Omid Abari
Associate Professor, Computer Science
UCLA

Email: omid@cs.ucla.edu
Office: ENG VI - Room 497B



Short Bio:

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.


Research Interests:

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.


Awards:

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


Current Members (PhD Students and Postdocs):

Haofan Lu
Haochen Zhao
Chris Vatheuer
Jian-Tiang Ko
Shanmu Wang


Alumni (PhD Students and Postdocs):

Tianxiang Li
Antony Irudayaraj
Mohammad Mazaheri
Ju Wang
Ali Abedi