Computer Engineering

Baskin School of Engineering
335 Baskin Engineering Building
(831) 459-2158
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu

Faculty and Professional Interests

Professor

Alexandre Brandwajn
Computer architecture, performance modeling, queueing network models of computer systems, operating systems

F. Joel Ferguson
Fault diagnosis, failure analysis, logic fault modeling, digital test pattern generation, design-for-test of digital circuits and systems

J. Joaquín García-Luna-Aceves
Wireless networks, Internet, multimedia information systems

Richard Hughey
Computer architecture, parallel processing, computational biology

Glen G. Langdon Jr., Emeritus

Tracy Larrabee
Test-pattern simulation and generation, fault modeling, fault diagnosis, design verification, technical writing, logic simulation

Patrick E. Mantey
Image systems, image processing, visualization, image and multimedia systems, digital signal processing, real-time control

Martine D. F. Schlag
VLSI design tools and algorithms, VLSI theory, field-programmable gate arrays, FPGA-based computing engines

Anujan Varma
Computer networking, computer architecture, optical networks

Associate Professor

Luca de Alfaro
Formal methods, game theory, embedded systems, software engineering

Pak K. Chan
Placement and routing algorithms, field-programmable gate arrays, spectral-based partitioning, circuit theory, computer arithmetic

Roberto Manduchi
Sensor processing and image analysis with application to assistive technology and environmental modeling

Katia Obraczka
Computer networks, distributed systems, operating systems, Internet information systems, mobile computing, wireless networks

Assistant Professor

William Dunbar
Theory and application of feedback control, distributed control of supply chains, model predictive control, optimization and optimal control, and control applications in sequencing technologies

Gabriel Elkaim
Embedded systems; robust software architectures for real-time reactive systems; sensor fusion; guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) system identification; robust and advanced control schemes; feedback control systems; robotics; unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs); and cooperative control

Jose Renau
Computer architecture, chip multiprocessors, energy/performance trade-offs, thread level speculation, interaction between architecture and compilers, Linux kernel

Hai Tao
Image and video processing, computer vision, vision-based graphics, and human-computer interaction

Lecturer

Cyrus Bazeghi

Stephen C. Petersen
Embedded controller systems, RF wireless systems, modulation and spectrum reuse, digital signal processing, circuit theory

Patrick Tantalo
Graph theory, combinatorics, optimization, algorithms

Linda Werner
Software engineering testing, usability engineering, educational and social issues

Professor

Benjamin Friedlander (Electrical Engineering)
Digital communications, wireless communication system, array processing, adaptive signal processing

Claire X.-G. Gu (Electrical Engineering)
Fiber sensors for bio-applications, optical fiber communications, volume holographic data storage, liquid crystal displays, nonlinear optics, optical information processing

Kevin Karplus (Biomolecular Engineering; Undergraduate and Graduate Director of Bioinformatics)
Protein structure prediction, protein design

Suresh K. Lodha (Computer Science)
Geo-spatial visualization, scientific visualization, sensor and computer vision, data mining

Darrell D. E. Long (Computer Science)
Storage systems, distributed computing systems, operating systems, mobile computing, performance evaluation, fault tolerance, computer security, multimedia, and video-on-demand systems

Dominic W. Massaro (Psychology)
Understanding language, speech perception and reading, language learning and speech technology, pattern recognition, psychology of interactive media, psychology of art and new media, human-machine interface

Charles E. McDowell (Computer Science)
Programming languages, parallel computing, and computer science education

Alex T. Pang (Computer Science)
Uncertainty visualization, tensor visualization, scientific visualization, collaboration software, virtual reality interfaces

Ira Pohl (Computer Science)
Artificial intelligence, programming languages, heuristic methods, educational and social issues, combinatorial algorithms

Associate Professor

Peyman Milanfar (Electrical Engineering)
Statistical signal image/video processing and reconstruction; modeling and inverse problems in imaging; detection and estimation theory; applied mathematics

Ethan L. Miller (Computer Science)
File and storage systems, operating systems, computer security, distributed systems, reliability and fault tolerance, performance evaluation, and information retrieva

Assistant Professor

Hamid Sadjadpour (Electrical Engineering)
Wireless communication systems, coding and information theory, ad hoc and sensor networks

Adjunct Professor

Harwood G. Kolsky, Retired