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Speaker: Dr. Steven W. McLaughlin
Speaker’s Title and Affiliation: Professor and Steve W. Chaddick School Chair
Seminar Title: School of ECE Update
Abstract:
The overarching vision of the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology is to lead in the creation and development of intellectual and human capital in electrical and computer engineering and their applications, in order to foster the technological, economic, and social enrichment of the State of Georgia, the nation, and the world. Our goals in support of this vision are to
It is in this context that ECE works to advance Georgia Tech's strategic mission to define the technological research university of the 21st century. This talk will explore how our world-class faculty and staff, gifted students, and educational and research programs enable us to achieve these goals.
Biographical Sketch of the Speaker:
Dr. McLaughlin received the B.S.E.E. degree from Northwestern University in 1985, the M.S.E. degree from Princeton University in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1992. He has held positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., and Booz, Allen and Hamilton.
From 1992-1996 he was on the Electrical Engineering faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He joined the School of ECE at Georgia Tech in September 1996 where he is now the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. He holds 30 U.S. patents and has several pending, and he has published more than 230 papers in journals and conferences in the general area of communications and information theory. He is the co-founder of Whisper Communications, a physical layer security company established in 2010 to commercialize technology developed in his research group.
