Eric Miller to lead the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers
The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Eric Miller of Tufts University to serve as director for the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers (NSF EEC). Miller, who begins his NSF term today, is an electrical and computer engineering professor at Tufts University School of Engineering.
"I am excited to welcome Dr. Miller, whose outstanding leadership, fundamental and translational engineering scholarship and experience in multidisciplinary centers will expand NSF's ability to address national priorities and challenges," said Susan Margulies, NSF assistant director for Engineering. "Dr. Miller's research breadth in areas of national impact reflects the all-engineering scope of our engineering centers. In addition, his work in curriculum development and student training will strengthen NSF's efforts to grow a diverse workforce in engineering across the U.S."
During his 17 years at Tufts, Miller has served as associate dean for research and chair of electrical and computer engineering in the School of Engineering and as the inaugural director of the Tufts Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He has also held appointments in biomedical engineering, computer science and mathematics departments, as well as the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. Miller began his academic career in 1994 as an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University. While at Northeastern, he became part of the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, an NSF Engineering Research Center.
Miller's main research interests are statistical signal and image processing and modeling with a focus on inverse problems. An inverse problem arises when one observes data indirectly related to a quantity of interest and seeks to undo or invert the relationship to extract the desired information. Miller has developed such methods for applications including medical imaging, microscopy, landmine detection, environmental monitoring and Earth remote sensing.
Miller is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and served as an editor of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. He is also an active member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the Optical Society of America. Miller received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
NSF EEC, in the NSF Directorate for Engineering, invests in the creation of 21st-century engineers and the discovery of technologies through transformational center-based research, research in education and inclusion and research opportunities for students and teachers.