Research Overview

Research in the Department advances the underlying principles that define systems and components and demonstrates the application of principles to practice. Increasingly, applications integrate a variety of themes drawn from both principles and practices, combining concepts from specific fields to create a contemporary, competitive product. The different research thrusts draw on the overlap of faculty members' interests and expertise in multiple areas, creating a team-based infrastructure of innovators seeking to advance the principles and practices enabling today's complex systems.

Primary Research Thrust Areas

Primary Research Thrust Areas include:

• Signal Processing
• Embedded, Real-Time, Intelligent Microelectronic Systems
• Visual and Multimedia Information Systems
• Networked Information Systems & Applications
• Information Security and Forensics

ECE Research Application Areas

Application areas provide a testing ground for the practicality and performance of new principles and techniques. Representative targeted applications of ECE projects include the following:

• Wireless transceivers
• Ad hoc wireless networks
• Autonomous mobile robotics
• Telemedicine & Wireless Networks
• Image understanding
• Information hiding
• Secure wireless communications
• Reliable and efficient transmission of multimedia information
• Cross-layer protocols for networks

Dr. Narayan Ganesan discusses advances in quantum computing research at Stevens.