Usman Khan

Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tufts University


Office: 135 Halligan,
161 College Ave.,
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: (617) 627-5299
Email: khan AT ece DOT tufts DOT edu

Education

B.S., University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore-Pakistan, 2002
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2009

Research

My research interests include robotics, signal processing, and sensing in the context of distributed estimation and control algorithms. I am interested in studying the behavior of distributed, iterative algorithms in random environments over dynamic communication networks. Relevant applications are sensor networks, power systems modeling and estimation, social learning, and cyber-physical systems.

News and Upcoming events

• Organizing a session on "Towards Signal Processing Advances for Future Smart Grids" in Fourth International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2011.
• Organizing a session on "Bio-inspired models and algorithms for information processing in complex networks," in Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2011.
• Invited talk, C. S. Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, scheduled in Oct. 2011.
• Invited seminar, "Networked estimation in multi-agent systems," MIT LEES Colloquium, Cambridge, MA, Mar. 2011.
• Invited talk, "Role of the network in distributed estimation," Carnegie Mellon Electricity Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Mar. 2011.