- Advanced Materials by Design: Theory and Computation
- African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle
- Agroecology
- American Indian Studies
- Bioethics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biophotonics
- Chemical Biology
- Chemistry
- Cognitive Sciences
- Communication Technologies Research
- Comparative Political Economy
- Comparative U.S. Studies
- Computational Sciences
- Computational Systems Biology
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Sciences
- Cultural Studies in a Global Context
- Disability Studies
- Energy Sources and Policy
- Expressive Culture and Diversity in the Upper Midwest
- Food Pathogens and Toxins
- Functional Brain Imaging
- Functional Organic Materials
- Genomics
- Global Governance and International Finance
- Initiative for Studies in Transformational Entrepreneurship
- Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program
- International Environmental Affairs and Global Security
- International Public Affairs
- Land Use
- Law, Society and Justice
- Mathematical Physics - String Theory
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Molecular Biometry
- Nanophase Inorganic Materials and Devices
- Political Economy
- Poverty Studies
- Religious Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Biology
- Symbiosis
- Translational Research - Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Very High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Visual Culture
- Vitamin D
- Women's Health Research/Biology of Sex and Gender Differences
- Zebrafish Biology
Cluster focus
The Computer Engineering Cluster strengthens the research and teaching depth of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and fosters better connections with the Computer Sciences department. Collaborative work has been especially strong in the long-standing and interdisciplinary Computer Architecture Group. Cluster faculty focus their research on getting computer technologies to work in inexpensive ways. Research is designed to apply the power of computational circuits and micro-processing to improve everyday products, such as cars, home appliances and electronics, and to develop technology and networks for environmental and battlefield sensing needs. The cluster has built strong connections between faculty who work on high-level theoretical computer designs and those who actually construct and test new applications.
Cluster accomplishments
- Cluster faculty have designed new courses and have taught special topics courses related to their research.
- The cluster played a central role in organizing a Computer Engineering Seminar series.
- Many graduate students and several advanced undergraduates have been very involved with the cluster faculty on their work with the computer architecture program. One of cluster faculty’s undergraduate students won a prestigious Hilldale Award from the UW-Madison Office of the Provost for excellence in undergraduate research.
- Cluster faculty are involved with several faculty across campus on an interdisciplinary Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant to improve safety for soldiers engaged in combat situations.
- Faculty also are collaborating with Wisconsin industries, such as Johnson Controls, that believe that distributed sensor technologies could help to improve building-control systems.
- Cluster faculty have received a 2002 Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer award, which recognizes strong educational contributions to the field, as well as a Schneider Faculty Fellowship awarded to outstanding faculty by UW-Madison.
Cluster structure
Cluster faculty regularly interact with faculty through their Electrical and Computer Engineering departmental meetings and as participants in the computer architecture program.
Cluster coordinator, faculty and lead dean
Cluster Coordinators
- Parmesh Ramanathan, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Christopher DeMarco, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cluster Faculty
- Mikko Lipasti, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Kim Nam Sung, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lead Dean
- Paul Peercy, Dean, College of Engineering