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Branden Ghena

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Contact

2145 Sheridan Road
Tech Room L368
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

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Website

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Departments

Computer Science

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Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, California

MSE in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

BS in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan

Research Interests

My research covers several systems areas including networking and operating systems, but my specialty is embedded systems. It is the kind of field where you debug software with an oscilloscope. Particularly, I work on resource-constrained embedded hardware, software, and networking. Of a particular interest to me are networking protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy, LoRaWAN, and LTE-M, which are capable of supporting various Internet of Things communication needs. I am also focused on operating systems for embedded systems through the Tock project.


Significant Recognition

  • 2022 Cole-Higgins Award for Excellence in Teaching

Selected Publications

  • Nasir, Nabeel; Govinda Rajan, Viswajith; Pannuto, Pat; Ghena, Branden; Campbell, Bradford, Experiences Teaching a Wireless for the Internet of Things Course Co-operatively at Multiple Universities, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc (2024).