Fadel Adib joins Media Lab faculty

Fadel Adib SM '13, PhD '16 has been appointed an assistant professor in the Program in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, where he leads the new ... FindPeople,Projects,etc. Search Email: Password: News+Updates Research About GraduateProgram People Events Videos MemberPortal Post FadelAdibjoinsMediaLabfaculty CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives4.0International OzzyGündüz   byMargaretK.Evans Jan.30,2017 Topics #robotics #human-machineinteraction #networks #sensors People FadelAdib AssociateProfessorofMediaArtsandSciences PattieMaes ProfessorofMediaTechnology Groups PrograminMediaArtsandSciences Sharethispost FadelAdibisdirectinganewresearchgroupattheMediaLab,aimingtouncover,analyze,andengineernaturalandhuman-madenetworks. FadelAdibSM'13,PhD'16hasbeenappointedanassistantprofessorinthePrograminMediaArtsandSciencesattheMITMediaLab,whereheleadsthenewSignalKineticsresearchgroup.Hisgroup’smissionistoexploreanddevelopnewtechnologiesthatcanextendhumanandcomputerabilitiesincommunication,sensing,andactuation.AdibcomestotheLabfromMIT’sComputerScienceandArtificialIntelligenceLaboratory(CSAIL),wherehereceivedhisPhDandmaster’sdegreesinelectricalengineeringandcomputerscience,supervisedbyMITprofessorofelectricalengineeringandcomputerscienceDinaKatabi.Adib’sdoctoralthesis,"WirelessSystemsthatExtendOurSenses,"demonstratesthatwirelesssignalscanbeusedassensingtoolstolearnabouttheenvironment,thusenablingustoseethroughwalls,trackhumangestures,andmonitorhumanvitalsignsfromadistance.Hismaster’sthesis,"SeeThroughWallswithWifi,"wonthebestmaster’sthesisawardincomputerscienceatMITin2013.Heearnedhisbachelor’sdegreeincomputerandcommunicationsengineeringfromtheAmericanUniversityofBeirut,inLebanon,thecountryofhisbirth,wherehegraduatedwiththehighestGPAintheuniversity'sdigitally-recordedhistory. “Wecangetyourlocations,wecangetyourgestures,wecangetyourbreathing,”AdibsaidataMediaLabeventinOctober2016.“Andwecanevengetyourheartrate—allwithoutputtinganysensoronyourbody.Thisisexactlywhatourresearchisabout.”SignalKineticsresearcherstapintotheinvisiblesignalsthatsurroundus—fromWiFitobrainwaves.Theaimistouncover,analyze,andengineerthesenaturalandhuman-madenetworks,drawingontoolsfromcomputernetworks,signalprocessing,machinelearning,andhardwaredesign.“Wearelivinginaseaofradiowaves,”AdibtoldtheLabaudience.“Asourbodiesmove,wemodulatetheseradiowaves,similartohowyoucreatewaveswhenyoumovearoundinapoolofwater.Whilewecannotseethesewithournakedeye,wecanextractthemandwecanbuildintelligenceintheenvironmenttoenablealargenumberofapplicationsandextendoursensesusingwirelesstechnology.”Thetechnologyisapplicabletoabroadrangeofneeds:frommonitoringaninfant’sbreathingoranelderlypersonwhohasfallen,todeterminingwhethersomeonehassleepapnea,todetectingsurvivorsinaburningbuilding.Thegroup’sresearchalsohaspotentialapplicationsforgamingandfilmmaking. CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives4.0International FadelAdib(right)with(fromleft)graduatestudentNickSelbyandpostdocYunfeiMaintheSignalKineticsgroup. Credit:OzzyGündüz In2015,ForbesmagazineselectedAdibamongthe30Under30WhoAreMovingtheWorldinEnterpriseTechnology.In2014,MITTechnologyReviewchosehimasoneoftheworld’s35topinnovatorsundertheageof35.Hisresearchhasbeenidentifiedasoneofthe50waysMIThastransformedcomputerscienceoverthepast50years.“Fadel’sworkinwirelesssensingisgroundbreakingandopensupallsortsofnewopportunities,”saystheMediaLab’sPattieMaes,theAlexW.DreyfoosProfessorofMediaTechnologyandacademicheadofthePrograminMediaArtsandSciences.“Ican’twaittoseewhatimpacthispresenceintheLabwillhaveonmanyoftheresearchtopicsthatwefocuson,includingSmartCities,ResponsiveEnvironments,ExtremeBionics,ExtendedIntelligence,ToolsforHealthandWellbeing,andmore.” Post People FadelAdibjoinsMediaLabfaculty FadelAdibisdirectingSignalKinetics,anewresearchgroupattheMediaLab. Post Research PostdocopeningatMITinultra-low-powerASICforIoT TheSignalKineticsgroup,ledbyprofessorFadelAdibatMIT,hasapostdocopeninginultra-low-powerASICsfor emergingInternet-... Article Research NationalScienceFoundationConvergenceAcceleratorawardstwograntstoMIT MITreceivedtwoConvergenceAcceleratorgrantsfromtheNSF—oneofwhichisfortheSmartOceans2020conferenceco-hostedbytheMediaLab Post Research GoogleFacultyResearchAward FadelAdib,assistantprofessorinSignalKineticsgroupatMITMediaLab,isarecipientofGoogle’s2018FacultyResearchAward.Aspar... Event Events SmartOceans2020 Thisvirtualconferenceaimstohighlightthebiggestchallengesfacingtheoceanandbrainstormthenextmajorinnovationsinoceanscience