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Boulat Bash

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Associate Professor, ECE Department, University of Arizona

Information TheoryCommunication TheorySignal ProcessingWireless NetworksQuantum Information

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Academic Achievements

Published in journals such as Physical Review A; Winner of the 2015 School of Computer Science Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award; UMass Amherst nominee for the 2015 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Research Experience

Currently an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. Previously worked as a Scientist with the Quantum Information Processing Group at Raytheon BBN Technologies, collaborating with Saikat Guha and Jon Habif on theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum-secure communication and sensing. Also served as a Research Assistant in the Advanced Computer Networking Group at UMass CS and a Research Associate in the Web, Internet and Networking Group at Boston University's Computer Science Department under John W. Byers.

Education

A.B. Economics - Dartmouth College, June 2001; M.S. Computer Science - University of Massachusetts - Amherst, May 2008; Ph.D. Computer Science - University of Massachusetts - Amherst, February 2015. Advisors: Don Towsley [CS] and Dennis Goeckel [ECE].

Background

Research Interests: My research focuses on classical and quantum information-theoretic analysis of covert or low probability of detection/intercept (LPD/LPI) communications and sensing. I am broadly interested in applications of information theory to practical problems of reliability and security. Specifically, I study the limits of communications and sensing with signals that are mathematically secure, and push towards these limits by engineering experimental and prototype systems. I collaborate closely with experts in radio and optical systems engineering. While most of my work focuses on electronic systems, I am also keenly interested in applications of information-theoretic approaches to securing biomechanical and very large distributed computing systems.

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