Smart Systems and Cities
Creating the next generation of information technology.
Imagine a wireless wonderland where smart homes communicate digitally with a smart grid that distributes the right amount of power exactly when and where it’s needed. Or gridlock-free city streets where traffic lights are controlled by real-time data.
We’re leveraging the power of the Internet of Things and advanced sensor technology to make homes, manufacturing plants, energy and transportation infrastructure, and even entire cities more efficient, more responsive and more resilient.
Centers and institutes that conduct research in Smart Systems and Cities
Faculty who conduct research in Smart Systems and Cities
Changyong (Chase) Cao
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Study the mechanics, designs, and manufacturing of smart multifunctional materials, soft robotics, soft electronics, and self-powered sensing systems.
M. Cenk Cavusoglu
Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Director, Medical Robotics and Computer Integrated Surgery Laboratory
Develops next-generation medical robotic systems for surgery and image-guided interventions
Robert Gao
Department Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Develops multi-physics sensing and stochastic modeling methods for improving observability in dynamical systems
Mehmet Koyutürk
Andrew R. Jennings Professor of Computing Sciences
Professor, Computer and Data Sciences Department
Develops algorithms for transforming "big" biological data into systems biology knowledge
Pan Li
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Investigates big data computing and analytics, security and privacy, and their applications in complex systems and networks
Yue Li
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Designs and improves resilient buildings and infrastructure
Wei Lin
Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Researches nonlinear control, time-delay systems, adaptive control, stochastic stability/control with applications to renewable energy, power systems and smart grid.
Kenneth Loparo
Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Co-Director, Internet of Things Collaborative (IOTC)
Develop real-time data analytics and control algorithms for industrial, energy and physiological systems
Behnam Malakooti
Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Designs & develops models for industrial, operations, production/manufacturing systems, asymmetric risk analysis & predictions, decision making/behaviour types, artificial neural networks, interactive models, and multiple objective optimization.
Chris Papachristou
Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Designs and develops hardware and software for embedded systems and IoT devices
Michael Pollino
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Director, Vanderhoof Infrastructure Research and Education Facility
Examines performance of structural systems and components subjected to loading and develops design approaches for resilience and sustainability
Soumya Ray
Associate Professor, Computer and Data Sciences Department
Develops and analyzes algorithms for intelligent adaptive systems
Daniel Saab
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Models and simulates digital systems, and verifies integrated circuit designs
Bill Yu
Department Chair, Civil Engineering
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Multiscale multiphysics processes in geosystems and infrastructure, interdisciplinary innovations in intelligent infrastructure technologies towards resilience and sustainability.
Xiangwu Zeng
Department Chair, Civil Engineering
Develops geotechnical solutions for earthquake design, space exploration, wind turbines and vibration attenuation