UCLA Electrical Engineering

08/05/2024

In a study published in Nature , UCLA researchers, led by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan, introduced an innovative design for diffractive deep neural networks (D²NNs). This new architecture achieves unidirectional image magnification and demagnification, significantly reducing the number of diffractive features required. These results have broad applications in optical communications, surveillance, and photonic device isolation.
https://www.ee.ucla.edu/pyramid-optical-networks-for-unidirectional-image-magnification-and-demagnification/

08/05/2024

UCLA research team, led by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan, conducted an analysis of nonlinear information encoding strategies for diffractive optical processors, offering new insights into their performance and utility.

UCLA researchers have conducted an in-depth analysis of nonlinear information encoding strategies for diffractive optical processors, offering new insights into their performance and utility. Their study, published in Light: Science & Applications, a journal of the Springer Nature, compared simpler-...

08/05/2024

A recent UCLA study introduces a cutting-edge approach to 3D Quantitative Phase Imaging using a wavelength-multiplexed diffractive optical processor, a technique that enables high-contrast images of transparent specimens.

A recent study from the University of California, Los Angeles, introduces a cutting-edge approach to 3D Quantitative Phase Imaging using a wavelength-multiplexed diffractive optical processor. Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) is a powerful technique that reveals variations in optical path length cau...

07/15/2024

UCLA engineers, led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan and his team, have developed an advanced optical computing method for multiplexed data processing and encryption, a significant leap forward in telecommunications and data security applications.

Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have unveiled a major advancement in optical computing technology that promises to enhance data processing and encryption. This innovative work, led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan and his team, showcases a reconfigurable diffractive optical n...

06/27/2024

UCLA & UCLA Health medical engineers will be releasing an updated version of a game that is played by identifying “bad,” or malaria-infected, red blood cells on a screen that are to be digitally erased. The update helps pathologists-in-training identify key breast cancer biomarkers.

An updated video game offers a novel research tool in the fight against breast cancer.

06/27/2024

UCLA researchers, led by Prof. Mani Srivastava, are part of a five-year, $12 million research program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to decarbonize the full life cycles of infrastructure by optimizing and automating carbon efficiency across multiple sectors.

UCLA Researchers Part of National Science Foundation Project to Decarbonize Infrastructure U.S. National Science Foundation   Jun 24, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom A pair of UCLA researchers are part of a five-year, $12 million research program funded by the National Science Foundation to decarbonize ...

06/22/2024

Congratulations to Prof. Mona Jarrahi for receiving the 2024
IEEE Photonics Society Aron Kressel Award, which recognizes contributions to opto-electronic device technology with significant impact on their applications in major practical systems!

ECE Professor Mona Jarrahi has been awarded the 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Aron Kressel Award, which recognizes contributions to opto-electronic device technology with significant impact on their applications in major practical systems. The award is usually granted to an individual or a team of up....

06/22/2024

Congratulations to UCLA Alumnus, Carlos Torres Jr and his mentor, James Adleman for winning the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholar and Mentor of the Year Award!

06/22/2024

The labs of Dr. Ozcan and Dr. Jarrahi have published a new article in Nature Communications on all-optical phase conjugation using diffractive wavefront processing

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49304-y

05/20/2024

Congrats to PhD student, Shijie Zhou, for receiving the Highlight Paper award for the paper titled “Feature 3DGS: Supercharging 3D Gaussian Splatting to Enable Distilled Feature Fields” at the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)!

https://www.ee.ucla.edu/cvpr-paper-highlight-building-3d-aware-ai-from-2d-image-data/

05/09/2024

We are thrilled to announce that UCLA Center for Heterogeneous Integration and Performance Scaling (UCLA CHIPS) student,Haoxiang Ren, and High Performance Mixed Mode Circuit Design Group student, James Chiou, won the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (North America) 2024!

05/09/2024

International journal publisher, Nature, highlighted some of Professor Ozcan’s work on AI-based diagnostics.

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Powered by deep-learning algorithms, artificial intelligence systems could replace agents such as chemicals currently used to augment medical scans.

04/25/2024

Congratulations to Prof. Aydogan Ozcan for receiving UCLA Samueli V.M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award! Prof. Ozcan's research focuses on improving biomedical applications, such as telemedicine and global health, to democratize medical technologies and services.

UCLA Samueli Announces 2024 V.M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award Apr 15, 2024 UCLA Samueli Every year, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering selects and recognizes outstanding achievements by a number of its alumni, faculty members and students who have excelled in various fields. Below is th...

04/12/2024

Congrats to UCLA Profs. Aydogan Ozcan & Mona Jarrahi, as well as lab members Jingxi Li, Bijie Bai, Tianyi Gan & Yi Luo, for winning Advanced Photonics' 2023 best research paper award!

Co-published by SPIE and CLP, the journal’s Editor-in-Chief Choice Awards honor exceptional articles from the high-impact journal

03/24/2024

Assistant Prof. Sergio Carbajo has worked with Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information to co-lead a science panel on novel radiation and particle sources as well as co-writing a report on laser technology.
Read more about it here!

UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineer Co-authors Department of Energy Report on Future of Laser Technology UCLA Samueli Mar 21, 2024 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Sergio Carbajo, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, recently collaborated wi...

01/20/2024

Congratulations to UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and UCLA Electrical Engineering distinguished adjunct professor, Asad Madni, for being selected to join the 2024 class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame!

Distinguished UCLA Engineer Elected to National Inventors Hall of Fame UCLA SamueliDouble Bruin engineer and UCLA Samueli distinguished adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering Asad Madni has been selected to join the 2024 class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Jan 18, 2024 UC...

