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Leadership

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Raissa M. D'Souza, Acting Director
Associate Dean, Research
Professor of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

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Chen-Nee Chuah, Acting Co-Director
Child Family Professor in Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department Chair Dipak Ghosal
Dipak Ghosal, Acting Co-Director

Bucher Family Chair and Professor of Computer Science
Prem Chand Jain Family Presidential Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Faculty Advisory Board

  • Shirley Ahn, Chemical Engineering
  • Sharon Aviran, Biomedical Engineering
  • Yubei Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ian Davidson, Computer Science
  • Mason Earles, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Vladimir Filkov, Computer Science
  • Sanjay Joshi, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Marina Leite, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Natarajan Sukumar (Suku), Civil and Enviornmental Engineering
  • Junshan Zhang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

All AI Experts

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Foundations of AI   |   AI and Agriculture   |   AI and Climate   |   AI and Education   |   AI and Energy   |   AI and Health
AI and Mobility   |   AI and Robotics, Sensors & HCI   |   AI and Society   |   Hardware & Software Engineering for AI

Foundations of AI

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John Bolander

John E. Bolander

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  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Randy Carney

Randy Carney

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  • Biomedical Engineering
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Yubei Chen

Yubei Chen

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Muhao Chen

Muhao Chen

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  • Computer Science
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Chen-Nee Chuah

Chen-Nee Chuah

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Raissa M. D'Souza

Position Title
  • Associate Dean
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Ian Davidson

Ian Davidson

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Dipak Ghosal

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Christina Harvey

Christina Harvey

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Lifu Huang 

Lifu Huang

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Hyoyoung Jeoung

Hyoyoung Jeong

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Zhaodan Kong

Zhaodan Kong

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Lifeng Lai

Lifeng Lai

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Jasper Lee

Jasper Lee

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Xin Liu

Xin Liu

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Norman Matloff

Norman Matloff

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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John Owens

John Owens

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Hamed Pirsiavash

Hamed Pirsiavash

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Avesta Sasan

Avesta Sasan

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Maike Sonnewald

Maike Sonnewald

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Natarajan Sukumar

Natarajan Sukumar

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Ilias Tagkopoulos

Ilias Tagkopoulos

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Aditya Thakur

Aditya Thakur

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Weijian Yang

Weijian Yang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Junshan Zhang

Junshan Zhang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Zhe Zhao

Zhe Zhao

Position Title
  • Computer Science

AI and Agriculture

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Shamim Ahamed

Md Shamim Ahamed

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Andre Daccache

Andre Daccache

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Saif Islam ourdoors

M. Saif Islam

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Zhaodan Kong

Zhaodan Kong

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Xin Liu

Xin Liu

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Kwan-Liu Ma

Kwan-Liu Ma

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Ali Moghimi, Ph.D.

Ali Moghimi

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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nNintin

Nitin Nitin

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Zhongli Pan

Zhongli Pan

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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William Ristenpart

William D. Ristenpart

Position Title
  • Chemical Engineering
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Stephen K. Robinson

Stephen K. Robinson

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Ilias Tagkopoulos

Ilias Tagkopoulos

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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stavros

Stavros G. Vougioukas

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering

AI and Climate

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Fabian Bombardelli

Fabian A. Bombardelli

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Andre Daccache

Andre Daccache

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Zhi Ding

Zhi Ding

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Miguel Jaller

Miguel A. Jaller

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Ambarish Kulkarni

Ambarish Kulkarni

Position Title
  • Chemical Engineering
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Valeria La Saponara

Valeria La Saponara

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Marina Leite

Marina Leite

Position Title
  • Materials Science and Engineering
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Dongyu Liu

Dongyu Liu

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Kwan-Liu Ma

Kwan-Liu Ma

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Maike Sonnewald

Maike Sonnewald

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Natarajan Sukumar

Natarajan Sukumar

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

AI and Education

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Venkatesh Akella

Venkatesh Akella

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Matthew A. Bishop

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Raissa M. D'Souza

Position Title
  • Associate Dean
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Dipak Ghosal

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Boris Jeremic

Boris Jeremic

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Kwan-Liu Ma

Kwan-Liu Ma

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Josh McCoy

Josh McCoy

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Ali Moghimi, Ph.D.

