Communications / IT

We’re doing research that will make the next era of communications and connection possible.

From paving the way for 5G mobile to broadening access to wireless service, we are breaking new ground in telecommunications, signal processing, and networking research.

It isn’t hyperbole to suggest that everyday reality might soon include airborne drones using computer vision and cloud-based AI to identify and avoid obstacles, ultra-fast communications between smart vehicles to avoid collisions, teams of robots “talking” to each other to perform complex tasks, physicians doing surgery remotely and wirelessly, and AR/VR experiences delivered to your mobile screens and smart glasses. NYU Tandon research is making these and other revolutionary advances in telecommunications happen.

Academic Programs

Business and Technology Management, B.S.

Oriented toward current and future high growth arenas, the Business and Technology Management (BTM) trains business leaders of tomorrow. You’ll become deeply familiar with technology and innovation and work in diverse venues.

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Computer Engineering, B.S.

Computer engineers develop products that touch nearly every part of our lives, from sending e-mails from cell phones to reconstructing genomes. That’s just the kind of invention & innovation the School of Engineering encourages.

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Computer Science, B.S.

Computer science focuses on designing, building, and using the computers and systems that we interact with every day — from iPhones to the complex databases in banks and hospitals.

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, B.S.

Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering are both extremely pertinent in today's high technology and global world, and this program gives students opportunities to garner knowledge from both disciplines.

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Computer Engineering, M.S.

Computer engineering makes it possible for us to telecommute from home and check our e-mail on the go, and even reconstruct genomes and conceive software to make businesses more efficient.

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Computer Science, MS

We offer a highly adaptive MS in Computer Science program that lets you shape the degree around your interests, from such topics as computer and network security, computer graphics, and web search technology.

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Electrical Engineering, M.S.

The headphones around your neck, the turn signal in your car, in fact, all electronic devices — each of these was made possible by an electrical engineer.

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Computer Science, Ph.D.

Ph.D. students in our Computer Science program can conduct groundbreaking research with the faculty of our interdisciplinary Center for Cyber Security.

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Electrical Engineering, Ph.D.

The Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering program is filled with students and faculty who prize the School of Engineering's emphasis on invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship through top-flight laboratories and a fierce dedication to advanced research.

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Research Centers and Labs

Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT)

CATT promotes industry-university collaborative research and development in these areas: wireless and personal communications networks and devices, secure information technologies, and media and network applications/services.

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EnSuRe Research Group

Our research focuses on computer hardware, including electronic design automation (EDA) and micro-architectural solutions for energy-efficient (En), secure (Su), and reliable (Re) computing.

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High Speed Networking Lab

Our research is concentrated on developing complete solutions for data center networks, ...

Integrated Information Systems Laboratory

The Integrated Information Systems Laboratory performs research in the areas of wireless communications, information theory and communication theory. Projects conducted with affiliated faculty and students include Cooperative Communications, Joint Source and Channel Coding for Wireless Networks, Information Theoretic Security, Power Efficient Multimedia Communications, and Single Carrier FDMA.

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Laboratory for Agile and Resilient Complex Systems

Our goal is to develop new control and game-theoretic tools for designing agile and resilient control for smart energy systems, communication networks, secure cyber-physical systems, and human-in-the-loop systems.

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NYU WIRELESS

NYU WIRELESS is a vibrant academic research center that is pushing the boundaries of wireless communications, sensing and networking. Centered at NYU Tandon and involving industry leaders, faculty and students throughout the entire NYU community, NYU WIRELESS offers a world-class research environment that is creating the fundamental theories and techniques for future mass-deployable wireless devices across a wide range of applications and markets. Every January, NYU WIRELESS hosts an annual recruiting day for all of its students and Industrial Affiliate sponsors and hosts a major invitation-only wireless summit every April, in cooperation with Nokia Bell Laboratories.

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Featured People

Theodore Rappaport

David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor of Electrical Engineering; Founding Director of NYU WIRELESS; Professor of Computer Science at NYU Courant; Professor of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine