Lara DolecekLara Dolecek, PhD is a Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Mathematics (courtesy) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she directs Laboratory for Robust Information Systems (LORIS).

Current Activities

Current Activities

Prof. Dolecek is a member of UCLA Center for Quantum Science & Engineering (CQSE) and is a co-founder of UCLA Center on Development of Emerging Storage Systems (CoDESS). She is currently serving as Secretary of the IEEE Information Theory Society.

Research Program

Research Program
We invent mathematical tools and techniques for cutting-edge technologies, including modern data storage systems, quantum computing, distributed computing, and data science and machine learning applications. For more info, visit Research Areas pages.

Impact

Impact
Our research has been supported by several state, federal, and international agencies, as well as several private companies and consortia. Our results has been recognized by many research and paper awards won by our team members.

Recent Research Results, Professional Service, and Teaching Activities

Prof. Dolecek is a general co-chair of NVMW 2023

Prof. Dolecek is a general co-chair of NVMW 2023

Prof. Dolecek is a general chair, along with Prof. Hung-Wei Tseng, of the annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop (NVMW) held at UC San Diego. NVMW is a leading venue that uniquely brings together researchers in systems, architectures, signal processing, and...

Prof. Dolecek is a plenary speaker at ITA 2023

Prof. Dolecek is a speaker in a plenary session at the Information Theory and Applications (ITA), by invitation-only workshop, held annually at the UC San Diego. In her talk, Prof. Dolecek discusses the role of channel coding in modern decentralized data systems such...

Recent Awards and Recognitions

New NSF Funding on Quantum Networks

New NSF Funding on Quantum Networks

NSF funds our new project titled "QuIC-TAQS: A high-dimensional multi-access scalable testbed for the interconnected quantum network." This project is in collaboration with several UCLA researchers, PI is Prof. Chee Wei Wong and a co-PI is Prof. Lara Dolecek. Research...

New NSF Funding on Versatile Data Synchronization

New NSF Funding on Versatile Data Synchronization

NSF funds our new project titled "Versatile Data Synchronization: Novel Codes and Algorithms for Practical Applications." This project is developed in collaboration with Profs. Farzad Farnoud (UVirginia) and Dr. Ryan Gabrys (UCSD). Research positions for postdocs and...

New NSF-BSF Funding on Sampling Channels and Blockchain Systems

New NSF-BSF Funding on Sampling Channels and Blockchain Systems

NSF funds our new project titled "Reliable Data Storage on Sampling Channels." This project is developed in collaboration with Prof. Yuval Cassuto (Technion, Israel) through the NSF-BSF funding. Research positions for postdocs and graduate students available! For more...