Ali Moghimi

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Michael Neff

Michael Neff

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Erkin Ĺžeker, Electrical and Computer Engineering Proessor

Erkin Ĺžeker

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Benjamin D. Shaw

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Hao-Chuan Wang

Hao-Chuan Wang

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Katerina Z

Katerina Ziotopoulou

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

AI and Energy

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Shamim Ahamed

Md Shamim Ahamed

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Ralph Aldredge

Ralph Curtis Aldredge

Position Title
  • Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean
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bruno carciofi

Bruno A.M. Carciofi

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Jean-Pierre Delplanque

Jean-Pierre R. Delplanque

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Boris Jeremic

Boris Jeremic

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Ambarish Kulkarni

Ambarish Kulkarni

Position Title
  • Chemical Engineering
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Marina Leite

Marina Leite

Position Title
  • Materials Science and Engineering
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Xinfan Lin

Xinfan Lin

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Electrical and computer engineering associate professor Jeremy Munday.

Jeremy Munday

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Shima Nazari

Shima Nazari

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Avesta Sasan

Avesta Sasan

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Benjamin D. Shaw

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Yi Wang in a suit outdoors

Yi Wang

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Katerina Z

Katerina Ziotopoulou

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

AI and Health

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Aviran

Sharon Aviran

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Matt Bishop standing outside of Kemper Hall

Matthew A. Bishop

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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John Bolander

John E. Bolander

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Randy Carney

Randy Carney

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Chen-Nee Chuah

Chen-Nee Chuah

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Cristina Davis

Cristina E. Davis

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Jean-Pierre Delplanque

Jean-Pierre R. Delplanque

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Vladimir Filkov

Vladimir Filkov

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Soheil Ghiasi

Soheil Ghiasi

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science
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Saif Islam ourdoors

M. Saif Islam

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Hyoyoung Jeoung

Hyoyoung Jeong

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Samuel T. King

Samuel T. King

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Zhaodan Kong

Zhaodan Kong

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Dongyu Liu

Dongyu Liu

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Kwan-Liu Ma

Kwan-Liu Ma

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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nNintin

Nitin Nitin

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Jinyi Qi

Jinyi Qi

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Avesta Sasan

Avesta Sasan

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Erkin Ĺžeker, Electrical and Computer Engineering Proessor

Erkin Ĺžeker

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Iman Soltani

Iman Soltani

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Ilias Tagkopoulos

Ilias Tagkopoulos

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Yi Wang in a suit outdoors

Yi Wang

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Hao-Chuan Wang

Hao-Chuan Wang

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Rich Whittle

Rich Whittle

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Yi Xue

Yi Xue

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Weijian Yang

Weijian Yang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

AI and Mobility

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Francis F. Assadian

Francis F. Assadian

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Chen-Nee Chuah

Chen-Nee Chuah

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Zhi Ding

Zhi Ding

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Christina Harvey

Christina Harvey

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Miguel Jaller

Miguel A. Jaller

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Ambarish Kulkarni

Ambarish Kulkarni

Position Title
  • Chemical Engineering
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Seongkyu Lee

Seongkyu Lee

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Xinfan Lin

Xinfan Lin

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Shima Nazari

Shima Nazari

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Iman Soltani

Iman Soltani

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Rich Whittle

Rich Whittle

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Junshan Zhang

Junshan Zhang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

AI and Robotics, Sensors & HCI

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Venkatesh Akella

Venkatesh Akella

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Randy Carney

Randy Carney

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Cristina Davis

Cristina E. Davis

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Zhi Ding

Zhi Ding

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Soheil Ghiasi

Soheil Ghiasi

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science
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Christina Harvey

