Faculty and Staff

Who We Are

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The MECPS program is offered through UCI’s Center for Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems (CECS), which is an organized research unit at the University of California, Irvine. CECS faculty members come from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.

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The Samueli School of Engineering’s mission is to unleash innovation, create opportunities and inspire ingenuity. The school’s faculty members are leaders in their disciplines who have achieved worldwide recognition for their research and dedicated teaching.
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Building on a strong foundation of computer science fundamentals, the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science conducts cutting-edge research in strategic areas ideal for collaborative work. By blending research with education in multiple disciplines, the school is leading interdisciplinary efforts in order to meet the challenges of the future.

Faculty

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Mohammad
Al Faruque, Ph.D.
Professor

University of Karlsruhe, 2009
Computer Science and Engineering

Al Faruque's Research
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Elaheh Bozorgzadeh, Ph.D.
Professor

University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
Computer Science

Bozorgzadeh's Research
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Pai H. Chou, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

University of Washington, 1998
Computer Science and Engineering

Chou's Research
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Quoc Viet Dang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Teaching

University of California, Irvine, 2017
Computer Systems and Software

Dang's Research
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Rainer Dömer, Ph.D.
Professor and Student Advisor

University of Dortmund, 2000
Information & Computer Science

Doemer's Research
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Nikil Dutt, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor

University of Illinois, 1989
Computer Science and Engineering

Dutt's Research
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Daniel D. Gajski, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

University of Pennsylvania, 1974
Computer and Information Science

Gajski's Research
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Tony Givargis, Ph.D.
Professor

University of California, Riverside, 2001
Computer Science

Givargis' Research
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Ian Harris, Ph.D.
Professor

University of California, San Diego, 1997
Computer Science

Harris' Research
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Sitao Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Huang's Research
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Faryar Jabbari, Ph.D.
Professor

University of California, Los Angeles, 1986
Mechanical Engineering

Jabbari's Research
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Fadi Kurdahi, Ph.D.
Director of MECPS

Distinguished Professor

University of Southern California, 1987
Computer Engineering

Kurdahi's Research
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Marco Levorato, Ph.D.
Professor

University of Padova, 2009
Computer Science

Levorato's Research
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 Kwei-Jay Lin,  Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

University of Maryland, 1985
Computer Science

Lin's Research
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Alex Nicolau, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor

Yale, 1984
Information & Computer Science

Nicolau's Research
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Amir Rahmani, Ph.D.
Professor

University of Turku, 2012
Embedded Computer and Electronic Systems

Rahmani's Research
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Mahya Safavi, Ph.D.
Lecturer

University of California, Irvine, 2020
Biomedical Engineering

Safavi's Research
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Neil Sahota, MBA
Lecturer

University of California, Irvine
Business Administration

Sahota's Research
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Yasser Shoukry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

UCLA, 2015
Electrical Engineering

Shoukry's Research
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Gene Tsudik, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor

University of Southern California, 1991
Computer Science

Tsudik's Research

Industry Advisory Board

Judit Giró Benet

Co-Founder and CEO
The Blue Box

Rosario Cammarota

Principal Engineer
Intel Labs

Naehyuck Chang

Advisor, Architect
Samsung Electronics Device Solutions

Matt Bruce

Director, Solid Edge Academic Program
Siemens Digital Industries Software

Dave Garrett

VP of Technology and Innovation
Synaptics Incorporated

Shaoshan Liu

Co-Founder and Chairman
PerceptIn

Camille Rizko

Founder and CEO
Doremi Labs

Nabil Wasily

Co-Founder and CEO
ThirdWayv, Inc.

Pooria Yaghini

Engineer and Educator
Amazon

Yervant Zorian

Fellow & Chief Architect
Synopsys

Staff

Fadi Kurdahi, PhD
Faculty Director

kurdahi@uci.edu
(949) 824-8104

Mohammad Al Faruque, Ph.D.
Curriculum Chair

alfaruqu@uci.edu
(949) 824-1909

Rainer Doemer, PhD
Interim Graduate Advisor

doemer@uci.edu
(949) 824-9007

Amy Pham
MECPS Program Director

amy.pham@uci.edu
(949) 824-6156

Grace Wu
Administrator

gracewu@uci.edu
(949) 824-8919

Halle Gonzales
Program Coordinator

halleg@uci.edu
(949) 824-9127

Carly Stevenson 
Senior Career Counselor

carly.stevenson@uci.edu

Tatiana Polo Arbelaez
Program Analyst

tpoloarb@uci.edu

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