signal Processing
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology
  • Quantum Communications
  • Quantum Computing

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • David M. Rickey Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Columbia University, 2015 –
    • Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2013 – 2015
    • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Optica, Optical Society of America, 2013 –
    • Director, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2011 – 2014
    • Co-founded PicoLuz, Inc. (with Michal Lipson and Alex Cable), 2010
    • Director, NSF Center for Nanoscale Systems in Information Technologies, Cornell University, 2007-2012
    • Associate Director, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2006 – 2007
    • Editorial Board, Laser Physics Letters, 2005 - 2009
    • Editorial Board, New Journal of Physics, 2005 - 2008
    • Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2004 – 2013
    • Director of Graduate Studies, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1999 – 2004
    • Associate Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1998 – 2004
    • Assistant Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1992 – 1998
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Member, Long-Term Publications Group, Optical Society of America, 2010-2012
    • Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, Optical Society of America, 2008-2010
    • I. Rabi Prize Committee of the American Physical Society, 2007-2010
    • Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Optical Society of America, 2006-2008
    • Chair, Science and Engineering Council Optical Society of America, 2004-2006
    • Executive Committee, Member-at-Large, Division of Laser Science, American Physical Society, 2004-2005
    • Chair, Division of Quantum Electronics, Optical Society of America, term 2000-2002
  • Honors & Awards
    • Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 2026
    • Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award, Optica, 2023
    • Highly Cited Researcher for 2019
    • Charles H. Townes Award, Optical Society of America, 2019
    • Fellow of the IEEE
    • Fellow of the American Physical Society
    • Fellow of the Optical Society of America
    • College of Engineering Teaching Award, 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2007
    • Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 1995
    • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1993
       

Research Areas

  • Networking and Communications
  • Systems Biology
  • Neuroengineering

Research Areas

  • Electromagnetics
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Photonics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Renewable Energy

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of electrical engineering and applied physics and applied mathematics, Columbia Engineering, 1987
    • Visiting associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, MIT, Fall 1986
    • IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, 1982-1987
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    • Fellow, American Physical Society
    • Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
    • Distinguished Lecturer, Electron Device Society 
       

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