Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS)

The Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) Program is intended to spur visionary systems-oriented activities in collaborative, multidisciplinary, and integrative research. CCSS supports systems research in hardware, signal processing techniques, and architectures to enable the next generation of cyber-physical systems (CPS) that leverage computation, communication, and algorithms integrated with physical domains. CCSS supports innovative research and integrated educational activities in micro- and nano- electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), communications and sensing systems, and cyber-physical systems. The goal is to design, develop, and implement new complex and hybrid systems at all scales, including nano and macro, that lead to innovative engineering principles and solutions for a variety of application domains including, but not limited to, healthcare, medicine, environmental monitoring, communications, disaster mitigation, homeland security, transportation, manufacturing, energy, and smart buildings. CCSS also supports integration technologies at both intra- and inter- chip levels, new and advanced radio frequency (RF), millimeter wave and optical wireless and hybrid communications systems architectures, and sensing and imaging at terahertz (THz) frequencies.

Proposals for the CCSS program may involve collaborative research to capture the breadth of expertise needed for such multidisciplinary integrative activities. ECCS will consider supporting a limited number of small team proposals of three or more Investigators from different disciplines and/or universities.

Areas of interest include:

George Haddad

• Low Power, Low Noise, High Efficiency Communications
• Inter- and Intra-Chip Communications and Networking including THz and optical guided and wireless interconnects
• Wireless Communications and Sensing circuits and systems
• Integrated Circuit Design ( Mixed-Signal, Fault-Tolerant, Self -Test and Repair, Stochastic Design)
• Real-Time Monitoring and Stimulation of the Brain and other Body functions in natural environments

Zhi (Gerry) Tian

• RF/Wireless, Optical, and Hybrid Communications and Networking
• Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Computational Systems
• Spectrum Access and Spectrum Sharing, Cognitive Radio
• Signal Processing and Compressive Sampling
• Cyber Physical Systems and Security

Mona Zaghloul

• Micro, Nano, and Bio Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
• Chemical, Biological, and Physical Diagnostics
• Sensors, Actuators, and Electronic Interfaces (Brain and other Body functions, Health, Infrastructure and Environment)
• Ultra-Low power wearable and implantable sensing and imaging systems