Students pursue research within one of the following academic curricular groups, with mentorship from world-class faculty
Academic Curricular Groups
Computer Engineering
The computer engineering group plays a critical role in innovating in the computing ecosystem, with research that spans from new computational devices to systems and software. Computer engineering research includes cyber-physical systems, dependability, networking, machine learning, mobile computing, novel computing devices, power-efficient computing and security. Many computer engineering research projects are inter-disciplinary, and there are many collaborations with the Department of Computer Science.
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Tyler K Bletsch
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Software security, robotics, project-oriented education, and datacenter efficiency
John A. Board
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: High performance scientific computing and simulation, novel computer architectures, cluster computing and parallel processing; ubiquitous computing.
Robert Calderbank
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Tingjun Chen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Wireless networking, next-generation wireless and optical networks, edge cloud and computing, Internet-of-Things (IoT), mobile and embedded systems, platforms and testbeds
Yiran Chen
John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Emerging memory and storage technologies Embedded systems, CPS, edge computing, and mobile applications Neuromorphic computing, deep learning and system security Low power circuit and system
Shaundra Daily
Cue Family Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Identity-inclusive computing, Human-centered design & engineering, justice-centered STEM education
Neil Gong
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Security, privacy, and machine learning.
Maria Gorlatova
Nortel Networks Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Architectures, algorithms, and protocols for emerging mobile pervasive systems and the Internet of Things. Our work crosses traditional discipline boundaries and requires thinking across multiple layers of system and protocol stacks. We are focusing on breaking the barriers for…
Andrew Douglas Hilton
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Computer architecture, specifically architectural support for security and energy-efficient performance
Hai "Helen" Li
Clare Boothe Luce Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Neuromorphic computing systems Machine learning acceleration and trustworthy AIEmerging memory technologies, circuit and architecture Low power circuits and systems
Xin Li
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Integrated circuits, signal processing and data analytics
Genevieve Lipp
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Crystal Noel
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum computing and simulation with trapped ions, integrated photonics for scalable trapped ion systems, and electric-field noise from surfaces
Miroslav Pajic
Dickinson Family Associate Professor
Research Interests: Design and analysis of autonomous cyber-physical systems (CPS), and in particular, embedded systems, AI, learning and controls, CPS security and high-assurance autonomy, with various application domains including robotics, automotive, and medical systems
Jian Pei
Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Michael Reiter
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Research Interests: Prof. Reiter's research interests include all areas of computer and communications security, fault-tolerant distributed computing, and applied cryptography.
Cynthia D. Rudin
Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor
Daniel J. Sorin
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Computer architecture, designing microarchitectures so that they are easier to verify, improving computer system fault tolerance, developing memory systems for multicore processors, and designing special-purpose accelerators
Kishor S. Trivedi
Hudson Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Markov models, Fault trees, Stochastic Petri nets, Reliability Modeling, Availability Modeling, Performability modeling, Survivability modeling, Cyber Security, Software reliability, Software Fault Tolerance, Software Aging and Rejuvenation
Lisa Wills
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: I enjoy solving difficult problems surrounding computations with the goal to process large volumes of data efficiently. My research interests include computer architecture and microarchitecture, hardware-software co-designs, accelerators, and emerging application domains ―…
Rabih Younes
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Wearable computing, activity recognition, context awareness, machine learning, artificial intelligence, engineering education, and Middle Eastern politics
Engineering Physics
Duke ECE is also the home of international leaders in information physics research, embodied in pathbreaking programs in metamaterials, quantum devices, and optical systems. This interdisciplinary research involves the design, fabrication and testing of revolutionary new devices, based on novel physical concepts, with a foundation in rigorous computational modeling in electromagnetics and quantum mechanics.
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April S. Brown
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kenneth R Brown
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum error correction, quantum control, quantum computer architecture, ion trap quantum computing, and the spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled molecular ions
Robert Calderbank
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Lawrence Carin
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Applied statistics and machine learning
Leslie M. Collins
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Physics-based machine learning algorithms for big data, including developing remediation strategies for the hearing impaired and sensor-based algorithms for the detection of hazardous buried objects
Steven A. Cummer
William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Research Interests: Theoretical and experimental electromagnetic problems related to geophysical remote sensing and engineered electromagnetic materials.
