UCR COMNET is a group of researchers working in the field of Communications and Networks. This is one of the largest teams in the College of Engineering, and offers graduate students a variety of research opportunities in this dynamic field.

UCR COMNET has been successful in attracting research fundings from major grant agencies, and is actively working with industries on collaborative projects.

For more information, contact UCR COMNET Coordinator: Yingbo Hua



Faculty Members

Jie Chen (Ph.D., Michigan, 1990)
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Modeling and system identification, robust control, linear multivariable systems
Ilya Dumer (Ph.D., Russian Academy of Science, 1981)
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Error correction coding for reliable transmission and storage
Michalis Faloutsos (Ph.D., Toronto, 1999)
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Internet protocols and measurements
Jay Farrell (Ph.D., Notre Dame, 1989)
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Global positioning systems
Yingbo Hua (Ph.D., Syracuse, 1988)
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Sensor arrays, signal processing and wireless communications
Srikanth Krishnamurthy (Ph.D., UC San Diego, 1997)
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Ad hoc wireless networks
Ilya Lyubomirsky (Ph.D., MIT, 1999)
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Fiber-optic and free-space optical communication systems and networks
Mart Molle (Ph.D., UCLA, 1981)
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Computer networks, performance evaluation, distributed algorithms
Chinya Ravishankar (Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1987)
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Networking, security, databases, distributed systems
Ertem Tuncel (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, 2002)
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Distributed data compression algorithms, fundamental limits of compression
Zhengyuan (Daniel) Xu (Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Tech., 1999)
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Signal processing for wireless communications