12/14/2023

Congratulations to UCLA Electrical Engineering and UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Prof. Mona Jarrahi for receiving the 2023 Advanced Career Technical Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)!

UCLA Engineering Professor Awarded IEEE Advanced Career Technical Achievement Award UCLA Samueli Dec 11, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Mona Jarrahi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2023 Advanced Career Technical Achievement....

11/14/2023

Congratulations to UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and UCLA Electrical Engineering assistant professors, Sergio Carbajo and Jun Chen, for receiving the Young Investigator Program Awards from the Office of Naval Research!

UCLA Engineering Professors Receive Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Awards UCLA SamueliProfs. Sergio Carbajo (left) and Jun Chen (right) have each received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. Nov 8, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Two UCLA Samueli School of Engineeri...

10/27/2023

Congrats to professors M.C. Frank Chang, Chee Wei Wong and CK Ken Yang for receiving nearly $27 million from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to establish the California Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub (DREAMS) in Southern California!

UCLA Engineering Part of $27M Defense Department-Funded Coalition California DREAMS to boost microelectronics manufacturing for 5G & 6G technologies iStock photo/spainter_vfx   Oct 25, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced it has awarded nearly $27 million to ...

10/02/2023

Congratulations to distinguished adjunct professor Asad M. Madni for being awarded the 2024 John Fritz Medal! It's widely considered the highest award in the engineering profession.

Distinguished Professor Asad M. Madni has been awarded the John Fritz Medal, widely considered the highest award in the engineering profession. His citation reads “for seminal and pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, dist...

09/06/2023

UCLA research team led by UCLA Electrical Engineering Prof. Aydogan Ozcan introduced a new design for multispectral QPI. It uses deep learning to engineer a broadband diffractive optical network, enabling multispectral quantitative phase imaging in a snapshot.

Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) is a label-free imaging technique that leverages the optical path length information in transparent samples to evaluate their refractive index distribution and thickness variations. Multispectral QPI systems extend this principle, capturing multiple phase images acro...

08/21/2023

In a new article published in Nature Light Science & Applications, a team of researchers, led by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan, have developed universal linear processing of spatially incoherent light through diffractive optical networks.

Information processing with light is a topic of ever-increasing interest among optics and photonics researchers. Apart from the quest for an energy-efficient and fast alternative to electronic computing for future computing needs, this interest is also driven by emerging technologies such as autonom...

08/09/2023

Prof. Achuta Kadambi from Visual Machines Group co-presents a course on polarized visual computing at SIGGRAPH 2023. The course is the first to be included on this topic at SIGGRAPH.
https://tinyurl.com/4fjrzf3r

Co-presenters of the course include Dr. Akshat Dave (Rice University), Prof. Jinwei Ye
(George Mason University), Prof. Seung-Hwan Baek (POSTECH), and Prof. Ramesh Raskar (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology).

Figure. The course presenters at ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 from left to right: Kadambi (UCLA), Ye (GMU), Dave (Rice University), Baek (POSTECH), and Chen (Vayu Robotics)

07/19/2023

Congrats to Ian Roberts for being appointed to an assistant professor of and computer engineering! His research focuses on developing advanced techniques for next-generation and sensing systems.

Wireless Communications Researcher Joins UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Courtesy of Ian Roberts Ian Roberts has joined the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering as an assistant professor. Jul 7, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has appointed Ian Rob...

05/07/2023

In their paper, published in the Advanced Materials journal, UCLA researchers, led by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan, demonstrated class-specific diffractive networks that perform the desired transformations for certain input classes, resulting in optically images.

Optical computing has been making strides in recent years, with its potential advantages in speed, energy efficiency, and scalability. Among various photonic devices, diffractive deep neural networks (D2NNs) have gained growing attention as an emerging free-space platform for optical computing. D2NN...

04/30/2023

UCLA ECE Department has four papers at The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR ) 2023, in Vancouver Canada!


Read more about them here:

Howard Zhang, Yunhao Ba, Ethan Yang, Varan Mehra, Blake Gella, Akira Suzuki, Arnold Pfahnl, Chethan Chinder Chandrappa, Alex Wong and Achuta Kadambi.

04/19/2023

Prof. Paulo Tabuada is principal investigator of a multidisciplinary university research team, the Hybrid Dynamics – Deconstruction and Aggregation, tasked to rebuild control systems. This project, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense, aims to improve cyber-physical module interactions.

UCLA Engineering Professor Part of Multi-Institutional Initiative to Rebuild Hybrid Control Systems Department of Defense-funded project aims to improve cyber-physical module interactions UCLA Samueli Apr 18, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Paulo Tabuada, a professor of electrical and computer engineerin...

04/05/2023

In a study published in Nature Communications , Prof. Ankur Mehta and his team have detailed a new for fully foldable that can perform a variety of complex tasks without relying on semiconductors.

Origami-Inspired Robots Can Sense, Analyze and Act in Challenging Environments UCLA-led team built chip-free, autonomous OrigaMechs with conductive materials Wenzhong Yan/UCLA An origami-inspired robot designed by a UCLA-led team that can reverse direction when either of its antennae senses an obsta...

04/04/2023

Congratulations to Sergio Carbajo, an assistant professor of UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, for receiving a Young Investigator Research Program Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in recognition of his in laser and optical physics!

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UCLA Engineering Professor Receives Air Force Young Investigator Research Award UCLA Samueli Mar 28, 2023 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Sergio Carbajo, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a Young Investigator Research Program....

03/22/2023

congratulations to Kang Wang, a distinguished professor of UCLA Electrical Engineering, on being named a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.

UCLA Electrical Engineering Professor Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow Dec 12, 2022 UCLA Samueli Newsroom Kang Wang, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellow, the....