Yonina Eldar serves as Professor and Joseph E. Aoun Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University, with affiliated faculty status in Bioengineering. She joined the department in August 2025, bringing extensive expertise in advanced signal processing applications. Her educational background features a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (2002). Dr. Eldar's research spans transformative areas including medical imaging, compressed sensing, deep learning on graphs, radar systems, and computational biology. Her work integrates theoretical signal processing with practical applications in wireless communications, optical systems, and biological data analysis, driving innovation in A/D design, remote sensing, and optimization frameworks. Her 2025 publications reveal a strong focus on next-generation wireless technologies, particularly near-field processing, semantic communication frameworks, and integrated sensing-communication systems using novel antenna architectures and optical methods. Her distinguished honors include: 2024 Fellow of the Industry Academy within the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA) 2023 Member of The Academia Europaea 2022 Fellow of Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) 2017 Member of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2017 Fellow of the European Association For Signal Processing (EURASIP) 2012 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) She actively contributes to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, where her research on metasurface antennas and optical communication systems advances IoT infrastructure and wireless power transfer technologies.










