Information, Communication + Data Science
15 papers presented at NeurIPS
Topics of accepted ECE NeurIPS papers include diffusion models, large language models, multi-armed bandit models, and more.Using ML to design new types of medicine
Doctoral student Matthew Raymond wants to facilitate the development of new and groundbreaking nanomedicines.Best Student Paper Award for work in universal training of neural networks
ECE alum Mohammadreza Tavasoli Naeini, a former student of Prof. Al Hero, was first author on the paper and award recipient.Wei Lu earns 2024 Best Paper Award for work in spiking neural networks
The paper was published in Proceedings of the IEEE in September 2023, and already has more than 500 citations.Fifteen papers by ECE researchers to be presented at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Topics of accepted ECE NeurIPS papers include diffusion models, large language models, multi-armed bandit models, and more.Matthew Raymond recognized for research using ML techniques to design new types of medicine
Doctoral student Matthew Raymond wants to facilitate the development of new and groundbreaking nanomedicines.Can Yaras recognized for his research aimed at efficient algorithms for LLMs
Doctoral student Can Yaras wants to reduce the carbon footprint of AI.Vijay Subramanian awarded $7.5M MURI to rethink game theory in dynamic environments
Prof. Subramanian is the lead PI on a collaborative project to improve the accuracy of modern game theory predictions and produce better outcomes.Fourteen papers by ECE researchers to be presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning
Accepted papers for the ICML conference span topics including deep representation learning, language model fine-tuning, generative modeling, and more.GenAI diffusion models learn to generate new content more consistently than expected
Award-winning research led by Prof. Qing Qu discovered an intriguing phenomenon that diffusion models consistently produce nearly identical content starting from the same noise input, regardless of model architectures or training procedures.Linking online and offline social networks to better predict real world impact
Prof. Lei Ying leads a new MURI that is focused on the interplay between online and offline networks and how they could impact disruptive behavior and events.Research describing quantum-inspired computational imaging earns impact award
This Q&A with award co-recipient Alfred Hero offers a glimpse into the emerging field of single photon imaging.Research to simplify big data graphs earns Best Paper Award at IEEE SSP 2023
Research by PhD student Neophytos Charalambides and Professor Alfred Hero addresses computational and storage bottlenecks for graphs used in statistical problems, signal processing, large networks, combinatorial optimization, and data analysis.Yan Long awarded Predoctoral Fellowship to support research impacting secure communications
Long aims to ensure that the information received from sensing devices is both trustworthy and confidential.Bahareh Hadidian awarded Barbour Scholarship to support research impacting wireless communications
Hadidian’s research is focused on high-frequency fully integrated circuits for the next generation of wireless communications and sensing technologies.Six ECE faculty will help shape the future of semiconductors as part of the JUMP 2.0 program
Elaheh Ahmadi, David Blaauw, Michael Flynn, Hun-Seok Kim, Hessam Mahdavifar, and Zhengya Zhang bring their expertise and creativity to this nationwide undertaking in the area of semiconductors and information & communication technologies.Neophytos Charalambides receives Best Poster Award for research in the area of Data Science
The research can be applied to a wide range of big data applications that rely on the multiplication of two matrices in linear algebra.Designing Synthetic Human Gut Microbiome with AI
Prof. Al Hero was interviewed and gave a presentation about his research using machine learning to improve our understanding of the human gutMachine learning begins to understand the human gut
The new computer model accurately predicts the behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine.Teaching Machine Learning in ECE
With new courses at the UG and graduate level, ECE is delivering state-of-the-art instruction in machine learning for students in ECE, and across the UniversityImmune to hacks: Inoculating deep neural networks to thwart attacks
The adaptive immune system serves as a template for defending neural nets from confusion-sowing attacksQing Qu receives CAREER award to explore the foundations of machine learning and data science
His research develops computational methods for learning succinct representations from high-dimensional data.Lei Ying named IEEE Fellow for fundamental research in cloud computing systems and wireless networks
Prof. Ying’s theoretical research addresses a broad range of fundamental problems arising from big-data analytics.New grant aims to create better algorithms to manage big data by getting “non-real”
Professors Laura Balzano and Hessam Mahdavifar are developing new ways to compress data through randomized algorithms to remove redundancies$1 Million DARPA contract to empower the wireless systems of the future
Prof. Elaheh Ahmadi is working to design a new kind of semiconductor that can provide high power at high frequencies$20M NSF AI-EDGE Institute aims to transform 5G and beyond networks
University of Michigan is a core member of a new NSF-led Institute that is a collaboration between 11 institutions, three government research labs, and four global companiesEmbracing Risk: Cyber insurance as an incentive mechanism for cybersecurity
This new book by Mingyan Liu offers an engineering and strategic approach to improving cybersecurity through cyber insuranceTracking COVID-19 spread faster, and more accurately
Elaheh Ahmadi receives ONR Young Investigator Award to prepare for the next generation of wireless technology
Could a smartwatch identify an infection before you start spreading it?
