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Michigan hosts 7th annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference

The conference attracted 300 people from around the world to discuss the latest cross-disciplinary approaches in this new scientific area.

Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum prepares students to join the AI revolution

As AI-related skills become more valuable in research and industry, ECE faculty weave these topics into courses spanning their educational journey.

Can Yaras awarded Predoctoral Fellowship to support research on deep learning and generative AI models

Yaras, Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is working to better understand the inner workings of deep learning and provide better access to foundation models in AI.

Rachel Newton awarded Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement in ECE

The College of Engineering award recognizes ECE doctoral student Rachel Newton for outstanding achievements in research, leadership, and academics.

Laura Balzano honored with Sarah Goddard Power Award

The award recognizes Prof. Balzano’s advocacy for women in electrical engineering and mathematics through her work as a teacher, scholar, and mentor.

ECE faculty design chips for efficient and accessible AI

Faculty specializing in architecture, hardware, and software innovation accelerate machine learning across a range of applications.

Can Yaras recognized for his research aimed at efficient algorithms for LLMs

Doctoral student Can Yaras wants to reduce the carbon footprint of AI.

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.

Laura Balzano receives 2023 MLK Spirit Award

Prof. Balzano has contributed in many ways to promoting an inclusive environment for her students, and is a model for her colleagues.

In Digital Signal Processing, students experiment with sensors for creative projects

Students created everything from a Wordle helper to a tool for melanoma detection to a program that identifies different marine species based on their underwater song.

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 University

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

The artistry of mathematical models

Artist and professor Jessica Wynne features Prof. Laura Balzano’s blackboard in a photography series that captures the abstract beauty of problem solving.

Laura Balzano wins Education Excellence Award from the College of Engineering

Prof. Balzano is honored for her all-around excellence in teaching, mentorship, and curriculum development.

Laura Balzano aims to improve precision medicine as a Fulbright Scholar

Balzano will work with Portuguese researcher Mário Figueiredo to develop new machine learning methods impacting medical diagnosis and treatment.

Laura Balzano receives NSF CAREER Award to improve machine learning for big data applications

Her research deciphering messy data sets will first tackle applications in genetics and computer vision.

Laura Balzano receives ARO Young Investigator Award to improve high-dimensional big data problems

Applications include managing large networked systems, such as sensor networks, power grids, or computer networks.

ECE and data science: a natural connection

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty and students at Michigan are part of the revolution in data science that is happening today.

Laura Balzano receives AFOSR Young Investigator Award for research that addresses massive streaming data

Prof. Balzano uses statistical signal processing, matrix factorization, and optimization to unravel dynamic and messy data.

Laura Balzano partners with 3M to advance research in big data

Prof. Laura Balzano received a 2018 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award to advance her research in Big Data.

$1.6M toward artificial intelligence for data science

DARPA is trying to build a system that can turn large data sets into models that can make predictions, and U-M is in on the project.

Laura Balzano receives Intel Early Career Faculty Honor Program Award for research in big data

The purpose of the ECFHP is to help Intel connect with the best and brightest early career faculty members who show great promise.

A real-world approach to digital signal processing

Students could use sensors or other data collection tools to pursue a goal of their choosing.

MCubed A Year Later: A record of fostering innovative research

Several of the cubes enabled research to progress to the point that faculty are applying for larger grants to continue the work.

ECE faculty are MCubing to find answers – fast

The goal of MCubed is to jumpstart novel, high-risk and transformative research projects.