Communications, Signal Processing, and Networking
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As an area that has had arguably the most direct impact on our lives, research in communications is critical to improving and expanding capabilities of current technology and developing new ones in the discipline. To that end, faculty in ECE are engaged in research in signal processing and its applications, information theory, integrated circuits for communication, sensor networks, distributed systems, and network optimization.
Our faculty collaborate with not only researchers and faculty in institutions within the U.S. and abroad, but also with industry professionals, and attract exceptional students from around the world to our degree programs.
![Mehmet Akçakaya](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Mehmet%20Akcakaya.jpeg.webp?itok=ydhuAMzL)
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![Changhyun Choi headshot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Changhyun%20Choi.jpeg.webp?itok=qSBFHlR-)
![Emad Ebbini](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-20%20at%2010.47.39%20AM.png.webp?itok=4gli_Ck8)
![Professor Nicola Elia](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Nicola%20Elia_1.JPG.webp?itok=nBP4Vx4O)
![Professor Rhonda Franklin](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Rhonda%20Franklin.jpg.webp?itok=hRgIN3Zp)
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![Professor Ramesh Harjani](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Ramesh%20Harjani_people%20in%20background.jpg.webp?itok=wXoo3pdn)
![Jarvis Haupt headshot](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Jarvis%20Haupt.jpeg.webp?itok=0IQ3HKbM)
![Professor Mingyi Hong](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Mingyi%20Hong.jpg.webp?itok=wlmPXU3V)
![Professor Mostafa Kaveh](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Mos%20Kaveh_2.jpg.webp?itok=Og_pqQuD)
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![Professor Keshab Parhi](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Keshab%20Parhi_1.jpg.webp?itok=hLx5xVm5)
![Professor Yahya Tousi](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Yahya%20Tousi.jpg.webp?itok=dOCf1isg)
Affiliate Faculty
![Professor David Du](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/David%20Du.jpg.webp?itok=XE8HHtWD)
David Du
Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
4-225B Keller Hall
612-625-2560
du@umn.edu
Research Site
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Lucy Dunne
Associate Professor
Dept. of Design, Housing, and Apparel
356 McNeal Hall
612-626-5901
ldunne@umn.edu
Research Site
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Tian He
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
4-205 Keller Hall
612-626-1281
tianhe@umn.edu
Research Site
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Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos
Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
5-201 Keller Hall
612-625-0163
npapas@umn.edu
Research Site
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Alena Talkachova
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
6-128 Nils Hasselmo Hall
612-626-2719
talkacal@umn.edu
Research Site
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Antonia Zhai
Associate Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
6-205 Keller Hall
612-626-1285
Research Site
![Professor Zhi-Li Zhang](/sites/cse.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/Zhi-Li%20Zhang.jpg.webp?itok=x3RzxzoI)
Zhi-Li Zhang
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
6-187 Keller Hall
612-625-8568
Research Site