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landscape at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Each row represents a faculty member, while each column represents a research interest. Cells
are filled in when a faculty member and research interest overlap.
Research Interest
Computational Science and Engineering
Data Science
Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems
Artificial and Natural Intelligence
Active Matter
Control Theory and Stochastic Systems
Applied Algebra and Geometry
Numerical Analysis
Quantum Engineering
Biomaterials
Biophysics
Photonics
Bioinspired Robotics and Computing
Biomechanics and Motor Control
Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and Therapeutics
Theory of Computation
Computational and Data Science
Quantum Computing
Economics and Computation
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Society
Machine Learning
Computational Neuroscience
Computer Architecture
Systems, Networks, and Databases
Graphics, Vision, and Visualization
Human-Computer Interaction
Programming Languages
Signal Processing
Computer Engineering and Architecture
Circuits and VLSI
Biogeochemical Cycles
Climate Change
Oceanography
Atmospheric Chemistry
Climate Dynamics
Global Contaminants
Energy Resources and Energy Systems
Meteorology
Solar Geoengineering
Ice Dynamics and Sea Level
Planetary Sciences
Water
Geophysics
Materials
Soft Matter
Surface and Interface Science
Fluid Mechanics
Robotics and Control
Solid Mechanics
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Science and Engineering Education
Science and Technology Policy
Communications and Internet Policy
Science, Technology, Innovation, and Public Policy
Design and Innovation
7 faculty members: Michael P. Brenner, Efthimios Kaxiras, Petros Koumoutsakos, L Mahadevan, Cengiz Pehlevan, Eli Tziperman, Melanie Weber. 31
research interests 31: Fluid Mechanics, Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Soft Matter, Biomechanics and Motor Control, Computational and Data Science, Machine Learning, Materials, Surface and Interface Science, Active Matter, Artificial and Natural Intelligence, Computational Science and Engineering, Control Theory and Stochastic Systems, Data Science, Bioinspired Robotics and Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Resources and Energy Systems, Science, Technology, Innovation, and Public Policy, Computational Neuroscience, Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and Therapeutics, Robotics and Control, Solid Mechanics, Signal Processing, Climate Change, Climate Dynamics, Ice Dynamics and Sea Level, Oceanography, Planetary Sciences, Applied Algebra and Geometry, Numerical Analysis, Theory of Computation, Computation and Society.
21 faculty members: Markus Thomas Basan, Federico Capasso, Philippe Cluzel, Donhee Ham, Lene V. Hau, Doeke Romke Hekstra, Jenny Hoffman, Philip Kim, Marko Loncar, Vinothan N. Manoharan, Eric Mazur, Julia A. Mundy, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Daniel Needleman, David R. Nelson, Maxim Prigozhin, Sharad Ramanathan, Giulia Semeghini, David A. Weitz, Robert M. Westervelt, Amir Yacoby. 21
research interests 21: Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Soft Matter, Photonics, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biomechanics and Motor Control, Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and Therapeutics, Materials, Quantum Engineering, Bioinspired Robotics and Computing, Circuits and VLSI, Computer Engineering and Architecture, Surface and Interface Science, Science and Engineering Education, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Science and Technology Policy, Active Matter, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Computational Neuroscience, Computational and Data Science.
7 faculty members: Frank J. Doyle, Don Ingber, Jia Liu, Samir Mitragotri, David Mooney, Kit Parker, Maurice Smith. 13
research interests 13: Control Theory and Stochastic Systems, Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Computational Neuroscience, Bioinspired Robotics and Computing, Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and Therapeutics, Signal Processing, Science and Engineering Education, Science and Technology Policy, Biomechanics and Motor Control, Biomaterials, Materials, Science, Technology, Innovation, and Public Policy, Robotics and Control.
38 faculty members: Nada Amin, Anurag Anshu, Boaz Barak, David Brooks, Yiling Chen, Stephen Chong, Finale Doshi-Velez, Cynthia Dwork, Krzysztof Z Gajos, Stephanie Gil, Elena Leah Glassman, Steven J. Gortler, Barbara J. Grosz, Stratos Idreos, Lucas B Janson, Sham Kakade, Eddie Kohler, H.T. Kung, Hima Lakkaraju, Harry R. Lewis, David J. Malan, James Mickens, Michael D. Mitzenmacher, Susan A Murphy, David Parkes, Hanspeter Pfister, Ariel Procaccia, Stuart M. Shieber, Michael D. Smith, Madhu Sudan, Milind Tambe, Salil P. Vadhan, Leslie G. Valiant, Fernanda Viegas, James H. Waldo, Martin Wattenberg, Minlan Yu, Jonathan Zittrain. 25
research interests 25: Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Theory of Computation, Quantum Engineering, Computational and Data Science, Quantum Computing, Machine Learning, Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering and Architecture, Economics and Computation, Computation and Society, Science and Technology Policy, Human-Computer Interaction, Systems, Networks, and Databases, Robotics and Control, Graphics, Vision, and Visualization, Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Signal Processing, Communications and Internet Policy, Science and Engineering Education, Computational Science and Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Artificial and Natural Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Data Science.
11 faculty members: Demba Ba, Flavio P. Calmon, Gage Hills, Evelyn Hu, Vijay Janapa Reddi, Na Li, Yue Lu, Gu-Yeon Wei, Kiyoul Yang, Woodward Yang, Todd Zickler. 26
research interests 26: Computational Neuroscience, Control Theory and Stochastic Systems, Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Bioinspired Robotics and Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Computational and Data Science, Signal Processing, Science and Engineering Education, Computation and Society, Computer Architecture, Circuits and VLSI, Computer Engineering and Architecture, Materials, Photonics, Quantum Engineering, Surface and Interface Science, Programming Languages, Systems, Networks, and Databases, Robotics and Control, Economics and Computation, Energy Resources and Energy Systems, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Graphics, Vision, and Visualization, Communications and Internet Policy, Design and Innovation, Science and Technology Policy.
21 faculty members: James G. Anderson, Brian F. Farrell, Noel Michele Holbrook, Peter John Huybers, Daniel J. Jacob, Frank N Keutsch, Zhiming Kuang, Marianna Katherine Linz, Scot T. Martin, Kaighin A McColl, Michael B. McElroy, Loretta J. Mickley, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Paul R Moorcroft, Bill Munger, Ann Pearson, Daniel P. Schrag, John H. Shaw, Elsie M Sunderland, Steven C. Wofsy, Robin Wordsworth. 18
research interests 18: Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change, Solar Geoengineering, Fluid Mechanics, Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Climate Dynamics, Meteorology, Biogeochemical Cycles, Water, Ice Dynamics and Sea Level, Oceanography, Global Contaminants, Energy Resources and Energy Systems, Geophysics, Planetary Sciences, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Science and Technology Policy, Solid Mechanics.
13 faculty members: Joanna Aizenberg, Michael J. Aziz, Katia Bertoldi, David Clarke, Robert D. Howe, Boris Kozinsky, Jennifer Lewis, Xin Li, Frans A. Spaepen, Zhigang Suo, Joost J. Vlassak, Conor J Walsh, Robert J. Wood. 21
research interests 21: Biomaterials, Materials, Soft Matter, Biomechanics and Motor Control, Global Contaminants, Water, Surface and Interface Science, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, Energy Resources and Energy Systems, Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems, Solid Mechanics, Robotics and Control, Bioinspired Robotics and Computing, Computational Science and Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Quantum Engineering, Computational and Data Science, Cell and Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and Therapeutics, Science and Engineering Education, Artificial Intelligence.