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Vanessa Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2013. Prior to her current position, she was an assistant professor at Ohio State University. She has worked at Qualcomm, focusing on intelligent data-acquisition systems for mobile devices, and held a research internship at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in 2012. Her research emphasizes self-healing systems and high-speed data-conversion interfaces, contributing to discussions at top academic conferences such as the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). Dr. Chen has received several accolades, including the NSF CAREER Award in 2019, the Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award in 2013, and the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship in 2012. Her research interests primarily involve hardware-algorithm co-design, machine learning, security, and neural interfaces.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching and research in the field of electrical and computer engineering.
Ohio State University • Columbus, OH
Conducted research and taught courses in electrical and computer engineering.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.