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Alex Aiken , Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: compilers, static race detection, debugging, algorithms, programming languages
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Saturn -- Scalable Error Detection ...
Sequoia
TRUST: Team for Research in Ubiquit...
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Russ B. Altman , Professor of Genetics, of Medicine, and, by courtesy, Computer Science
Research Focus: biomedical informatics, bioengineering, biophysics, genetics
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
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Nicholas Bambos , Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Management Science & Engineering
Research Focus: high-performance networking, autonomic computing, service engineering
Research Areas:
Information Systems
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Serafim Batzoglou , Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: computational genomics
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
Alignment & Comparative Genomics
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Gill Bejerano , Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Developmental Biology
Research Focus: computational genomics
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
Understanding the Human Genome
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Dan Boneh , Associate Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: applied cryptography, network security
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Theory
Research Projects:
Collective: A Computing Utility Arc...
Identity Based Encryption
PORTIA: Managing sensitive informat...
PwdHash - Web Password Hashing
SpoofGuard: Preventing online ident...
TRUST: Team for Research in Ubiquit...
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Stephen Boyd , Professor of Electrical Engineering; Samsung Professor in the School of Engineering
Research Focus: convex optimization applications in control, signal processing, circuit design
Research Areas:
Information Systems
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Atul J. Butte , Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Research Focus: biomedical informatics
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
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David Cheriton , Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: distributed systems
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Defense against Distributed Denial ...
Extreme Scale Cluster Architecture
Feedback Based Inter-domain Routing
History-based Anti-spam
KIWI Project - Towards Self-Managed...
TRIAD - Translating Relaying Intern...
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Thomas M. Cover , Professorof Electrical Engineering and of Statistics; Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in the School of Engineering
Research Focus: network information theory, universal data compression and portfolio theory, information feedback, physical aspects of information
Research Areas:
Information Systems
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William Dally , Willard R. & Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering; Chairman, Computer Science Department
Research Focus: high-speed signaling, multiprocessor architecture, graphics architecture, VLSI systems
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Efficient Embedded Computing
Merrimac - Stanford Streaming Super...
Scalable Network Fabrics
Sequoia
Template Based FPGA Computing Appli...
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David Dill , Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: computational systems biology, formal verification techniques
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Computational modeling of signal tr...
Electronic Voting
STP: Solving bitvector constraints
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Abbas El Gamal , Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director, Information Systems Lab
Research Focus: distributed information processing; digital imaging
Research Areas:
Information Systems
Research Projects:
Multi-Aperture Imaging Sensor
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Dawson Engler , Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: source code analysis; software quality and security
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Improving Program Robustness via St...
Smart Memories
TRUST: Team for Research in Ubiquit...
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Ron Fedkiw , Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: computational algorithms for applications in computational fluid dynamics, computer graphics, biomechanics
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Graphics
Research Projects:
Simulation & Analysis of Muscle Act...
Virtual Human(oid) Project
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Ed Feigenbaum , Kumagai Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus
Research Focus: knowledge-based systems
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
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Richard Fikes , Professor of Computer Science (Research), Emeritus
Research Focus: knowledge representation
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
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Michael J. Flynn , Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus
Research Focus: systems architecture
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
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Hector Garcia-Molina , Leonard Bosack and Sandra Lerner Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: distributed systems, information integration, database systems
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
BioACT!
DataMotion: Managing & analyzing la...
Peers
PORTIA: Managing sensitive informat...
Privacy and Databases
TRUST: Team for Research in Ubiquit...
WebBase Project
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Mike Genesereth , Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: computational logic, semantic web, computational law, enterprise management, general game playing
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
Computational Law
Digital Department
General Game Playing
Logical Spreadsheets
Web Semantics Technologies
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John T. Gill, III , Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Research Focus: complexity, probabilistic computation, data compression, error control codes
Research Areas:
Information Systems
Theory
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Bernd Girod , Professor of Electrical Engineering, and by courtesy, of Computer Science
Research Focus: image and video processing, video coding algorithms, networked multimedia systems
Research Areas:
Information Systems
Research Projects:
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Wyner-Ziv Coding of Video
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Ashish Goel , Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, of Computer Science
Research Focus: Networks, self-assembly, Internet commerce, social networks and reputation systems, fairness
Research Areas:
Theory
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Andrea Goldsmith , Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: wireless systems and networks
Research Areas:
Information Systems
Research Projects:
Cross-Layer Design of Ad-hoc Wirele...
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Gene Golub (1932 - 2007) , Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
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Robert M. Gray , Professor of Electrical Engineering; Lucent Technologies Professor in Communications and Networking in the School of Engineering
Research Focus: data compression, image processing, information and communication theory
Research Areas:
Information Systems
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Leonidas Guibas , Professor of Geometric Computing
Research Focus: computational geometry, image processing, graphics, computer vision, sensor networks, robotics, discrete algorithms
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Systems
Graphics
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Patrick Hanrahan , Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering; Canon USA Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: visualization, graphics systems/architectures, rendering algorithms
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Graphics
Research Projects:
BrookGPU
Dryad
FLASH Graphics System and Architect...
