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Leslie M. Collins is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. He earned his BSEE from the University of Kentucky, followed by MSEE and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Collins joined Duke in 1995 as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, and then became a full Professor in 2007. His research interests encompass physics-based machine learning algorithms, statistical signal processing, subsurface sensing technologies, auditory prosthetics, and pattern recognition. He has led numerous research projects funded by entities including the Army Research Office (ARO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Collins is particularly noted for his work with military applications, having served as a principal investigator for the Department of Defense’s UXO Cleanup Project. He is a member of several honor societies, including Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi, and has graduated 15 PhD students since 2015.
Duke University • Durham, NC
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)