Anthony Rowe
Siewiorek and Walker Family Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anthony Rowe is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in networked real-time embedded systems with a focus on low-power wireless communication. His most recent projects have related to large-scale sensing for critical infrastructure monitoring and building energy-efficiency. His past work has led to dozens of hardware and software systems, four best paper awards, and several widely adopted open-source research platforms. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2010.
He is currently the director of the SRC/DARPA sponsored CONIX Research Center, which spans seven universities with the goal of exploring future distributed computing architectures. His past work has led to dozens of hardware and software systems, seven best paper awards, talks at venues like the World Economic Forum in Davos, and several widely adopted open-source research platforms. He received the Lutron Joel and Ruth Spira Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013, the CMU CIT Early Career Fellowship and the Steven Fenves Award for Systems Research in 2015, and the Dr. William D. and Nancy W. Strecker Early Career chair in 2016.
Networked Embedded Systems: Integration with the Physical Environment
The CONIX research center
Education
2010 Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2003 BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests
- Applications of security and privacy
- cyber physical systems security and privacy
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- embedded systems
- embedded systems security
- emerging applications security
- energy
- energy and critical infrastructure security
- hardware security
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT security and privacy
- secure systems
- smart infrastructure
- systems security
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
A platform for physical and virtual collaboration
Researchers from the CONIX research center have made the first open-source version of their novel platform combining augmented and virtual reality into a unified collaborative space.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Third round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced
Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its third round of funding, which will support 12 Internet of Things (IoT)-related projects for one year.
CMU Engineering
Detecting wireless interference
ECE researchers were awarded a $1M NSF grant to investigate a system that allows devices to scan wide bandwidths to avert interference.
Engineering faculty awarded professorships
The College of Engineering recently awarded and virtually celebrated several professorships. MechE’s Conrad Tucker was awarded the Arthur Hamerschlag Career Development Professorship in Mechanical Engineering. MechE’s Jessica Zhang was awarded the George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Research Professorship in Mechanical Engineering. ECE’s Brandon Lucia was awarded the Sathaye Family Foundation Career Development Professorship. ECE’s Anthony Rowe was awarded the Siewiorek and Walker Family Professorship.
CMU Engineering
Intelligent, automatic contact tracing
CMU ECE alumnus Patrick Lazik and his team at Yodel Labs have developed a system that creates contact networks to contain COVID-19.
Gizmodo
Kumar, Rowe, and students featured on radar research
ECE’s Swarun Kumar, Anthony Rowe, Akarsh Prabhakara, and Vaibhav Singh’s research on using radar to track tire wear was featured in Gizmodo.
CMU Engineering
Sensing tire wear
Researchers propose how we can we measure and monitor tire wear with tire wear sensors, increasing safety on the road, saving drivers money, and ultimately, saving lives.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rowe receives Siewiorek Professorship
ECE’s Anthony Rowe has been named the inaugural recipient of the Daniel and Karon Walker Siewiorek Endowed Distinguished Professorship in the College of Engineering, which has been inspired by Dan Siewiorek’s dedication to electrical and computer engineering and computer science.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Second round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced
Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its second round of funding, which will support ten IoT-related projects for one year.
NEXTpittsburgh
Rowe’s Yodel Labs wins 2019 AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup Regional and International Finals Competitions
Yodel Labs, a CMU spin-off co-founded by ECE’s Anthony Rowe, won the 2019 AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup Regional Competition and $3,000, as well as the international finals and $50,000 for its technology that uses sound waves to achieve indoor localization.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
First round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced
CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has broken ground as the first round of funded proposals have been announced. Twelve selected projects will be funded for one year, and results will be presented at the IoT@CyLab annual summit next year.
Pittsburgh Business Times
Rowe featured on symposium panel about Pittsburgh as a “living lab”
In a symposium hosted during President Farnam Jahanian’s inauguration, a panel of five professors from different disciplines, including ECE’s Anthony Rowe, discussed ways in which they are using Pittsburgh as a “living lab.”