I is focused on communication systems and the underlying models and concepts required for understanding such systems. Major topics are all optical networks, wireless communication, wireless networks, coded modulation, data compression, and network congestion control and management. Systems Control and Optimization. I is concerned with understanding the dynamic behavior of systems and their robust control in the presence of uncertainty. Areas of current theoretical research activity include identification of multivariable systems, design of robust multivariable control systems, linear and nonlinear estimation, and stochastic and adaptive control.
Related research addresses the analytical and computational aspects of large and complex systems.
The control and the optimization of such systems is computationally intensive, and current research addresses the associated algorithmic issues, including the use of parallel and distributed computation, and the use of neural-network based subsystems. I spans an extremely broad spectrum of activities, and is concerned in general with problems involving the synthesis, analysis, representation, and manipulation of signals and systems for a wide range of applications. It encompasses the fields of digital signal processing and filter design, statistical signal processing and signal analysis, spectral analysis, and optimal detection and estimation theory. The primary laboratories concerned with computer science research are the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Laboratory for Computer Science . Over 500 personnel, including approximately 75 faculty and research supervising staff and 200 students, are affiliated with these laboratories.