Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
HPC Fault Tolerance and Data Reduction,Safety of Automonous Driving Systems, AI Dependability
Recent Publications
[NeurIPS’25] “You Only Spectralize Once: Taking a Spectral Detour to Accelerate Graph Neural Network”. The Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2025. Yi Li, Zhichun Guo, Guanpeng Li, and Bingzhe Li
[LDAV’25] “Lossy Parallel Visualization of Large-Scale Volume Data with Error-Bounded Image Compositing.” IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization, 2025.…
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
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Parallel and Distributed Computing; Scalable, Efficient, and Secure Technologies and Systems for HPC, Big Data, AI, Cloud, Edge, and others; Novel Communication and I/O Technologies (e.g., RDMA/PMEM/NVMe/GPU/DPU); Scalable and Parallel Algorithms and Applications; Interdisciplinary Research for Social Good
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
High performance data converters, delta-sigma modulators, synthesizable analog to digital converters, biomedical applications
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Wireless and mobile networking, next generation wireless systems, medium access control protocols
Honors and Awards
Best Paper Session, IEEE Power and Energy Systems General Meeting, 2023
Featured Article, IET Smart Grid Journal, 2022
Nelms Faculty Fellow, UF Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, 2022
Star in Networking and Communications, N2Women, 2021
Distinguished Member, IEEE INFOCOM Technical Program Committee, 2019–2021
Finalist, ECE Teacher of the year (nominated by the ECE department undergraduate students), 2019
UF Doctoral Mentoring Award, 2014
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
Aerial and underwater vehicle control, autonomous systems, cooperative control, mobile wireless sensor networks
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Electromagnetic waves, non-linear energetic interactions in the ionosphere, remote-sensing applications of ELF/VLF propagation of ELF/VLF propagation
Honors and Awards
International Educator of the Year, College of Engineering, UF 2014
Young Scientist Award for XXIXth URSI General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois 2008
Recipient, National Science Foundation Antarctic Service Medal, 2006
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
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Multi-functional semiconductor devices, (Sensors, logic, actuators, memory, MEMS), Design, characterization, and reliability
Honors and Awards
NASA Invention Award, 2008
IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2006-2011
Teacher of the Year Award, UF HKN, 2005-2007
Best Paper Award, AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Technical Committee, 2004
Teacher of the Year Award, UF College of Engineering, 2003-2004
Teaching Improvement Program Award, UF, 1995
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
Electronics
Research Interests
Photonic Devices and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), Material Metrology, Heterogeneous Integrated System, Photonic Interconnects
Honors and Awards
The MOC Student Award, 26th Micro Optics Conference, Japan, 2021
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) nanoMFG Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2021
Sprawcew Scholarship, George Washington University 2021–22
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Biophysical modeling of electric-field effects on cells (non-excitable and excitable), semiconductor-device modeling and simulation, neural interfaces
Selected Publications:
A. Furniturewalla, P. Rustogi, E. Patrick, J. Judy, “Modeling the Recording of Intraneural Action Potential with Microelectrodes Using FEM and Point-Source Methods, IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, San Francisco, March, 2019.…
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Integrated Optical Circuits and Silicon Photonics, with a special focus on advance heterogenous integration, hardware for Machine Learning and Neural Network, and (bio)sensing with integrated photonics.