Christina Harvey

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Lifu Huang 

Lifu Huang

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Hyoyoung Jeoung

Hyoyoung Jeong

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Zhaodan Kong

Zhaodan Kong

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Xinfan Lin

Xinfan Lin

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Barbara Linke

Barbara S. Linke

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Shima Nazari

Shima Nazari

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Michael Neff

Michael Neff

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Stephen K. Robinson

Stephen K. Robinson

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Erkin Ĺžeker, Electrical and Computer Engineering Proessor

Erkin Ĺžeker

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Iman Soltani

Iman Soltani

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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stavros

Stavros G. Vougioukas

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Rich Whittle

Rich Whittle

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Yi Xue

Yi Xue

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Weijian Yang

Weijian Yang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Junshan Zhang

Junshan Zhang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Zhe Zhao

Zhe Zhao

Position Title
  • Computer Science

AI and Society

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Matt Bishop standing outside of Kemper Hall

Matthew A. Bishop

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Raissa M. D'Souza

Position Title
  • Associate Dean
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Ian Davidson

Ian Davidson

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Vladimir Filkov

Vladimir Filkov

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Dipak Ghosal

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Joanna Groza

Joanna Groza

Position Title
  • Materials Science and Engineering
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Lifu Huang 

Lifu Huang

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Saif Islam ourdoors

M. Saif Islam

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Miguel Jaller

Miguel A. Jaller

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Boris Jeremic

Boris Jeremic

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Patrice Koehl

Patrice A. Koehl

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Lifeng Lai

Lifeng Lai

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Dongyu Liu

Dongyu Liu

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Kwan-Liu Ma

Kwan-Liu Ma

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Norman Matloff

Norman Matloff

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Ali Moghimi, Ph.D.

Ali Moghimi

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Michael Neff

Michael Neff

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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nNintin

Nitin Nitin

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Zhongli Pan

Zhongli Pan

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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William Ristenpart

William D. Ristenpart

Position Title
  • Chemical Engineering
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Stephen K. Robinson

Stephen K. Robinson

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Caleb Stanford

Caleb Stanford

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Aditya Thakur

Aditya Thakur

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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stavros

Stavros G. Vougioukas

Position Title
  • Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Hao-Chuan Wang

Hao-Chuan Wang

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Rich Whittle

Rich Whittle

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Zhe Zhao

Zhe Zhao

Position Title
  • Computer Science

Hardware & Software Engineering for AI

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Venkatesh Akella

Venkatesh Akella

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Bevan Baas

Bevan M. Baas

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Cristina Davis

Cristina E. Davis

Position Title
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Devanbu

Prem Devanbu

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Vladimir Filkov

Vladimir Filkov

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Soheil Ghiasi

Soheil Ghiasi

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science
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Saif Islam ourdoors

M. Saif Islam

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Boris Jeremic

Boris Jeremic

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Jason Lowe-Power

Jason Lowe-Power

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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John Owens

John Owens

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Avesta Sasan

Avesta Sasan

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Natarajan Sukumar

Natarajan Sukumar

Position Title
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Aditya Thakur

Aditya Thakur

Position Title
  • Computer Science
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Yi Xue

Yi Xue

Position Title
  • Biomedical Engineering
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Weijian Yang

Weijian Yang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Junshan Zhang

Junshan Zhang

Position Title
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

Engineering a better world calls for solutions of a different caliber, demanding innovation across disciplines using a design-centric approach.

We employ and develop intelligent systems and automation, tools at the nano-and-micro- scales and engineering for all that will revolutionize energy systems, strengthen climate resilience, advance human health and transform mobility to bring a sustainable, healthier and more resilient world within reach.

Revolutionizing Energy Systems

Windfill with a field in background

Strengthening Climate Resilience

Burnt trees in a red skyline

Transforming Mobility

Rendering of a futuristic car

Advancing Human Health

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