Studies in this field are related to the transmission, creation, manipulation, and understanding of signals and systems.
Signal processing looks to take data from a wide variety of sources (speech, audio, images, video, radar, sensor networks) and transform it into useable pieces.
Communication systems are designed to transmit information while minimizing the corruptive effects of noise and interference.
Faculty
Area Chair: Joel Harley
Primary Research Area
Signals & Systems
Research Interests
Security and control of Cyber Physical Systems, Intelligent Transportation System, Control theory, Diagnosis, Energy management
Primary Research Area
Signals & Systems
Research Interests
Theory and algorithms for synthesizing correct-by-construction autonomous systems through integrated formal methods, learning, control, and game theory
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Signal Processing, Data Science, Acoustics, Nondestructive Evaluation, Structural Health Monitoring, Speech Processing
Honors and Awards
AFOSR Young Investigator Award, 2017
Invited Paper Published in Proceedings of the IEEE, 2015
Univ. of Utah Electrical and Computer Engineering Teaching Award, 2016
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Distributed Computing and Storage, Communication and Networking, Information Theory
Honors and Awards
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Computing and Networking (ISICN), 2024
Outstanding ECE Research Award, University of Utah, 2023
Outstanding ECE Teaching Award, University of Utah, 2022
NSF CAREER Award, 2022
Listed as one of the Top 15% Undergraduate Teachers of the College of Engineering at the University of Utah for Fall 2021
Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) 2021
Listed as one of the Top 15% Undergraduate Teachers of the College of Engineering at the University of Utah for Fall 2020
IEEE Leonard G.…
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Computational Photography, Sensors, Optics, Image/Video Processing
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Signal processing for wireless communications and radar
Honors and Awards
Keynote Speaker, IET International Radar Conference, Hangzhou, China, October 2015
Keynote Speaker, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing, Ningbo, China, September 2015
2012 Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Markov processes (with or without control), spectral theory and large deviations; Stochastic approximation, reinforcement learning
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Advisors List, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2010
Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Scholars’ Award, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 1994
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Signal processing; complexity analysis and entropic methods; machine learning and data fusion; uncertainty modeling; human systems and human performance; system engineering; human physiology
Honors and Awards
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Summer Faculty Fellow (Human Performance Wing), 2021, 2022
National Institutes of Health (NIH) LRP Award, 2021-2023
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Fellowship (ARCS), 2016-2017
Jefferson Presidential Fellowship in Data Science, 2015-2016
NASA’s Virginia Space Grant Consortium Fellowship, 2015-2016
Virginia Center for Health Innovation Fellowship, 2015-2016
NASA’s Virginia Space Grant Consortium Fellowship, 2014-2015
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Repperger Fellowship, 2015
UVa’s Critical Care and Trauma Young Fellowship, 2014
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Research Interests: Sensorimotor Integration, Computational and Systems Neuroscience, Brain-Machine Interfaces
Honors and Awards
National Science Foundation Excellence in Neural Engineering Award , 2001
Best Student Paper Award, 23rd IEEE International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2001
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
adaptive systems, learning theory
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2021
IEEE SP Society Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award, 2021
University of Florida International Scholar Award, HWCOE, 2019
University of Florida Don D. & Ruth Eckis Endowed Distinguished Professor, 2017
Life Fellow, IEEE, 2017
SEC Faculty Achievement Award Winner, 2016
University of Florida Teacher/Scholar of the Year, 2014-2015
Honorary Professor, U.…
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Wireless communication & networking, military & secure communication, cross-layer design, networked autonomous vehicles
Research Sponsors
AFOSR, AFRL, DARPA, NSF, ONR, ARO, ARL, DoD (MURI administered by ONR),FDOT, MIT Lincoln Laboratories, SCEEE
Industry Engagement
Harris, Samsung Electromechanics, Intellon
Honors and Awards
ECE Staff Choice Award, 2025
Summer Faculty Fellow, Office of naval Research, 2012, 2014
MILCOM Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Communications Society, 2012
Outstanding Young Alumni, Clemson University, College of Engineering & Science, 2011
Fred W.…
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Machine learning, signal processing, pattern recognition, computational neuroscience, cognitive science
Honors and Awards
HWCOE Undergraduate Teacher of the Year (2025)
UF Center for Teaching Rising Star Award (2025)
ECE Excellence Award in Teaching (2022)
UF HKN & IEEE Faculty of the Year (2021)
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Wireless communications, physical-layer security, software-defined radios, radio frequency system on chip (RFSoC)
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing
Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing
Honors and Awards
SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow (2023-24)
H.E.R.S. Leadership Institute Participant, 2021-2022
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Teacher/Scholar of the Year, 2021-2022
Term Professorship Award, University of Florida, August 2021-July 2024
Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals Participant, 2022-2023
Best Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2011
NSF CAREER Award for research entitled “Supervised Learning with Incomplete and Uncertain Data” 2014
NGA New Investigator Award, 2014
University of Missouri College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Mar.…