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
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Lightning, Atmospheric Electricity, Lightning Protection
Honors and Awards
HWCOE Teacher/Scholar of the Year (2025)
Distinguished Professor, University of Florida (2022)
Honorary Member, International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE) (2022)
IEEE Richard R. Stoddart Award in Electromagnetic Compatibility (2019)
Toshio Takeuti Award, the International Symposium on Winter Lightning (2017)
Senior Faculty International Educator of the Year, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering,(2015–2016)
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS) (2015)
IEEE-EMC Richard Schulz Transactions Prize Paper Award Honorable Mention (2015)
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, JGR Atmospheres (2016)
Karl Berger Award, International Conference on Lightning Protection (2012)
Best Paper Award, 7th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning, Chengdu, China (2011)
Annual Recognition Award, National Lightning Safety Institute (2004)
Prize Paper Award, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Surge Protective Devices Committee (2001)
UF Research Foundation Professorship (2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Outstanding Contribution in Research Award, Southeastern Section Medallion Certificate, American Society for Engineering Education (1999)
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Lightning and Electromagnets, Devices and Semiconductor Device Manufacturing
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Low-power design, reconfigurable computing, platform design, dynamic optimizations, hardware design, real-time systems. Specifically, exploring challenges in leveraging Blockchain technology in Internet of Things (IoT) devices for enhanced data privacy, security, ownership, and monetization. Research focus ranges from holistic system-level layouts to per-device System-on-Chip (Soc) architectural designs considering dynamic and heterogeneous resources for low power-/energy-based Blockchain operations.…
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Trustworthy computing; Automotives and IoT; Post-silicon validation; Formal Methods
Honors and Awards
Keynote Speaker DUHDe, Dresden, Germany, workshop part of Design, Automation, and Test in Europe, 2016
Best Paper Selection Committee Lead HOST, 2015
Research Recognition Award, Intel Strategic CAD Labs, for Research Pathfinding: Automated Analysis of Post-silicon Hardware Tracing, 2015
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Safe and trustworthy autonomy, cyber-physical systems, guarantees for learning components, formal methods, robotics, autonomous racing
Honors and Awards
NSF CAREER Award, 2025
Best Contributed Theoretical Paper for paper “Data Generation with PROSPECT: a Probability Specification Tool” at the Winter Simulation Conference. 12/2021
Frank Anger Memorial Award for crossover of ideas between the SIGSOFT (software engineering) and SIGBED (embedded systems) communities.…
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Robotics, Embedded Systems, Controls, Autonomous mobile agents
Honors and Awards
HWCOE Faculty Adviser/Mentor of the Year, 2024
Faculty of the Year, awarded by students of the ECE Department (2022-2023)
MIL (Machine Intelligence Laboratory) team faculty advisor for five world champion robot teams:
RoboSub (2005, 2006, 2007)
RoboBoat (2013)
Maritime RobotX Challenge (2019)
UF IEEE & HKN Teacher of the Year, 2012
Student Involvement Award for Advisor of the Year, 2011
IEEE Southeast Region Outstanding Branch Counselor, 2010
Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree, UF, 2000-2005, 2012
Teacher of the Year, UF, 2002
Teacher of the Year, College of Engineering UF, 2002
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
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Micromachined transducers, MEMS, electroacoustics, aeroacoustics, and fluid mechanics
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
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Devices & optoelectronics, AI/ML accelerators, mixed-signal ASICs, quantum processors, cryptography
Honors And Awards
2024 Fellow, IEEE
2023 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, SPIE
2023 Scientist Medal, IAAM
2022 Distinguished Researcher Award, SEAS GWU
2022 Fellow, SPIE
2022 Fellow, IAAM
2021 Fellow, Optical Society (formerly OSA)
2021 Highly Cited Researcher recognition (Elsevier, top 0.1% in field)
2021 DURIP Award, AFOSR
2020 Community Champion, SPIE
2019 PECASE – Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers, White House/U.S.…
Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Hardware security and trust, IoT security, electronics supply chain security, and reliable and testable VLSI design
Honors and Awards
SRC Aristotle Award, 2023
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2022
Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018
TTTC Most Successful Event Award for HOST Symposium, 2016
Best Paper Award, IEEE Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust, 2016
Best Paper Award, IEEE Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust, 2015
ECE Research Excellence Award, University of Connecticut, 2014
Best Paper Award, IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, 2013
Outstanding Contribution Award, IEEE Computer Society, 2012
SOE Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, 2012
Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Computer Society, 2010-date
Distinguished Speaker, ACM, 2010-date
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009
Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Computer Society, 2009
Meritorious Service Award, IEEE Computer Society, 2008
Best Paper Award, IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, 2008
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Solid state electronics and nano technology, new materials and devices to extend Moore’s law. Electrical measurements and modeling
Honors and Awards
TiE 50: Top Startup (SuVolta), 2014
ACE Award IEEE Spectrum: IEEE Emerging Technology: SuVolta, 2012
EuroAsia IC Industry Award for startup, 2011
Semi Award North America (Development of Strained Silicon Transistors), 2008
Fellow, IEEE, for Advancing Fabrication of nanoscale MOSFET, 2006
Fellow, Intel Corporation, 2003
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Carbon nanotubes, semiconductor nanowires, and related nanostructures. Integration of nanotechnology with silicon microfabrication
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Nano-photonics & optoelectronics, Novel materials, Quantum Devices, and neuromorphic computing
Primary Research Area
Electronics
Research Interests
Power electronics, electrical power, electromagnetic interference, electric vehicles, green energy conversion and grid integration, electromagnetic security, IoT security, cyber security, and hardware security
Honors and Awards
HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, 2024
UF Innovate Invention of the Year, 2023
NSF CAREER Award, 2012
IEEE Fellow, 2019
Primary Research Area
Signals & Systems
Research Interests
Hardware security and trust, Reverse engineering, Stylometry, Psycholinguistics, Machine learning, Computer vision, Natural language processing
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
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Semiconductor electronics, manufacturing, measurement and failure analysis, wireless network testing