Computing and Networking

UW ECE’s Computer and Network research includes computer architecture and computer system engineering, VLSI, embedded computing, wireless networks, and wireless communication research. Several of UW ECE’s Computers and Networking faculty hold joint and secondary appointments in computer science and engineering and teach jointly in the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering departments.

Computer Engineering and Architecture

Operating systems, performance analysis, and testbed development, FPGA based computing architectures

Faculty: Visvesh Sathe, Scott Hauck, Matt Reynolds, C.J. Richard Shi, Joshua Smith, Mani Soma, Michael Taylor

Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)

Analog and digital VLSI integrated circuits, devices, and applications, energy management

Faculty: Visvesh Sathe, Jacques Christophe Rudell, C.J. Richard Shi, Mani Soma, Michael Taylor

Embedded Systems

Mobile devices, embedded control systems, real-time systems, tools and networks

Faculty: Matt Reynolds, Shwetak Patel, Joshua Smith, Sumit Roy, Michael Taylor, Akshay Gadre

Wireless Communication

Internet architecture, network economics, distributed systems, developing country infrastructure

Faculty: Radha Poovendran, Sumit Roy, James Ritcey, Payman Arabshahi, Yasuo Kuga, Akshay Gadre

Cybersecurity

Network security, game theory, statistical modeling, machine learning and control and systems theory

Faculty: Radha Poovendran, Payman Arabshahi

Latest News

UW ECE welcomes six new faculty members

Beginning this fall and extending through autumn quarter 2025, UW ECE is welcoming six new faculty members who will bring a wide breadth of knowledge and technical expertise to the Department.

Arpita Ghosh Dacy — tech leader, mentor, and Mrs. Universe America

After almost a decade developing products built on artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning, UW ECE alumna Arpita Ghosh Dacy (BSEE '10) was introduced to beauty pageants, which led her down an unexpected road that culminated in being crowned Mrs. Universe America 2023–24.

UW ECE Certificate Program in GPU-Accelerated Computing & Visualization to be offered this fall

This Certificate Program is designed for working professionals and graduate students. The three-quarter, online course of study takes students on a deep dive into the graphics processing unit, or GPU, a critical piece of modern computer architecture.

Congratulations to the 2024 UW ECE Awards recipients!

The UW ECE Awards recognize exceptional teaching, research, and entrepreneurship efforts in the Department as well as outstanding mentorship, student impact, and collaborative work.

‘The best chance for the biggest impact’: Shwetak Patel inducted into SIGCHI Academy for advancing health, sustainability and interaction research

UW ECE and Allen School Professor Shwetak Patel was recently inducted into the SIGCHI Academy for his contributions in health, sustainability and interaction research. Patel explores how technology can be incorporated with medicine that utilizes sustainable resources.

UPWARDS for the Future

The University of Washington is at the forefront of an international effort to innovate the semiconductor industry while building a skilled U.S.-based workforce to design and manufacture chip technology. UW ECE and Physics Professor Mo Li is leading the UW's contribution to this effort.