Michael E. Gehm
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Primarily computational and compressive sensing and measurement in all modalities (with special emphasis in Electromagnetic/Optical from RF to x-ray and all forms of Mass spectrometry), with side interests in optical physics, high-performance x-ray simulation, and rapid-…
Jeffrey Glass
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Electronic materials and the associated devices/instruments improved by these materials, especially electrode applications in miniature mass spectrometry, energy conversion and storage and liquid waste disinfection for developing regions. Electrochemical measurements and…
William T. Joines
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Electromagnetic field and wave interactions with materials and structures
Nan Marie Jokerst
J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jungsang Kim
Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions, Quantum Information Science, Novel Photonic Devices, Application of Quantum Computers
Jeffrey L. Krolik
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Physics-based and statistical signal processing, sensor array processing, radar and sonar systems, pervasive distributed processing
Natalia Litchinitser
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Nanophotonics; Photonic Metamaterials; Nonlinear Optics; Fiber Optics; Photonic Crystal Fibers
Iman Marvian
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum information and computation theory
Maiken Mikkelsen
James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum nanophotonics, plasmonics, light-matter interactions in artificially structured nanoscale materials, hybrid molecular-scale materials and spin phenomena in the solid state
Christopher R Monroe
Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
Research Interests: quantum physics, applications in quantum information science
Loren W. Nolte
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Bayesian approach to signal detection, classification, estimation, tracking and decision and sensor fusion. Applications in ocean acoustics, and in medical imaging for cancer research.
Willie John Padilla
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Theoretical and experimental investigation of electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces, and their application to imaging and sensing at microwave, terahertz, and infrared frequencies
Guillermo Sapiro
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Image and video processing, computer vision, computer graphics, computational vision, biomedical imaging, brain imaging, cryo-tomography of viruses, computational tools in cryo-tomography, computational tools in early diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, differential geometry and…
David R. Smith
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Theory, simulation and demonstration of novel electromagnetic metamaterials across the spectrum, from microwave through optical. Applications of metamaterials for antennas and imaging devices, with a focus on security imaging and satellite imaging. General studies on advanced…
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor
Research Interests: Thin-film deposition, MAPLE, hybrid perovskites, hybrid nanocomposites, organic thin films
Microelectronics, Photonics and Nanotechnology
The fourth research area, microelectronics, photonics and nanotechnology (MPN), is highly vertically integrated, ranging from innovative materials, devices, and interconnects, through chip scale integrated systems. MPN research includes revolutionary microfluidic systems, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, integrated optics, sensors, integrated multifunctional systems, energy conversion devices, and quantum sensors. The MPN research is highly interdisciplinary, and focused on design, fabrication through Duke’s Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF) cleanroom and characterization facility, and device and system test.
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Martin A. Brooke
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Analog, RF, and optoelectronic circuits. Sensor interface circuits. Deployable sensor systems
April S. Brown
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kenneth R Brown
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum error correction, quantum control, quantum computer architecture, ion trap quantum computing, and the spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled molecular ions
Richard B. Fair
Lord-Chandran Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Research Interests: Microfluidic systems for lab-on-a-chip applications based on electrowetting technology
Aaron D. Franklin
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Nanomaterials in electronic devices, nanofabrication, printed electronics and internet of things (IoT), biosensing
Michael E. Gehm
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Primarily computational and compressive sensing and measurement in all modalities (with special emphasis in Electromagnetic/Optical from RF to x-ray and all forms of Mass spectrometry), with side interests in optical physics, high-performance x-ray simulation, and rapid-…
Jeffrey Glass
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Electronic materials and the associated devices/instruments improved by these materials, especially electrode applications in miniature mass spectrometry, energy conversion and storage and liquid waste disinfection for developing regions. Electrochemical measurements and…
William T. Joines
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Electromagnetic field and wave interactions with materials and structures
Nan Marie Jokerst
J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jungsang Kim
Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions, Quantum Information Science, Novel Photonic Devices, Application of Quantum Computers
Hisham Z. Massoud
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Ultrathin gate dielectrics for CMOS ULSI – the technology, physics, modeling, simulation, and characterization of ultrathin-oxide MOSFETs
Maiken Mikkelsen
James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Quantum nanophotonics, plasmonics, light-matter interactions in artificially structured nanoscale materials, hybrid molecular-scale materials and spin phenomena in the solid state
Willie John Padilla
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Theoretical and experimental investigation of electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces, and their application to imaging and sensing at microwave, terahertz, and infrared frequencies
Tania Roy
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Energy-efficient electronicsTwo-dimensional materialsNeuromorphic ComputingOptoelectronicsWide bandgap materialsHigh power electronicsRadiation effects and reliability
David R. Smith
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Theory, simulation and demonstration of novel electromagnetic metamaterials across the spectrum, from microwave through optical. Applications of metamaterials for antennas and imaging devices, with a focus on security imaging and satellite imaging. General studies on advanced…
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor
Research Interests: Thin-film deposition, MAPLE, hybrid perovskites, hybrid nanocomposites, organic thin films
Signal and Information Processing
A particular strength is in the area of signal and information processing (SIP), embodied by successful collaborations between ECE, statistics and applied mathematics. Duke has long been a leader in SIP research with defense applications, and there has also been a significant expansion into biomedical applications, in collaboration with the Duke University Medical Center.
