Participating Faculty

  • Sara Lu Riggs

    Associate Professor
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    My research focuses on task sharing, attention management, and interruption management in complex environments that have included aviation, healthcare, military operations, and manufacturing. These work environments impose considerable and continually increasing attentional demands on…
  • Haiying Shen

    Associate Professor, Computer Science Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (By Courtesy)
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    Before joining UVA as an Associate Professor in 2016, Haiying Shen received her B.S. degree from Tongji University, China in 2000, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Wayne State University in 2004 and 2006. In addition to teaching, she is an Associate Editor for the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) and the IEEE Networking Letters (NL).

  • Cong Shen

    Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Cong Shen is an expert in two fields: artificial intelligence and machine learning, and signal processing, communications, and networking. His current interests are in generative models, in-context learning, reinforcement learning, federated learning, and their engineering applications.

  • Brian L. Smith, PE

    Professor Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs
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    Brian L. Smith, PE is a leader in advanced technology in surface transportation systems - specifically "connecting" the infrastructure to travelers to improve transportation safety and efficiency. His research has contributed to innovations such as mobile phone navigation systems and urban freeway management.

  • Mircea R. Stan

    Director of Computer Engineering Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) Professor
    Currently Recruiting
    Mircea R. Stan

    Mircea R. Stan is teaching and doing research in the areas of AI hardware, Processing in Memory, Cyber-Physical Systems, Computational RFID, Low Power, Spintronics, and Nanoelectronics.

  • John A. Stankovic

    BP America Professor Emeritus Director Emeritus of the Link Lab
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    Stankovic has h-index of 125 and over 68,500 citations. He was awarded the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal. He has two test of time paper awards, nine Best Paper awards, and eleven Best Paper runner up awards. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of York, U.K. He is the Emeritus BP America Professor in the Computer Science dept.

  • Ye (Sarah) Sun

    Associate Professor
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    Sun joined UVA as an associate professor in 2021. Prior to her position at UVA, Sun was an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.

  • Amanda Watson

    Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor, Computer Science
    Currently Recruiting
    Amanda Watson

    Amanda Watson’s research focuses on wearable technology for healthcare and athletic performance. Amanda Watson is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Virginia. She is also affiliated with the UVA Link Lab, a multi-disciplinary center for research and education in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).

  • Qiaochu Zhang

    Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Qiaochu Zhang's research includes analog, mixed-signal, radio-frequency integrated circuits, computer-aided design algorithms, and advanced computing architectures. Dr. Zhang received the B.S. degree (Hons.) in physics from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 2017, and the Ph.D…
  • Shangtong Zhang

    Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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    Shangtong Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining UVA, he received his DPhil degree at the University of Oxford, MSc degree at the University of Alberta, and BSc degree at Fudan University. The goal of his…