The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering traces its origins to 1893, when George Westinghouse and Reginald Fessenden - the pioneer credited with the first radio voice broadcast - established the program at Pitt. Today, the department offers undergraduate and graduate programs spanning signal processing, communications, computer architecture, power systems, embedded computing, and machine learning, with research that bridges hardware, software, and systems.
Pitt ECE Seeks Its Next Department Chair — We are looking for an accomplished scholar, educator, and leader to guide 37 faculty and 560 students across a research enterprise that spans quantum information, resilient computing, nanoscale fabrication, and translational research. Review of applications begins August 15. Learn more and apply at pi.tt/ECEChair.
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