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Research Labs

More than two dozen research labs within ECE are engaged in cutting-edge research, and are organized along six broad research areas. As a result of ECE’s diverse real-world applications, the department’s faculty and grad students make up the largest portion of contributors to engineering research centers at the College, offering new and innovative avenues for researchers to explore their areas of interest.

Advanced Nanofabrication and Devices Laboratory

Novel approaches to electronic and optoelectronic materials and device assembly. Addresses challenges in solar power generation, sensing, high gain materials and nanoscale lasers with particular interests in bio-assisted assembly, photoelectrochemical processes and optical cavity design.

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Autonomous Robots and Control Systems (ARCS) Lab

We focus on Robotics, Control, Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Dynamical Systems.

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Bio-Inspired Science and Nanotechnology Lab

Development of green and sustainable batteries and supercapacitors to power portable electronics and electric vehicles as well as 2D-materials and graphene films for future electronic and spintronic devices.

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Computational Sensing and Information Processing Lab

Computational Sensing

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Cooperative Vehicle Networks (COVEN) Laboratory

Focuses on theory and applications in distributed coordination and control of multiple autonomous vehicles with research objectives including cooperative control algorithm design, networked cyber-physical systems, autonomous vehicles, distributed sensor networks and object-oriented multiple ground robot and UAV experiments.

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Error-Control (EC) Lab

Improve quality of data transmission and storage with EC Codes

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Hua's Lab of Signals, Systems and Networks

Conduct fundamental and applied research in signal processing with application to wireless communications and sensing systems with a focus of transferring findings into commercial applications and, in turn, identifying new problems to continue the cycle of research.

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Information Theory Lab

Communication theory, signal processing

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Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle Lab

Research focuses on navigation, control and planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles.

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Laboratory for Integrated Circuits and Systems (LICS)

Conduct advanced research on integrated circuits and contribute, to the most extent, to the advancement of micro-nano-electronics.

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Laboratory for Terascale and Terahertz Electronics (LATTE)

Primary emphasis is on modeling materials and heterolayers of materials at the atomic scale as shown at left and extracting properties and parameters relevant to device performance.

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Nano-Device Laboratory (NDL)

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the properties of inorganic/organic/hybrid nanostructures and development of novel electronic/optical/thermoelectric devices and circuits based on these nanostructures.

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Nonlinear Computing Lab (NCL)

The Nonlinear Computing Lab (NCL) aims to bring novel perspectives and breakthroughs to the research community. Projects at NCL include software-based approaches to reduce data center water footprint, market mechanisms to coordinate power management in multi-tenant data centers, and securing multi-tenant data centers against well-timed power attacks.

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Quantum Computing and Measurement Physics (QCAMP) Lab

Theory of quantum computing with superconducting qubits, continuous quantum measurement, and quantum feedback control.

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Quantum Structures Laboratory

Explores Silicon-based and Zinc Oxide-based thin films, nanowires and quantum dots and their nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices.

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Real-Time Embedded and Networked systems (RTEN) Lab

Research in the RTEN Lab aims to develop robust, predictable, and reliable real-time embedded and cyber-physical systems.

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Smart Grid Innovation Laboratory Lab

Smart Grid Technologies

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Smart Grid Research Lab

The research focus in this lab is on developing new methodologies, algorithms, and technologies to facilitate electric grid modernization with advanced sensing, control, and communications capabilities.

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SMIC-UCR-PKU Joint Center for ESD Protection Design

The JointESD Center is a world-class research center focusing on developing advanced ESD protection solutions for integrated circuits and systems at nano nodes.

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Systems Optimization and Computer Architecture Lab (SoCAL)

The Systems Optimization and Computer Architecture Lab (SoCal) focuses on a broad range of computer systems-related research, spanning data centers to microarchitecture.

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Transportation Systems Research Group (TSR)

Focuses on system-level issues of multi-modal transportation including predicting air quality and energy impacts of various transportation activity as well as telematics research.

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Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Laboratory (TASL)

Conduct advanced research on robotics, trustworthy AI & ML, reinforcement learning, control, optimization, and their applications to intelligent autonomous systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles, mobile robots, drones, robot arms, cyber-physical systems) with a focus on human-robot interactions and multi-agent systems. 
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Video Computing Group

Focuses on foundational principles of image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, and visual learning; applications in cyber-physical, intelligent and autonomous systems.

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Visualization and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

Undertakes research in computer vision, pattern recognition, image processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, multimedia databases, robotics, man/machine interfaces, computer graphics and visualization.

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VLSI System and Computation Lab (VSC-LAB)

VSC-LAB at UCR focus on cutting-edge nanometer VLSI design methodology and design tool development for current and future nanometer System-On-a-Chip VLSI and real-time embedded systems.

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