March, 2024 - Electrical & Computer Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering

Department Faculty and Graduate Student Highlighted at Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Symposium

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering had a strong presence at the recent 88th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences – the MAS Scholar Symposium. ECE Associate Professor John Ball was an invited keynote speaker for the symposium with “Preparing Excellent Engineers – In and Out of the Classroom.” Dr. Ball’s 45-minute…

March 27, 2024


Sephus, ECE alum, received 2024 Student Leadership Award at BEYA STEM Conference

March 25, 2024


Thesis Defense Announcement for Brandon Black – 03/22/2024 at 2:00 PM

Thesis Title: Optimal Multi-target Navigation via Graph-based Algorithms in Complex Environments When: 03/22/2024 2:00 PM Where: Simrall Hall Room 228 Candidate: Brandon Black Degree: Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Chaomin Luo, Dr. Yu Luo, and Dr. Bryan Jones Abstract: In the advancing field of autonomous robotics, efficient navigation through…

March 22, 2024


ECE Mentor Student Spotlight: Cooper Robertson

ECE Mentor Spotlight Cooper Robertson Major: Computer Engineering Classification: Senior Hometown: Hernando, Mississippi     What is your favorite part about being a mentor for MSU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering? I am a very social and extroverted person and henceforth enjoy conversing and meeting new people. By being a mentor, it’s like my…

March 22, 2024


ECE Research Seminar March 22, 2024, Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Simrall 104

Join us for the 2024 March ECE Research Seminar. ECE Research Seminar March 22, 2024, Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Simrall 104 https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=m202a6146dd992ad4f3fa78a7fe6bfec8 Enhancing Vision Tasks through Wavelet-Integrated Attention Mechanisms: Attention Mechanism in CNNs and Self-Attention in Vision Transformers Simegnew Yihunie Alaba | sa1724@msstate.edu Abstract: The human visual system inherently prioritizes some areas of a…

March 18, 2024


U.S. National Science Foundation Awards Funding to ECE-led Group

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Ali Cafer Gurbuz is leading a team that received an award of $500,000 from the U.S. National Science Foundation to facilitate coexistence between active communication and passive sensing systems. Gurbuz serves as principal investigator of a project, INtegrated Testbed Ensuring Resilient Active/Passive CoexisTence (INTERACT): End-to-End Learning-Based Interference…

March 15, 2024


Dissertation Defense Announcement for M M Nabi on 3/20/2024 at 12:30 PM

Dissertation Title: Deep Learning based Soil Moisture Retrieval using GNSS-R Observations from CYGNSS When: 20 March 2024, 12:30 PM Where: Simrall 228 Candidate: M M Nabi Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Ali C. Gurbuz, Dr. John E. Ball, Dr. Vuk Marojevic, Dr. Mehmet Kurum Abstract The National Aeronautics…

March 11, 2024


ECE Showcased in Spring 2024 Graduate Research Symposium Winners

Graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and advised by ECE faculty recently placed in the Mississippi State University’s Spring 2024 Graduate Student Research Symposium. The Graduate School, in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association, hosted the Graduate Student Research Symposium, which allows students to showcase research. Categories included oral presentations and…

March 11, 2024


Mississippi State alums recognized as 2024 BCoE Distinguished Fellows, Emerging Leader

March 7, 2024


Dissertation Defense Announcement for Simegnew Yihunie Alaba on 03/19/2024 at 9:00 AM

Dissertation Title: Wavelet-Enhanced 2D and 3D Lightweight Perception Systems for Autonomous Driving When: March 19, 2024, 9:00 am Where: Simrall 228 or Webex https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=m50146b2fc728650e90087f9cc4ac4d0c Meeting number: 2634 524 4623 Candidate: Simegnew Yihunie Alaba Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Committee Members: Dr. John Ball, Dr. Robert Moorhead, Dr. Ali Gurbuz, Dr. Jenny…

March 7, 2024