Research @ UVA Engineering
Engineering for the Cyber FutureOur researchers are not merely reacting to the cyber age, we are catalyzing it. Machine learning, cybersecurity, high performance computing, intelligent memory systems, avalanche photodiodes, ultra-low-power chips: These are just some of the technologies essential to such next-generation projects as the Internet of Things and 100 Gbps Ethernet, and they are just some of the areas in which UVA Engineering holds world-class expertise.
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UVA Computer Engineering Chair Sandhya Dwarkadas Elected AAAS Fellow
Dwarkadas’ innovations in computer architecture research have helped make modern computing systems faster, more energy efficient and easier to use.
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Three UVA Engineering Faculty Elected as AAAS Fellows
UVA Engineering’s new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science represent three different departments and distinct areas of research.
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UVA Engineering’s Cyber Defense Team Scores Mid-Atlantic Three-peat
The UVA Engineering cyber defense team’s three-peat as regional champions sends them back to nationals to try for a fourth title in late April.
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Q&A: UVA’s Cindy Chang Talks About Her AI Tool for Optimizing Manufacturing Processes
Her lab’s approach finds the connections between individual processes and the manufacturing system as a whole — and tries to coordinate everything at once, she tells Tech Briefs.
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Author of ‘Ethical Hacking’ Contributes Expertise to New Edition of a Cybersecurity Classic
Daniel G. Graham joined the authors of “Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide” for the book’s second edition, released in January.
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UVA’s 2024 Research Achievement Awards Feature Numerous Engineering Faculty
Five engineering faculty won three of the University of Virginia’s top research awards. Many more were recognized during an annual ceremony celebrating UVA’s research accomplishments.
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NSF CAREER Grant Supports UVA Researcher’s Vision for a More Reliable Cloud Future
Innovative tools detect hidden cloud failures, reducing downtime, financial losses and disruptions in critical industries like healthcare and e-commerce.
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Influential Robotics Journal Picks UVA Paper as Best of 2024
Science Robotics chose a UVA paper describing praying mantis-inspired artificial eyes as their most outstanding of the year.
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New Book Ties Together an Improbably Effective Career in Probability
Systems engineering professor Roman Krzysztofowicz, known for modeling high-stakes decision making, has authored a textbook synthesizing his research across the years.
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UVA Engineering and Education Researchers Leverage AI to Improve Classroom Teaching
ECE chair Scott Acton’s AI-powered video analysis technology can help teachers improve performance.
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WIRED: Taking on the Tyranny of the Tech Bros
Associate Professor Coleen Carrigan discusses how coalitions between feminist movements, minorities and labor activists will help keep the Silicon Valley moguls in check.
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UVA Engineering Alum’s Paper on Bio-Inspired ‘Tunabot’ Is Among Publisher’s Most Cited
Mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. alumnus and current post-doc Carl H. White discusses the impact of his Tunabot Flex research in an interview with IOP Publishing.