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Martin A. Brooke
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Analog, RF, and optoelectronic circuits. Sensor interface circuits. Deployable sensor systems
Robert Calderbank
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Lawrence Carin
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Applied statistics and machine learning
Tingjun Chen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Wireless networking, next-generation wireless and optical networks, edge cloud and computing, Internet-of-Things (IoT), mobile and embedded systems, platforms and testbeds
Yiran Chen
John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Emerging memory and storage technologies Embedded systems, CPS, edge computing, and mobile applications Neuromorphic computing, deep learning and system security Low power circuit and system
Leslie M. Collins
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Physics-based machine learning algorithms for big data, including developing remediation strategies for the hearing impaired and sensor-based algorithms for the detection of hazardous buried objects
Mary "Missy" Cummings
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Human-unmanned vehicle interaction, human-autonomous system collaboration, human-systems engineering, public policy implications of unmanned vehicles, and the ethical and social impact of technology.
Ingrid Daubechies
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael E. Gehm
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Primarily computational and compressive sensing and measurement in all modalities (with special emphasis in Electromagnetic/Optical from RF to x-ray and all forms of Mass spectrometry), with side interests in optical physics, high-performance x-ray simulation, and rapid-…
Michael Richard Gustafson II
Associate Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Computational methods for image analysis and information extraction, discrete event simulations, curriculum development and deployment
Lisa Gresham Huettel
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Engineering education, pedagogy and curriculum development, applications of statistical signal processing
Jeffrey L. Krolik
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Physics-based and statistical signal processing, sensor array processing, radar and sonar systems, pervasive distributed processing
Hai "Helen" Li
Clare Boothe Luce Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Neuromorphic computing systems Machine learning acceleration and trustworthy AIEmerging memory technologies, circuit and architecture Low power circuits and systems
Loren W. Nolte
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Bayesian approach to signal detection, classification, estimation, tracking and decision and sensor fusion. Applications in ocean acoustics, and in medical imaging for cancer research.
Douglas Nowacek
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Marine mammal behavioral and acoustic ecologyOcean noiseOffshore renewable energy
Miroslav Pajic
Dickinson Family Associate Professor
Research Interests: Design and analysis of autonomous cyber-physical systems (CPS), and in particular, embedded systems, AI, learning and controls, CPS security and high-assurance autonomy, with various application domains including robotics, automotive, and medical systems
Henry Pfister
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Information theory, communications, probabilistic graphical models, machine learning, and deep neural networks
Galen Reeves
Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Information theory, high-dimensional statistical inference, statistical signal processing, compressed sensing, machine learning
Christ D Richmond
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cynthia D. Rudin
Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor
Guillermo Sapiro
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Image and video processing, computer vision, computer graphics, computational vision, biomedical imaging, brain imaging, cryo-tomography of viruses, computational tools in cryo-tomography, computational tools in early diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, differential geometry and…
Stacy L. Tantum
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Signal detection and estimation theory, statistical signal processing, pattern recognition and machine learning, remote sensing, matched-field processing, and ocean acoustics
Vahid Tarokh
Rhodes Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Foundations of AI, Foundations of Signal Processing, Learning Representations, Transfer Learning, Meta-Learning, Physics Infused Learning, Extreme Value Theory, Dependence Modeling, Hypothesis Testing, Sequential Analysis.