Our Team

CCI consists of a stellar team of faculty and researchers. While most are from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the center also includes outstanding faculty representatives from eight other schools at USC. 

Director

<b>Bhaskar Krishnamachari:</b> Internet of Things

Bhaskar Krishnamachari

Bhaskar Krishnamachari, the Director of CCI, has more than 15 years of research experience working on next-generation wireless networking technologies related to the Internet of Things. He is the recipient of many awards including best paper awards at ACM Mobicom and ACM/IEEE IPSN, the NSF CAREER Award, the ASEE Terman Award, the IEEE-HKN Outstanding Young Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, the TR-35, and Popular Science’s Brilliant 10. He has co-authored more than 200 technical papers, with a total citation count of over 22000 (per Google Scholar), and a book titled Networking Wireless Sensors, published by Cambridge University Press.

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

<b>Andrea Belz:</b> Innovation

Andrea Belz: Innovation

<b>S.K. Gupta:</b> Smart Manufacturing

S.K. Gupta: Smart Manufacturing

<b>Alefiya Hussain:</b> CPS Testbeds

Alefiya Hussein: CPS Testbeds

<b>Azad Madni:</b> System of Systems Engineering

Azad Madni: System of Systems Engineering

<b>Mahta Moghaddam:</b> Remote Sensing

Mahta Moghaddam: Remote Sensing

<b>Donald Paul:</b> Energy

Donald Paul: Energy

<b>Viktor Prassana:</b> Data Science + Smart Grid

Viktor Prassana: Data Science + Smart Grid

<b>Ketan Savla:</b> Transportation

Ketan Savla: Transportation

<b>Cyrus Shahabi:</b> Big Data Analytics

Cyrus Shahabi: Big Data Analytics

<b>Neil Siegel:</b> Cybersecurity

Neil Siegel: Cybersecurity

Viterbi FACULTY

<b>Murali Annavaram:</b> Mobile Computing

Murali Annavaram: Mobile Computing

<b>Salman Avestimehr:</b> Communication + Computing

Salman Avestimehr: Communication + Computing

<b>Nora Ayanian:</b> Robotics

Nora Ayanian: Robotics

<b>George Ban-Weiss:</b> Climate + Air Quality

George Ban-Weiss: Climate + Air Quality

<b>Peter Beerel:</b> VLSI/CAD

Peter Beerel: VLSI/CAD

<b>Burcin Becerik:</b> Smart Buildings

Burcin Becerik: Smart Buildings

<b>Paul Bogdan:</b> CPS Theory

Paul Bogdan: CPS Theory

<b>Young Cho:</b> IoT Hardware

Young Cho: IoT Hardware

<b>Dina El-Damak:</b> Low-power Devices and Circuits

Dina El-Damak: Low-power Devices and Circuits

<b>Shahram Ghandeharizad:</b> Databases

Shahram Ghandeharizad: Databases

<b>Ramesh Govindan:</b> Networks

Ramesh Govindan: Networks

<b>William Halfond:</b> Software Engineering

William Halfond: Software Engineering

<b>Hossein Hashemi:</b> RF Circuits

Hossein Hashemi: RF Circuits

<b>Rahul Jain:</b> Stochastic Control Theory

Rahul Jain: Stochastic Control Theory

<b>Mihailo Jovanovic:</b> Control Theory

Mihailo Jovanovic: Control Theory

<b>Behrokh Khoshnevis:</b> Telefacturing

Behrokh Khoshnevis: Telefacturing

<b>Aleksandra Korolova:</b> Privacy

Aleksandra Korolova: Privacy

<b>Yan Liu:</b> Machine Learning

Yan Liu: Machine Learning

<b>Nenad Medvidovic:</b> Software Engineering

Nenad Medvidovic: Software Engineering

<b>Andreas Molisch:</b> Wireless Communications

Andreas Molisch: Wireless Communications

<b>Muhammad Naveed:</b> Cybersecurity

Muhammad Naveed: Cybersecurity

<b>Clifford Neuman:</b> Cybersecurity

Clifford Neuman: Cybersecurity

<b>Pierluigi Nuzzo:</b> CPS Design

Pierluigi Nuzzo: CPS Design

<b>Antonio Ortega:</b> Graph Signal Processing

Antonio Ortega: Graph Signal Processing

<b>Konstantinos Psounis:</b> Networks

Konstantinos Psounis: Networks

<b>Fei Sha:</b> Machine Learning

Fei Sha: Machine Learning

<b>Gaurav Sukhatme:</b> Robotics

Gaurav Sukhatme: Robotics

<b>Insoon Yang:</b> Controls + Optimization

Insoon Yang: Controls + Optimization

<b>Jyotirmoy Deshmukh:</b> Cyber-Physical Systems

Jyotirmoy Deshmukh: Cyber-Physical Systems

Usc Community faculty

<b>Ali Abbas:</b> <em>Price School of Public Policy</em>

Ali Abbas: Price School of Public Policy

<b>Scott Fisher:</b> <em>School of Cinematic Arts</em>

Scott Fisher: School for Cinematic Arts

<b>Peter Kuhn:</b> <em>Keck School of Medicine</em>

Peter Kuhn: Keck School of Medicine

<b>Colin Maclay:</b> <em>Annenberg School of Comm. and Journalism</em>

Colin Maclay: Annenberg School of Comm. and Journalism

<b>Jerry Power:</b> <em>Marshall School of Business</em>

Jerry Power: Marshall School of Business

<b>Donna Spruijt-Metz:</b> <em>Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences</em>

Donna Spruijt-Metz: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

<b>Kenneth Yates:</b> <em>Rossier School of Education</em>

Kenneth Yates: Rossier School of Education

<b>Joon-Ho Choi:</b> <em>School of Architecture</em>

Joon-Ho Choi: School of Architecture

VISITING faculty

<b>Hong-Linh Truong:</b> <em>TU Wien, Austria</em>

Hong-Linh Truong: TU Wien, Austria

<b>Corey Baker:</b> <em>University of Kentucky</em>

Corey Baker: University of Kentucky

<b>Marcelo Segura:</b> <em>National University of San Juan</em>

Marcelo Segura: National University of San Juan

Staff

<b>Brienne Moore:</b> Administrator

Brienne Moore: Administrator

<b>Carl Oberg:</b> Engineering Technician

Carl Oberg: Engineering Technician

<b>Erika Larsen:</b> Software Support Staff

Erika Larsen: Software Support Staff

<b>Winny Huang:</b> Web Developer

Winny Huang: Web Developer

<b>Erick Moen:</b> Research Staff

Erick Moen: Research Staff