Upamanyu Madhow

Upamanyu Madhow is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). His research focuses on next-generation wireless communication and sensor networks, including millimeter-wave communication, distributed sensor architectures, and bio-inspired networking. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and has been recognized with the IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award and NSF CAREER Award.

Madhow's academic roles include serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, Information Theory, and Information Forensics. He is the author of two textbooks: Fundamentals of Digital Communication (2008) and Introduction to Communication Systems (2014). His teaching spans undergraduate courses in signals and systems, graduate-level digital communication, and a machine learning course emphasizing signal processing principles.

His research projects include mmWave communication networks, large-scale sensor systems, and radar-based perception. Awards include IEEE Fellow status, National Academy of Inventors Fellow, and ISI Highly Cited Researcher designation. His work bridges theoretical communication principles with practical hardware implementations, emphasizing robustness and scalability.

Madhow collaborates on NSF-funded initiatives such as the 4D100 project for city-scale 4D RF imaging and RINGS for scalable mmWave MIMO systems. His grants focus on advancing mmWave technology, adversarial robustness in neural networks, and distributed wireless infrastructure.