Edgar Lobaton
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Biography
Dr. Lobaton received the B.S. degree in mathematics and the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Seattle University in 2004. He completed his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. Dr. Lobaton joined the department in 2011.
His research focuses on the integration of AI, and physical and probabilistic modeling applied to cyber-physical systems in areas such as wearable health monitoring, rehabilitation robotics, agriculture and biological imaging. Lobaton was engaged in research at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs in 2005 and 2009. He was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 2016. He was also awarded the 2009 Computer Innovation Fellows post-doctoral fellowship and conducted research in the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill from 2009 until 2011. In 2023, he received the William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching and the Winser Alexander Diversity Faculty Awards from the ECE Department. In 2024, he received the University Faculty Scholars and the Outstanding Teacher Awards from NC State.
Education
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Ph.D.
2009
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California, Berkeley -
Bachelor's
2004
Mathematics
Seattle University -
Bachelor's
2004
Electrical Engineering
Seattle University
Expert In
Machine Learning , Biosensing
Involvement
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IEEE
Senior Member -
SACNAS
Life Member -
Embedded Machine Learning Club
Advisor
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2016)
- William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award (2023)
- University Faculty Scholars (2024)
Awards & Honors
- 2024 - University Faculty Scholars Award
- 2024 - Outstanding Teacher Award
- 2023 - William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award
- 2023 - Winser Alexander Diversity Faculty Award
- 2022 - Become IEEE Senior Member
- 2016 - NSF CAREER Award
- 2009-2011 - Computer Innovation Fellows Postdoctoral Award
- 2004-2008 - Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2003 - Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Award for Excellence in Education
Recent News
New Training Program Tackles AI and Plant Science Challenges
Posted on September 11, 2024 | Filed Under: AI/ML and Research
GRAD-AID for Ag will give graduate students the chance to drive innovation in artificial intelligence technologies at the intersection of basic and applied plant sciences.
ASSIST and IConS Researchers Part of NSF Convergence Accelerator Grant
Posted on February 20, 2024 | Filed Under: Faculty and News and Research
It seems almost impossible to imagine replicating the impressive olfactory sensing abilities of animals. Indeed, jewel beetles can detect a burning tree 50 miles away, and dogs can sniff out substances at concentrations of one part per tril …
Aysu and Lobaton Named University Faculty Scholars
Posted on February 20, 2024 | Filed Under: Faculty
NC State’s 2023-24 class of University Faculty Scholars was announced today. These 22 early- and mid-career faculty receive this designation in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements and contributions to NC State through the …
Media Mentions
Train Activity Recognition Models Using Spectrograms and Computer Vision
September 5, 2022
Students created a set of activities to walk high school students through the entire computer vision pipeline by Jeremy Park and Sanjana Banerjee, who are Graduate Research Assistants and Ph.D. candidates at North Carolina State University, specializing in AI/Machine Learning.
What’s Creepy, Crawly And A Champion Of Neuroscience?
October 22, 2013
NC State professor is in the simulation phase of using swarms of up to 1,000 cockroaches to assist in search-and-rescue operations. Edgar Lobaton, electrical and computer engineering, featured.