Munther Dahleh

Munther Dahleh is the William A. Coolidge Professor at MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a faculty affiliate of the Sloan School of Management. He founded and directed the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) from 2015 to 2023 and previously served as Associate Department Head of EECS. His career spans foundational contributions to robust control theory, computational methods for controller design, and systemic risk in networked systems.

• PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University (1987)

His research focuses on:

• Networked systems and information propagation
• Systemic risk detection in interconnected systems
• Transportation and power grid resilience
• Social network dynamics and opinion modeling
• Data-driven approaches to energy systems

Recent work emphasizes applications in:

• Electricity market design
• Robust reinforcement learning
• Climate-resilient infrastructure

Scientific awards include:

• Four-time George Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
• Donald P. Eckman Award (1993)

He advises graduate students in fields spanning control theory, energy systems, and societal challenges, with publications covering machine learning, power grid stability, and financial networks.