Image Systems Engineering Program
Light Fields & Computational Photog...
Merrimac - Stanford Streaming Super...
Multigraphics
Real-Time Programmable Shading Proj...
Rendering Algorithms
Sequoia
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John Hennessy , President, Stanford University; Willard and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science
Research Focus: computer architecture
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
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Mark Horowitz , Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science; Cadence Design Systems; The Yahoo! Founders Professor of Engineering
Research Focus: digital circuit design, VLSI systems, computer architecture
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Circuit Optimization
Electrical Links
Light Fields & Computational Photog...
Multi-Camera Array
Optical Links
Power Supply Integrity
Smart Memories
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Ramesh Johari , Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering
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Daniel Jurafsky , Associate Professor of Linguistics, and by courtesy, of Computer Science
Research Focus: computational linguistics, speech recognition, natural language
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
Learning To Make Textual Inferences
Shallow Semantic Parsing
STAIR: The STanford AI Robot
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Oussama Khatib , Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: robotics, haptics, motion planning
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
Elastic Strip Framework
Haptics
Human Motion Synthesis
Human-Friendly Robot Design
Romeo & Juliet - Stanford Assistant...
SAI - Simulation & Active Interface...
Soft Tissue Modeling - towards real...
STAIR: The STanford AI Robot
Teleoperation
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Scott Klemmer , Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: human computer interaction
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
BioACT!
d.tools: Enabling Rapid Off-the-Des...
Helping People Hack: Tools for Oppo...
iDeas: Notebooks that Share and Wal...
Lash-Ups: A Toolkit for Location-Aw...
Paper + Digital Tools
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Don Knuth , Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming
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Daphne Koller , Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: probability theory, decision theory, game theory, probabilistic inference
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Theory
Research Projects:
Learning Models of Biological and M...
Probabilistic Relational Models
STAIR: The STanford AI Robot
Understanding and Modeling 3D Envir...
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Vladlen Koltun , Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: virtual worlds
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Graphics
Research Projects:
Dryad
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Christoforos Kozyrakis , Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science
Research Focus: transactional memory, architectural support for security, power management techniques
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Smart Memories
Transactional Coherence and Consist...
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Monica Lam , Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: compilers, program analysis, operating systems, security, computer architecture, high-performance computing
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Collective: A Computing Utility Arc...
Hydra Single-Chip Multiprocessor
Improving Program Robustness via St...
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Jean-Claude Latombe , Kumagai Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: robot-assisted surgery, integration of design and manufacturing, digital actors, molecular motions
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
3-D Sensing of Deformable Objects
Adaptive Dynamic Collision Checking
Climbing Robots
Humanoid Robots on Rough Terrain
Modeling Flexible Protein Loops
Multi-goal Motion Planning
Rope Manipulation Planning
Small-step Retraction in PRM Planni...
STAIR: The STanford AI Robot
Study of Protein Motion
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Philip Levis , Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: sensor networks
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
Measuring Low-Power Wireless
MNet Architecture
Operating System/Language Co-Design
Storage-Based Applications
Wireless Implanted Networks
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Michael Levitt , Professor of Structural Biology and, by courtesy, of Computer Science; Chairman, Department of Structural Biology
Research Focus: biomedical informatics
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
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Marc Levoy , Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: light field photography, 3D scanning, rendering
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Graphics
Research Projects:
CityBlock Project: multi-perspectiv...
Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project
Digital Michelangelo Project
Image Systems Engineering Program
Light Fields & Computational Photog...
Multi-Camera Array
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David Luckham , Professor (Research) of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus
Research Focus: complex event processing
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
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Zohar Manna , Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: formal verification
Research Areas:
Theory
Research Projects:
STeP: Stanford Temporal Prover
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Chris Manning , Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Linguistics
Research Focus: natural language processing, information retrieval,
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Research Projects:
Hypergraph Parsing
Information Extraction
Information Extraction, Intelligent...
JavaNLP
Kirrkirr: software for the explorat...
Learning To Make Textual Inferences
LinGO Redwoods: A Rich and Dynamic ...
Linguistic theory and linguistic ty...
Shallow Semantic Parsing
STAIR: The STanford AI Robot
Statistical Linguistics
StatNLP models: Combining linguisti...
Unsupervised Language Learning
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David Mazières , Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Research Focus: secure computing
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
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John McCarthy , Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus
Research Focus: formal reasoning
Research Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
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Edward McCluskey , Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science
Research Focus: logic testing, synthesis, design for testability, and fault-tolerant computing
Research Areas:
Computer Systems
Research Projects:
ELF Project
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Nick McKeown , Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science
Research Focus: network architecture, backbone network design, congestion control, clean slate internet design
Research Areas:
Computer Systems