Link Lab Faculty Members

Assistant Professor

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The overarching objective of my research is to develop sensing and computing methodologies for fast and reliable analysis of smart and interconnected infrastructure systems under uncertainty. My research is inherently multi-disciplinary and aims to advance reliability and resilience of...

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor, Computer Science (by Courtesy)

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Homa Alemzadeh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science (by courtesy) 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...

Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Science, Professor

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I am an eco-hydrologist with research spanning the continuum of natural through urban watersheds. A goal is to develop and incorporate principles learned in unmanaged ecosystems as part of urban ecosystem restoration. I have a major interest in the role of forests and tree canopy on flooding and...

Professor, Associate Director, Link Lab

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Laura Barnes is a professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering. She is the Associate Director of Link Lab and directs the Sensing Systems for Health Lab which focuses on designing impactful, technology-enabled solutions for improving health and well-being. She received her...

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Systems and Information Engineering, Cyber-Physical Systems Link Lab, Cavalier Autonomous Racing

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Research interests include: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Smart Cities, and Internet of Things

Dr. Madhur Behl is an associate professor in the departments of Computer Science, and Systems and Information Engineering, and a...

Associate Professor, Systems and Information Engineering , Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Nicola Bezzo is an Associate Professor with the Department of Systems and Information Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining UVA in January 2016, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the PRECISE Center, in the...

Associate Professor of Systems and Information Engineering

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Dr. Bolton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining UVA in January 2022, he was a Senior Researcher at the NASA Ames Research Center, an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of...

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Steven M. Bowers received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA, in 2007, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in millimeter- wave circuits and systems from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 2009 and 2014...

UVA Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Dr. Maïté Brandt-Pearce is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at the University of Virginia . She joined UVA after receiving her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rice University in 1993. Her...

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Benton H. Calhoun received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Computer Science from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, in 2000. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA...

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research interests include:

​​​Internet of Things, Smart Buildings/Cities, Embedded Systems​​

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Brad joined the University of Virginia in 2017 as a member of the Link Lab after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His research interests broadly...

Professor

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Professor Chang joined UVA as an Associate Professor in December 2018. Prior to her position at UVA, Dr. Chang was an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University. Dr. Qing (Cindy) Chang’s research has focused on improving sustainability and efficiency of smart...

Associate Professor

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Dr. Chen joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia in August 2015. Her research focuses on sustainable transportation systems (in particular modeling the impacts of new vehicle technologies systems on traveler behavior and the environment), travel...

Assistant Professor

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My research focuses on the Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled systems, where multiple entities/units (e.g., vehicles, wearable devices, etc.) collect data and collaborate to establish enhanced smart analytics based on their connectivity. I enjoy exploring data-driven methods such as federated...

Professor, Director of Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

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Professor Dong joined UVA as an Associate Professor in August 2012. Prior to his position at UVA, Dr. Dong was an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Wright State University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from UCLA in 2003. After completing his doctorate...

Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering , Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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My research is at the intersection of ubiquitous computing, AI, HCI, and health. I work on computational modeling of human behavior (incl. Activity Recognition) from data streams collected via mobile, wearable, and embedded sensors.

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Systems & Information Engineering

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Research interests include:

Cyber-Physical Systems, Autonomous Robots, Formal Methods

Lu Feng is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. She is also a member of the Link Lab - the center of research excellence in Cyber-Physical Systems...

Professor and Zinn Faculty Scholar, Director of VICTOR Lab

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Professor Furukawa received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University, Japan, in 1990, and a M.Eng. (Research) in Mechatronic Engineering from University of Sydney, Australia, in 1993 and a Ph.D in Quantum Engineering and Systems Science from University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1996...

Professor

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I am a Professor of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, with courtesy appointments in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. My group's research interests in general relate to the fields of haptics, computational neuroscience, human factors and ergonomics, biomechanics, and human–...

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Link Lab

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Jon Goodall is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia (UVA) and Director of the UVA Engineering Link Lab . He is a water resources engineer working to advance the use of data and...

Professor and Chair

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Professor Harris is chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research and teaching interests focus on large scale infrastructure systems with a primary focus on condition monitoring and system performance. His research leverages image-...

