Natasha Devroye
Richard and Loan Hill Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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About
Natasha Devroye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), which she joined in January 2009. From July 2007 until July 2008 she was a Lecturer at Harvard University. Dr. Devroye obtained her Ph.D in Engineering Sciences from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University in 2007, and an Honors B. Eng in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in 2001. Dr. Devroye was a recipient of an NSF CAREER award in 2011 and was named UIC's Researcher of the Year in the "Rising Star'' category in 2012. She has been an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking and is currently an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. She co-chaired the Women in Information Theory Society from 2015-2018 and is an Information Theory Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2019-2020. Her research focuses on multi-user information theory and applications to cognitive and software-defined radio, radar, relay, zero-error and two-way, interactive communication networks.
Selected Publications
Please see my Google Scholar page.
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Service to Community
IEEE Women in Information Theory Society co-chair, 2015-2018.
Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 2018-present.
Notable Honors
2019-2020, IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Information Theory Society
2011, NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
2012, UIC Rising Star Award, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Education
Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences, Harvard University (June 2007)
B.Eng (Honours) in Electrical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal (Winter 2002)
Professional Memberships
IEEE Senior Member