Systems

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Systems

Systems

Intelligent Systems, Communications, and Signal Processing

Systems is a broad area of electrical and computer engineering that develops mathematical frameworks to model, analyze, and control complex systems across many domains.

These methods apply not only to electrical systems, but also to large-scale and dynamic systems such as power grids, transportation networks, aircraft and autonomous vehicles, communication systems, manufacturing processes, and even biological systems.

Research in this area spans communications, signal processing, optimization, and control, as well as sensing and data fusion, surveillance and target tracking, and neural modeling. By combining theory with real-world applications, systems engineering enables the design of intelligent, efficient, and reliable technologies that operate across interconnected and rapidly changing environments.

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Research Areas

Some specific research areas in this field include:

Communications

Wireless communication systems such as multi-user detection, radio networks, underwater acoustics, and optical wireless technologies

Surveillance

Target detection and tracking using radar, sonar, and infrared sensing systems for monitoring and analyzing complex environments

Signal Processing

Processing data from sensors to track targets across air, land, sea, and space, including remote sensing and multi-source data fusion

Optimization

Model-based and data-driven optimization methods for fault diagnosis, detection theory, and improving performance in complex systems

Neuronal Modeling

Modeling neural systems and the processing of sound information in the brain to better understand biological signal pathways

Systems Engineering

Modeling and analysis of large-scale systems, focusing on integration, performance, and optimization of complex system design

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Shengli Zhou

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Yaakov Bar-Shalom

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Monty Escabi

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Krishna Pattipati

Professor

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