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Thu, 08/25/2022

EECS Student Wins Best Paper Award at the International Conference

An EECS student, Krushi Bharatbhai Patel, is the leading author of a paper that received the Best Student Paper award at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition. The paper introduces a module that significantly improves the performance of image classification compared to the existing methods. Image recognition is an enabling...

Wed, 08/17/2022

EECS Assistant Professor Receives $750,000 NSF Grant to Secure 5G Networks

Taejoon Kim, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation under the Convergence Accelerator Track G: Securely Operating Through 5G Infrastructure Program. The proposal, titled “Combating Vulnerability and Unawareness in 5G Network Security: Signaling and Full-Stack Approach,” aims to address...

Wed, 08/10/2022

NSF supports two EECS faculty's research with a $1M grant

Two EECS faculty receive a $1M NSF award to address rural communication and intelligence.
Mon, 08/01/2022

Faculty With Biometric Expertise Joins EECS Department

Dr. Shomaji with expertise in biometric authentication and biomedical applications joins the EECS department.
Tue, 06/21/2022

Professor Victor Frost Receives ASEE Best Paper Award

Professor Victor Frost is the recipient of the 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference first-place Best Paper Award.
Wed, 05/11/2022

EECS Students Win KU Math Competition

Two KU EECS students claimed honors in the KU Math Prize Competition, held this spring by the KU Math Department. Colin Marett, a junior in mathematics and computer science, won the first-place award. EECS student Siddharth Dodia was the third-place winner. ...

Thu, 04/28/2022

Inaugural KU EECS KEDS Award Presented

A man who revolutionized the way the world views maps online and another who was a pioneer in computing on the KU campus are the first two recipients of the KU Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department’s new KU EECS Distinguished Service (KEDS) Award. ...

Mon, 04/18/2022

Two EECS Graduate Students Claim Top Honors at International Radar Conference

LAWRENCE — Two EECS students have received international recognition for their research on radar systems.
Sun, 02/20/2022

NSA Validates the EECS Undergraduate Certificate Degree Program

The Undergraduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Program has been validated by NSA National CAE Program in 2022, as a new Program of Study in Cybersecurity under KU’s CAE-CD designation. Sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly, the National Centers of Academic Excellence in...

Thu, 02/17/2022

EECS Department Hires Five New Faculty

Five new faculty with expertise in computer architecture, hardware security, RF signals, high-performance computing, and data mining join the EECS department.
Mon, 02/07/2022

EECS Establishes a Distinguished Service Award

February 2022. The Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science in the University of Kansas School of Engineering is launching a new award to recognize distinguished alumni and dedicated associates of the department. ...

Tue, 02/01/2022

Three EECS Faculty Receive Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Three EECS faculty were recently awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER award. ...

Thu, 01/27/2022

Two EECS Alumni Now University Leaders

On January 27, 2022, Jungwoo Ryoo (Ph.D., Computer Science, 2005), was appointed the Chancellor of the Penn State University, DuBois. On July 1, 2021, David Janzen (Ph.D., Computer Science, 2006) started his appointment as the President of Tabor College.
Fri, 12/17/2021

EECS Team Placed Second in the 'Capture the Flag' Global Competition

Thu, 11/18/2021

KU engineering professor becomes first woman to win international meshing award

Wed, 10/06/2021

Grant Given to the EECS Faculty Will Facilitate Better Access to Black Literature

Thu, 11/19/2020

KU Students Attend the First Ever Virtual Grace Hopper Conference

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the largest gathering of women technologists in the world, and in October 2020 it was hosted virtually for the first time. Even though the circumstances were unfavorable to travel to Orlando, FL, where the event was originally planned to take place,...

Wed, 11/11/2020

KU EECS Team Wins Second Place in CSAW 2020

A collaborative team from the University of Kansas and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has earned second place in the Logic Locking Conquest in Cybersecurity Awareness Worldwide (CSAW) 2020, organized by the NYU Center for Cybersecurity. Tamzidul Hoque, a new Assistant Professor in the EECS department, along with...

Thu, 11/07/2019

EECS Professor Talks Digital Privacy at the Lawrence Public Library

The Lawrence Public Library hosted an open talk by EECS Assistant Professor Drew Davidson on protecting digital privacy. The talk described the ways an average computer user can protect themselves against common threats online and from computer theft. ...

Thu, 11/07/2019

KU EECS Research Used in Nvidia's Latest AI Accelerator Release

Nvidia revealed in their official developer blog that it uses FireSim-NVDLA, a KU EECS research outcome, to evaluate the software release for their open-source deep neural network hardware accelerator, called Nvidia Deep Learning Accelerator (NVDLA). ...

Thu, 11/07/2019

BSIT Students Host A Cyberdefense Competition for High School Students

A Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) capstone team, comprised of four Jayhackers—Edwards officers, organized and held a cyberdefense competition over the course of a week this fall. The onsite portion of the competition was hosted at the KU Edwards Campus on October 19th and 20th. Competition participants included...

Thu, 11/07/2019

EECS Graduate Student Receives Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2019 International Telemetering Conference

A paper written by EECS master’s student Jason Baxter received the “Best Graduate Student Paper” award at the 2019 International Telemetering Conference (ITC), held in October in Las Vegas. ...

Thu, 11/07/2019

LIDAR Patent Sold to Industry

A patent on Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology, developed by EECS Professors Ron Hui, Chris Allen, and their Ph.D. student Peter Adany, has sold to a long-time licensed user in industry. ...

Thu, 11/07/2019

KU Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department to Offer Certificate in Cybersecurity

The University of Kansas School of Engineering is launching a four-course cybersecurity certificate program that will provide undergraduate students with the expertise to fortify digital networks in workplaces, schools and at home. ...

Tue, 10/08/2019

KU Radar Student Honored at Army Research Laboratory

KU electrical engineering Ph.D. student Jonathan Owen spent the summer of 2019 as a graduate intern at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). In a competition for graduate summer intern research, Owen placed first among more than 200 students in his directorate, and placed third among more than 1,000 students at...

Tue, 10/08/2019

KU EECS Research on Quantum Computing Recognized by Premier IEEE Conference

A paper co-authored by EECS Ph.D. student Naveed Mahmud and his advisor, Assistant Professor Esam El-Araby, was recognized at the 32nd IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC’19) in September 2019. ...

Tue, 10/08/2019

Professors Receive Funding from Samsung to Develop Intelligent 5G Cell-Planning Technologies

KU EECS Assistant Professor Taejoon Kim is leading an effort funded by Samsung to eliminate cost concerns that threaten the deployment of 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular communications. ...

Fri, 05/17/2019

Paper Authored by KU EECS Researchers Designated an Outstanding Paper at Top Conference in Embedded Real-Time Systems

A KU paper submitted to the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS) has been designated as an Outstanding Paper. The paper, “Denial-of-Service Attacks on Shared Cache in Multicore: Analysis and Prevention,” was co-authored by Ph.D. student Michael G. Bechtel and Assistant Professor Heechul...

Fri, 05/17/2019

EECS Professor Receives NSF Funding to Improve the Cybersecurity Management of Networks

Network and Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are central components of modern enterprise networks. Organizations deploy SOCs to manage their network operations, defend against cyber threats, and maintain regulatory compliance. Traditionally, these organizations are provided with an abstract view of network security through the interface of SOC metrics, and the SOC,...

Fri, 05/17/2019

Professor Receives Funding from Sony to Develop Millimeter Wave Networking Technology

Sony Corporation of America is supporting Assistant Professor Morteza Hashemi to develop novel multi-hop routing protocols for millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems. ...

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