Dr. Constantine Sideris

Associate Professor

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Biography

Constantine Sideris is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees with honors from the California Institute of Technology in 2010, 2011, and 2017 respectively. Sideris was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Wireless Research Center from 2013 to 2014 and served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computing Mathematical Sciences at Caltech from January 2017 to August 2018. He has received several prestigious awards, including the ONR Young Investigator Program award in 2023, NSF CAREER award in 2021, AFOSR Young Investigator Program award in 2020, and the Caltech Leadership Award in 2017, among others. Dr. Sideris's research is highly interdisciplinary, bridging bioengineering, medicine, applied mathematics, computation, electrical engineering, and physics. His areas of interest include analog/RF integrated circuits, photonic integrated circuits, computational electromagnetics, biomedical biosensing applications, and wireless communications. Current research focuses on biomedical devices such as portable Point-of-Care in-vitro biosensors and wearable devices for real-time biological signal monitoring, as well as the development of fast algorithms for simulating RF nanophotonic devices.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA

Teaching and conducting research in electrical and computer engineering.

Requirements for University of Southern California

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Hard Science
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Personal Statement
  • Resume/CV
  • Letters of Recommendation (not required for MS CS, but allowed)
Specialization Notes

GRE is NOT required for Master's applicants for 2025-2026.