{"id":158683,"date":"2025-01-07T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?page_id=158683"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:05:24","slug":"chips-at-bu-communication-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/research-impact\/chips\/chips-areas-of-research\/chips-at-bu-communication-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"CHIPS at BU &#8211; Communication Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2025\/07\/focus-comms-systems.jpg\" alt=\"Communication Systems\" width=\"410\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-165628 size-full\" \/>Communication systems<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What we do<\/strong>: Develop energy-efficient communication systems powered by silicon photonics, advanced signal processing and physical-layer security, and innovative data decoding methods for faster, reliable, and more sustainable connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong>: Secure, energy-efficient communication systems are important for managing growing data demands, improving spectral efficiency, and optimizing network performance and scalability.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-42766 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-photonics-optics affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-electrical-computer-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/milos-popovic\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/08\/ece.faculty.24.popovic-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Milo\u0161 Popovi\u0107, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor (ECE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-2125 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-intelligent-autonomous-secure-systems affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-electrical-computer-engineering department-systems-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/david-starobinski\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/03\/ece.faculty.24.starobinski-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">David Starobinski, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor (ECE, SE Appointed)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-74525 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-intelligent-autonomous-secure-systems affiliation-primary-affiliated-faculty department-biomedical-engineering department-electrical-computer-engineering\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/rabia-yazicigil-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2024\/03\/ece.faculty.24.yazicigil-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Rabia Yazicigil, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor (ECE, BME)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communication systems What we do: Develop energy-efficient communication systems powered by silicon photonics, advanced signal processing and physical-layer security, and innovative data decoding methods for faster, reliable, and more sustainable connectivity. 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