Omid Abari
Associate Professor, Computer Science
UCLA
Email: omid@cs.ucla.edu
Office: ENG VI - Room 497B
I am an Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where I lead Intelligent Connectivity (ICON) research group. I received my PhD from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), working with Professor Dina Katabi and Professor Anantha Chandrakasan. I received my Master's degree from MIT and my Bachelor's degree from Carleton University, Canada.
My research group focuses on developing smart Internet of Things (IoT) systems across the full stack—from energy-efficient hardware to adaptive, AI-driven software and applications. We design and build integrated software–hardware systems that enable ubiquitous sensing, intelligent computation, and seamless connectivity to support emerging data-driven applications.
2023: NSF CAREER Award
2022: UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows Award
2017: ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) Grand Finals Winner
2016: ACM MobiCom Student Research Competition Winner, Gold Medal
2016: Boston Is The Smartest City (BITS) Competition Winner
2015: ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) Grand Finals Winner
2014: ACM MobiCom Student Research Competition Winner, Gold Medal
2013: NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship
2011: Merrill Lynch Fellowship
2010: Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Haofan Lu
Haochen Zhao
Chris Vatheuer
Jian-Tiang Ko
Shanmu Wang
Tianxiang Li
Antony Irudayaraj
Mohammad Mazaheri
Ju Wang
Ali Abedi