Alfred Weaver Career Enhancement Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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Research interests include:

Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Techniques, Novel Sensing Techniques, Haptics

Seongkook Heo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. His research interests span across...

Associate Professor

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Arsalan Heydarian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as the UVA Link Lab . His research broadly focuses on user-centered design, construction, and operation of intelligent...

Assistant Professor , Systems Engineering, Computer Science

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My research focuses on building robotic systems that can fluently coordinate and collaborate with people in complex human environments - for example, in a factory setting in close proximity with people. In order to successfully act within a group, a robot must be able to perceive and predict the...

L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Dr. Johnson has served on the faculty since 1984 and was promoted to Full Professor in 1994. He was a co-founder of Privaris, a biometrics security company, and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2006 while on leave from the University of Virginia. He served as the SEAS Senior...

Anita Jones Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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​Research interests include:

Robot Learning, Human-AI/Robot Interaction, Artificial Intelligence

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Yen-Ling Kuo is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and a member of the Link Lab at the University of Virginia. Her research interests lies in the intersection of...

John L. Newcomb Professor of Engineering, President-Elect Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union

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Venkat graduated from University of Roorkee in 1987 with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and a Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1996 from Princeton. He worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 1996-1999 as a research scientist in the Laboratory for the Atmospheres....

Janet Scott Hamilton and John Downman Hamilton Professor, Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, Director, UVA Site of the NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & Trust, Professor of Systems & Information Engineering, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

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William Wulf Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Computer Science

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Research interests include:

Systems software, at the intersection of OS × compilers × architecture

Felix Xiaozhu Lin joined the Department of Computer Science as an associate professor in August 2020. Prior to his appointment at UVA Engineering, Lin was a...

Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ferman W. Perry Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science

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Zongli Lin's current research interests include nonlinear control, robust control, and control applications. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2001-2003), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2006-2009) and IEEE Control Systems Magazine (2005-2012). He...

Associate Professor

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Professor Liu’s research interests include soil mechanics, foundation engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI), numerical simulations, and other topics in classical mechanics. His research interests are integrated for being more collaborative (...

Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor, Director, Fluids Research Innovation Lab

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Prof. Eric Loth serves as the Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering. He has received honors and awards from NASA and the National Science Foundation while also being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, of the American Institute of Aeronautics and...

Professor

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Osman Ozbulut is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on applying innovative materials, sensing technologies and interdisciplinary expertise to the development of resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure...

Professor, Director, Traffic Operations Laboratory

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Brian Park is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. Prior to joining the University of Virginia, he was a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences and...

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Associate Professor Quinn first came to the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student in 2006. After graduating with a BS in Aerospace Engineering, he attended Princeton University and completed a PhD in the Hydrodynamics Lab working on bio-inspired propulsion with Professor Lex Smits....

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 operators...

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Cong Shen received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He is currently an Assistant Professor of the Electrical...

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (By Courtesy)

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Haiying Shen received her BS degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Tongji University, China in 2000, and her MS and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University in 2004 and 2006, respectively. She was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and...

Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research

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Brian L. Smith, PE is a leader in advanced technology in surface transportation systems. His research has contributed to innovations such as mobile phone navigation systems and urban freeway management that has led to revolutionary improvements in travel experience. His primary research...

Director of Computer Engineering, Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) Professor

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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. He leads the High-Performance Low-Power (HPLP) lab and is an associate director of the Center for Automata...

BP America Professor Emeritus,, Director Emeritus of the Link Lab

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Research interests include:

Cyber Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Smart Health, Smart Cities, Real-Time Systems

Professor John A. Stankovic is the BP America Professor Emeritus in the Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia and past...

Anita Jones Career Enhancement Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research interests include:

Network Security and Privacy, Routing Security, Anonymity Systems, Network Attacks and Defenses

I am broadly interested in network security and privacy. I joined the Department of Computer Science in January 2020 as Assistant...

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. Her research is an interdisciplinary route that integrates engineering innovation with human health and...

Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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Research interests include:

Security and Privacy, Cyber-Physical System, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction

My research interests involve security and privacy and its interactions with system, networking, machine learning, and human-computer...

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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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...

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 research is...