Pramod

Viswanath

Forrest G. Hamrick Professor in Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research interests: First principle understanding and design of blockchains; inventing communication algorithms via deep learning.

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Since 2008, innovation funds have fostered research in AI fairness, sustainable agriculture, drug discovery and more

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Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

Pramod Viswanath teaches a class. — Pramod Viswanath teaches an undergraduate course on blockchain fundamentals and a graduate course on decentralized finance. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Blockchains make a revolutionary promise, but it may take longer than you think

Portrait of Pramod Viswanath — Pramod Viswanath. Photo by David Kelly Crow

Pramod Viswanath joins the faculty, bringing expertise in wireless and blockchain technologies

Endowed Professorships

Endowed professorships recognize excellence in computer science, robotics and electrical engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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