Faculty
Todd Prentice Coleman
Assistant Professor
118 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-0880
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, MIT, Nov 2005
Research Statement:
My research interests include network information theory. I am interested in developing theoretical limits of reliable communication, and in constructing robust architectures as well as practical encoding/decoding algorithms that achieve reliable performance near the theoretical boundaries. This applies to a variety of scenarios, including universal distributed data compression, wireless networks, and the communication of correlated information across networks.
My research interests also include computational neuroscience. I am interested in understanding, in a probabilistic sense, the following:
- how neurons dynamically represent information about sensory signals in terms of their spiking activity
- how to model dynamic representations between stimuli and neural spiking in a canonical way, with measures of accuracy that can be quantified statistically
- how to develop new statistical signal processing algorithms for neural interfaces/prosthetics
Research Interests:
- Information Theory, Communications, Operations Research, Security & Information Forensics, Statistical Signal Processing, Computational Neuroscience
For more information:
Professor Coleman's Homepage
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements
- MIT Morris J. Levin Award for Best Masterworks Oral Thesis Presentation (2002)
- State of Michigan Association of Governing Boards Award (2000)
- Student Speaker, University of Michigan 77th Annual Honors Convocation (2000)
- British Marshall Scholarship Finalist (2000)
- Rhodes Scholarship Semi-Finalist (2000)
- Harrison Award for Excellence in Location Estimation, MIT 6.432 (Stochastic Processes, Detection and Estimation) (2000)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2000)
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Public Service
- MIT Office of Minority Education Outstanding Tutor Service Award, 2001