UVA Electrical and Computer Engineering

Please join the UVA community in remembering Devin, Lavel, and D’Sean on the day one year ago when their lives were tragically cut short. #UVAStrong

UVA ECE is seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Scientist position to support multiple research initiatives in Professor Ben Calhoun’s research group. Learn more and apply: jobs.virginia.edu/jobs/R0049664?…

Congrats to Ben Calhoun on his Thornton Society Invention of the Year Award for his patented ultra low power sensing platform. Calhoun and his @Everactive_Inc startup developed an entirely new category of chips and batteryless sensors for IoT apps. at.virginia.edu/kAXJPb

Explore the potential of portable radar sensors with state-of-the-art front-end and measurement algorithms to improve health care, security and human-machine interfaces in this Friday’s webinar with @TexasTechECE professor Changzhi Li. at.virginia.edu/zbXleU

You’re invited! See how UVA ECE fourth-years are re-imagining games, music and gathering spots at the capstone project poster show, Friday, Oct. 7 from 2:00 – 5:00 PM in the Thornton Hall NI Lab. at.virginia.edu/q60fkL

Jundong Li, ECE, @CS_UVA and @uvadatascience, has joined an @NSF funded @CEE_NEU team evaluating social capital’s impact on well water access. Li will develop a fairness-aware AI framework to compensate for data scarcity in underserved communities. at.virginia.edu/LM9qrz

We’re hiring! UVA ECE seeks computer engineering faculty to expand on our strengths in AI and ML, hardware for AI and IOT, and devices for THz and optical circuits and systems. Apply for position R0040873 through UVA's job openings portal.hr.virginia.edu/careers-uva/jo…

Ph.D. student Md Golam Morshed conducts material and device modeling to compute with skyrmions. His research, while still exploratory, offers some flexibility to future chip designers interested in integrating magnetic devices onto CMOS. at.virginia.edu/OqjNSx

Learn how ML models for health applications enable diagnosis via wearable medical sensors, image analytics and personalized decision-making in our Sept. 16 webinar with @Princeton Roanoke Professor of ECE Niraj Jha. at.virginia.edu/BBUL6r

See how ECE departments can shift faculty perspectives on student needs and professional aspirations and open space for multiple pathways to a degree in this Friday’s webinar with @virginia_tech Roanoke Electric Steel Professor Luke Lester, at.virginia.edu/Fuqodg

Professor Mool Gupta earned a $900,000 @NASA grant to construct an optical probe for a mini-rover that will seek traces of life on the moon and other planets, with partners at NASA, @_HamptonU, @UofMaryland and Laser & Plasma Tech LLC. #Artemis at.virginia.edu/qLguer

UVA ECE recognizes Ph.D. student Beichen Wang for his academic excellence and service. Wang earned a McVey Fellowship to pursue his research in microwave photonics, which could play a critical role in 6G technology. at.virginia.edu/XxoUOV

Kudos to Ph.D. student Chengshuai Shi, who earned a McVey Fellowship. Shi conducts research that enables low-cost electronic devices to efficiently and effectively access shared spectrum. at.virginia.edu/XxoUOV

UVA ECE welcomes new faculty member Caroline Crockett, who brings engineering education research and electrical engineering expertise to the Department’s teaching faculty. at.virginia.edu/FC1E8y

Congrats to @CS_UVA Ph.D. candidate Jing Ma who won the best research paper award at #KDD2022 (@kdd_news). Ma and co-authors @LiJundong and @MSFTResearch propose a new causality learning framework for real-world problems involving group interaction. at.virginia.edu/ZwGKni

We're hiring! UVA ECE seeks a post-doc to apply control theory to increase the performance, safety, reliability and affordability of modern technology. Join a team led by @IEEEorg, @IFAC_Control and @aaas Fellow Zongli Lin. Learn more and apply: at.virginia.edu/kJBpj1

UVA ECE fourth-year Eric Powell is spending his summer at the @IDA_org Systems and Analyses Center, applying his knowledge of software defined radio to help others protect the nation’s next-gen air traffic control system against cyber attacks. at.virginia.edu/OKM35b

UVA ECE professor Mool Gupta has developed a new technology to salvage silver from old or broken solar panels for re-use. Listen to @WVTFRADIOIQ Charlottesville Bureau Chief Sandy Hausman’s interview with Gupta to learn how the technology works. at.virginia.edu/E6Wmcj

ICYMI: UVA ECE Asst. Prof. Homa Alemzadeh co-organized a workshop on Intelligent Vehicle Dependability and Security, June 24-26 in Alexandria, Va. Academic and industry experts discussed how to survive cyberattacks on safety-critical functions. at.virginia.edu/guO1fW

Happening today! UVA ECE assistant professor Homa Alemzadeh co-organized the 5th workshop on Dependable and Secure Machine Learning, co-located with the 52nd IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. at.virginia.edu/3DyMcg