Using machine learning to detect disease before symptoms manifest
Prof. Alfred Hero speaks to ECE about his work using data to predict the transmission of infectious disease among people who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic and how it relates to COVID-19.Hun-Seok Kim receives CAREER Award to facilitate Internet of Things connectivity
Wireless Communication Under the Sea
Machine Learning and Systems: A conversation with 2020 Field Award winners Al Hero and Anders Lindquist
Channel Coding for Next Generation 5G and Beyond
AI-powered Whatsapp Bot fights fake news in India
ECE and data science: a natural connection
Miniature satellites to maximize global communication
It takes two photonic qubits to make quantum computing possible
Solving impossible equations
The new law that will guide the future of information processing
Mingyan Liu, 2018 Distinguished University Innovator, talks about her company and data science commercialization
$6.25M MURI project will decode world’s most complex networks
Improving communication between humans and robots in 20 noisy questions
$1.6M toward artificial intelligence for data science
Mingyan Liu: Confessions of a pseudo data scientist
COVE: a tool for advancing progress in computer vision
Jasprit Singh: Seeking a better life through engineering
A new way to test low-frequency antennas for long-range communication
U-M cyber security startup purchased by FICO
Fighting cyber crime with data analytics
How the Net Was Won: Michigan Built the Budding Internet
The ARPANET came before it. And the World Wide Web and browser technology would later make it accessible for the masses. But in between, a small Ann Arbor-based group labored on the NSFNET in relative obscurity to build—and ultimately to save—the Internet.Claude Shannon centennial celebrants recall U-M grad’s advances, societal impact
Zhaoshi Meng receives Best Paper Award at CAMSAP 2013
Pin-Yu Chen receives Rackham Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship
New algorithms and theory for shining light through non-transparent media
Research in distributed networks earns Notable Paper Award at AISTATS
ECE alum Kevin Xu wins Social Computing Challenge Competition
Advancing secure communications: A better single-photon emitter for quantum cryptography
Predicting your risk of illness
U-M researcher involved in $10 million project to advance computer programming
New technology allows CT scans to be done with a fraction of the conventional radiation dose
Raj Nadakuditi receives AFOSR Young Investigator Award
Prof. Raj Nadakuditi receives 2012 SPS Young Author Best Paper Award
Next-generation Systems Information Theory
Breakthrough: Researchers find wide gap in immune responses of people who did or didnt get the flu after exposure
New techniques in medical informatics lead to improved diagnosis of MDS
Gyemin Lee receives Best Paper Award for research in machine learning for biomedical diagnosis
Wayne Stark and Changhun Bae receive 2011 JCN Best Paper Award
Zhengya Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award
Ellersick Prize for Best Paper Awarded to authors in communications
Sensing Sensors: NSF Funding News Ways to Monitor Infrastructure for Safety
The program aims to develop revolutionary wireless sensor node, optimized for infrastructure monitoring.Ali Nazari receives Best Paper Award at ISIT 2009
Michael Thiel earns first place in SEMCAD X Student Research Award