News
Dec 11, 2025
New Faculty Spotlight: Kenle Chen
Kenle Chen joins the electrical and computer engineering department in January 2026 as an Associate Professor.
Dec 11, 2025
New Faculty Spotlight: Yanjing Li
Yanjing Li joins the electrical and computer engineering department in January 2026 as an Associate Professor.
Dec 10, 2025
Fu Leads $3.5M NSF Award to Secure the Next Generation of Neural Implants and Brain-Controlled Interfaces
A multidisciplinary team led by ECE Professor Kevin Fu was awarded a $3.5 million NSF grant for “SCC-LSR: From Technology to Humans: Protecting Users of Neural and Medical Implant Technologies Through Resilience and Safety Engineering.”
Dec 10, 2025
Koutsonikolas Elevated to ACM Distinguished Member
ECE Associate Professor Dimitrios Koutsonikolas was recognized as a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to improving the performance of millimeter wave networks.
Dec 08, 2025
Adaptive Splint Designed for Individuals with Autism
ECE Associate Professor Kris Dorsey is the principal researcher on a project working to develop an adaptive splint for autistic individuals to prevent them from self-injurious behaviors.
Dec 04, 2025
Fei and Kirda Elevated to IEEE Fellows
ECE Professor Yunsi Fei and Khoury/ECE Professor Engin Kirda were elevated to IEEE Fellows. Fei was recognized for contributions in side-channel analysis, protection of computing accelerators, and robust security evaluation, and Kirda was recognized for contributions to improving the security of computer software, systems, and networks.
Dec 04, 2025
Patent for Adapter Enables Use of Open RAN Technologies on Legacy RAN Systems
ECE Associate Research Professor Salvatore D’Oro, Associate Research Scientist Leonardo Bonati, Assistant Research Professor Michele Polese, and William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia were awarded a patent for “Open RAN adapter for use of open RAN technologies on legacy RAN systems.”
Nov 25, 2025
Addressing Backdoor Attacks on Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN)
Research developed by the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things on “How to Poison an xApp: Dissecting Backdoor Attacks to Deep Reinforcement Learning in Open Radio Access Networks” was published in Computer Networks.