ECE Research Day Showcases Breakthroughs in Intelligent Sensing and Edge Computing
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science hosted its annual ECE Research Day on Nov. 13, 2025, bringing together faculty, students, researchers and industry partners for a day of cutting-edge innovation, technical exchange and community engagement.
This year’s event highlighted transformative work across sensing technologies, edge intelligence and resilient autonomous systems areas critical to next-generation robotics, intelligent vehicles, healthcare technologies and large-scale distributed systems. The keynote presentation, “Cross-Layer Cognitive Sensing for Resilient Edge Intelligence,” introduced a forward-leaning vision for how sensors and processors can work together in dynamic environments.
The talk emphasized the growing need for energy-efficient, real-time and reliable sensing frameworks as autonomous systems scale across industries. Drawing inspiration from human perception, the research explored how adaptive sensing, similar to the way humans shift attention between low-speed and high-speed focus, can reduce computational overhead while improving decision accuracy.
A major highlight was the department’s focus on uncertainty estimation as a tool for enhancing the reliability of edge systems. Through frameworks such as TrustNet and CLUE, researchers demonstrated how early-warning mechanisms and cross-layer adaptation can significantly improve the trustworthiness of perception models, even under sensor noise, hardware variability and complex real-world conditions. These advances pave the way for smarter, safer autonomous platforms.
The event also spotlighted departmental initiatives supporting student research. New programs including the ECE Doctoral Excellence Fellowship, Research Excellence Grants and expanded doctoral recruitment fellowships reinforce the department’s commitment to cultivating world-class researchers and accelerating high-impact discoveries.
ECE Research Day once again underscored the university’s position as a leader in emerging technologies, offering a vibrant platform for collaboration and showcasing the innovations shaping tomorrow’s intelligent systems.