Maria

Apostolaki

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research interests: Design and construction of networked systems; security, blockchain and machine learning.

NSF CAREER AWARDS

Three engineering faculty members receive NSF CAREER awards

Innovation funds support advances in artificial intelligence, bioengineering, materials science and more

Four researchers standing in front of a computer server with wires showing. — Princeton researchers have created a tool that allows small networks such as businesses and universities to improve the performance and privacy of their internet traffic. The team included (from left) Benjamin Herber, a 2022 B.S.E. and 2023 M.Eng. graduate in electrical and computer engineering; Sophia Yoo, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering; Maria Apostolaki, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Henry Birge-Lee, a research software engineer in Princeton’s computer science department. Jennifer Rexford, Princeton University Provost and Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor in Engineering (not pictured) also coauthored the research paper. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

TANGO gives paired networks better performance when they dance to their own tune

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

Foam board with a pinned grasshopper specimen, with wings extended, and four rows with different colors and shapes of synthetic wings under investigation for flying robots. — A team led by Pierre-Thomas Brun and Aimy Wissa is studying the structures and capabilities of grasshopper wings and flying fish fins. An innovation grant will allow the researchers to test different types of foldable wings and model their performance. Photos by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy

Innovation funds support research in robotics, machine learning, climate resilience and more

Maria Apostolaki teaches before an auditorium of students. — Maria Apostolaki has uncovered critical vulnerabilities in the networks over which cryptocurrencies operate. She co-teaches a course on information security. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy)

How secure is crypto? As secure as the internet

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Improving human health, energy systems, computing and communications, and security