Message from the Chair
Welcome from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Rochester.
I am honored to lead a department whose work spans the full stack of modern computing and communication, from robotics, machine learning, and signal processing to integrated circuits, computer architecture, photonics, semiconductors, quantum devices, and superconducting electronics, all the way to the hardware that will power the next generation of artificial intelligence. Our faculty publish in the leading venues of their fields, our laboratories tape out chips and build systems that pave the way to next-generation computing paradigms, and our graduates carry Rochester's engineering tradition into industry, academia, and entrepreneurship around the world.
What distinguishes ECE at Rochester is the scale at which we operate. We are large enough to cover the breadth of the discipline yet small enough that undergraduates work directly with faculty in research laboratories, PhD students receive close mentorship, and ideas move quickly from a whiteboard to a fabricated chip or a deployed system. Our collaborations with the Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS), the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (GIDS), the Medical Center, and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), along with the region's growing semiconductor and optics industries, give our students and faculty opportunities that few departments can match.
This is an exciting moment for our field and for our department. The demand for engineers who understand hardware, from the physics of devices to the architecture of AI and communications systems, has never been greater. We are responding with new concentrations and programs, new faculty hires in emerging areas, and deeper engagement with industry partners who recruit our students and collaborate on our research.
I joined this department as a faculty member because of the quality of its people, and I serve as its chair for the same reason. Whether you are a prospective student, an alumna or alumnus, an industry partner, or a colleague from another institution, I invite you to explore our website, visit our laboratories, and join us in the work ahead.
Meliora! Ever better!
Selçuk Köse
Professor and Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering