The Grainger College of Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Chris Hadjicostis

Chris Hadjicostis
Chris Hadjicostis he/him/his

Administrative Titles

Adjunct Professor

Education

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, 1999

Research Statement

Dr. Hadjicostis' research focuses on computational and signal processing architectures, data networks, and dynamic and discrete event systems. Areas of particular interest include fault detection, isolation and tolerance, hierarchical and/or distributed control, and applications of coding, graph theory and algebra toward the analysis of systems and networks.

In his work, Dr. Hadjicostis has developed coding techniques for detecting and correcting component failures or communication lapses in dynamic environments (which include digital controllers, sequential or parallel algorithms and discrete event systems). He is currently investigating how these ideas can lead to the construction of next-generation computing systems by enabling novel manufacturing technologies and by producing reliable systems out of unreliable (but possibly faster and less expensive) components. Another aspect of Dr. Hadjicostis' research involves techniques for monitoring, controlling and providing security and fault tolerance to the large-scale systems and networks that emerge as a result of today's high networking connectivity; applications of particular interest include power systems, traffic and air-traffic networks, financial markets, and other complex digital systems. In the area of discrete event systems, Dr. Hadjicostis is interested in systematically developing analysis tools and distributed and/or hierarchical control algorithms.

Research Interests

  • Fault-tolerant combinational/sequential systems; error control coding; applications to Boolean networks and genetic regulatory models; Monitoring, diagnosis and control of large-scale systems and networks; Model classification and anomaly detection; applications to network security, biosequencing and medical diagnosis; Discrete event systems; Algebraic system analysis; Coding and graph theory.

Research Areas

  • Algorithms and computational complexity
  • Control
  • Fault tolerance and reliability
  • Networking and distributed computing

Research Topics

Teaching Honors

  • Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising, UIUC, 2004.
  • ECE Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, UIUC, 2003.
  • Collins Scholar Recognition, UIUC Teaching College, 2001.
  • Harold L. Hazen award for outstanding teaching performance as a graduate student, MIT, 1999.

Research Honors

  • Marie-Curie Reintegration Fellow (European Commission, 2008-2012).
  • Best Student Paper Award finalist for the 2008 American Control Conference (with doctoral student Shreyas Sundaram); award will be announced in June 2008.
  • Outstanding Reviewer for Automatica (2007).
  • Best Student Paper Award finalist for the 2007 American Control Conference (with doctoral student Shreyas Sundaram).
  • Invited Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy (Spring 2007).
  • Invited Visiting Researcher at IRISA/INRIA, Rennes, France (IRISA, Fall 2006).
  • Willett Faculty Scholar (College of Engineering, UIUC, 2005-2009).
  • Invited at a "Fireside Chat" with Lawrence J. Ellison, Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation and UIUC (Interim at the time) Chancellor Richard Herman, University Club of Chicago, November 9, 2004.
  • IEEE Senior Member recognition for professional service to the IEEE Circuits and Systems, Control, and Information Theory Societies (January 2005).
  • Research work feature article in the August 2004 issue of "Advances in Circuits and Systems," the electronic newsletter of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
  • Recognized Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2001)
  • 2001 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from NSF (USA, 2001)
  • Fellowship from the Grass Instrument Company (MIT, Spring 1999)
  • Fellowship from the National Semiconductor Corporation (USA, 1997-1998)
  • Fellowship from the Josephine De Karman Foundation (USA, 1996)
  • Ernst A. Guillemin Thesis Prize for exceptional Master of Engineering thesis, the top master thesis prize awarded in the Department of EECS at MIT (MIT, 1995)