Computing and Networking

Wireless radio wave detectors and laptop analysis outdoors

photo by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE

Overview

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 UW ECE and the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.

Topics

Computer Engineering and Architecture

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

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

Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)

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

Faculty: Jacques Christophe Rudell, C.J. Richard Shi, 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, Akshay Gadre

Cybersecurity

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

Faculty: Radha Poovendran, Payman Arabshahi

Latest News

Elevating emerging engineers

The UW College of Engineering's Industry Capstone Program partners UW ECE students with sponsor organizations to devise innovative solutions to real-world problems.

UW ECE and Allen School Professor Shwetak Patel elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

UW ECE and Allen School Professor Shwetak Patel was recently elected part of the 2026 class of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his pioneering contributions to computer science.

Two student speakers selected for UW ECE Graduation

UW ECE is proud to announce that Khushbu Patel (MSECE ‘26) and Kathryn Fehme (BSECE ‘26) have been selected to speak at this year's Graduation Ceremony.

Jared K. Jordan of Capital One to speak at UW ECE Graduation

UW ECE is proud to announce that alumnus Jared K. Jordan (BSEE ‘05) will serve as honored guest speaker for the UW ECE 2026 Graduation Ceremony. Jordan is a managing vice president at Capital One, a leading financial services corporation, and serves as head of Capital One Garage, the company’s innovation accelerator.

Professor Nathan Kutz named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list

UW ECE and Applied Mathematics Professor Nathan Kutz has been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, a distinction that celebrates researchers whose work has shaped their fields.

The Integrator 2025–2026

Read the latest issue of The Integrator, UW ECE’s flagship annual magazine highlighting the Department’s extraordinary faculty and student research, achievements, alumni stories, special events and more from this past year!