Sanjeev Kulkarni
Dean of the Faculty
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Electrical Engineering
Office: B310 E-Quad
Phone: 609-258-6727
Interdisciplinary Research Area: Computing and Network Systems, Data Science, Financial Technology
Research Area: Statistical pattern recognition, machine learning; applied probability, nonparametric statistics; information theory, communications; wireless networks, sensor networks; signal, image, and video processing; adaptive systems, hybrid systems, control and econometrics and finance
Areas of Impact
Data Science
Data science accelerates discovery across nearly all areas of science, engineering, and social science. Students and faculty in this area create new data-analysis techniques and harness advanced computing and storage systems to solve problems in biology, the environment, materials science, communications, security, transportation, and many other areas.
Public Policy
To be effective in solving critical societal problems, engineers must often work beyond purely technological domains and engage closely with policymakers. Several engineering faculty members are appointed jointly with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and many others engage broadly on problems tied to policy. The Center for Information Technology Policy is a joint venture of the engineering school and the Wilson school.
Primary affiliation
Electrical Engineering
Princeton’s electrical engineering program, started in 1889 as one of the first in the United States, remains at the forefront of the field, with research aimed at improving human health, energy and environmental systems, computing and communications, and security. Specific areas of research include the physics of semiconductors; electronic and optical devices; the design of computers and networks; materials science and nanotechnologies; algorithms and structures for information; and biological technologies.
