Current Members

Principal Investigator

Prof. Lara Dolecek

Prof. Lara Dolecek

Lara 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).

She currently serves as Area Director for Signals and Systems in the ECE Department, UCLA.

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In her off hours, Lara is trying to keep up with her three spirited kids.

Current postdoctoral researchers

None

Current graduate students

Lev Tauz (PhD)

Lev Tauz (PhD)

Lev Tauz is a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCLA. He was a machine learning researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from August 2013 to August 2014 . He also has industry experience as a data scientist working in Ericsson from Nov. 2016 to June 2017.

Lev’s research interests includes coding techniques for distributed computations and utilization of error-correcting codes in machine learning applications.

Current undergraduate students