Faculty
Venugopal Varadachari Veeravalli
Professor
106 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-0144
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, (October 1992)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Statement:
Veeravalli conducts research in sensor networks, wireless communications, detection and estimation theory, and information theory. The broad goals of his research program are: (i) to develop techniques for optimizing the quality and capacity of wireless communication systems; and (ii) to develop a system-theoretic framework for the design, analysis and application of sensor networks.
Teaching Statement:
Professor Veeravalli teaches undergraduate courses on communication systems, probability, and signal and systems, and graduate courses on detection and estimation theory, information theory, communication theory, and wireless communication.
Research Interests:
- Detection and estimation theory
- Wireless communication
- Information theory
- Sensor networks
Undergraduate Research Opportunities:
The Illinois Center for Wireless Systems (ICWS) supports undergraduate scholars who are interested in working on topics related to wireless communication. Please see www.icws.uiuc.edu.
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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements
- Fellow of the IEEE, 2006
- Invited session organizer and speaker, 2001 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Conference.
- 1998 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- 1998 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by the White House to recognize outstanding research in wireless communications and for innovations in teaching. This is ``the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding new scientists and engineers who are in the early stages of establishing their independent research careers.''
- 1996 IEEE Browder J. Thompson Award, an award given to an outstanding paper by authors under the age of 30 selected from all the publications of the IEEE. The award winning paper: "A Sequential Procedure for Multihypothesis Testing."
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching
- University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, Fall 2007
- University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, Spring 2007
- Michael Tien Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell University, 1999.
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research
- 2006 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award (with Jean-Francois Chamberland) for "Decentralized Detection in Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 51(2): 407-416, February 2003
- Plenary speaker at the IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, Sedona, Arizona, May 2007.
- Keynote speaker at the International Worskhop on Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (IWWAN), New York, NY, June 2006.
- Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 2003.
- Beckman Associate of the Center for Advanced Study, UIUC, 2002-2003.