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Munther Dahleh

Contact Information

Call: +1 617.253.3892

Email: dahleh@mit.edu

Dr. Munther Dahleh

Director Institute for Data Systems and Society

William A. Coolidge Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Munther A. Dahleh received his Ph.D. degree from Rice University, Houston, TX, in 1987 in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since then, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), MIT, Cambridge, MA, where he is now the William A. Coolidge Professor of EECS. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Sloan School of Management. He is currently the Director of the newly formed MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Previously, he held the positions of Associate Department Head of EECS, Acting Director of the Engineering Systems Division, and Acting Director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems.

Dahleh is well-known for his seminal contributions to the field of networked systems and robust control. His research has impacted several application domains including transportation and autonomous systems, power grid, financial systems, and social networks. Dahleh’s work has appeared in economics and operations research venues, as well as 8 different IEEE Transactions, from Automatic Control to Biomedical Engineering to Network Science.

He is four-time recipient of the George Axelby outstanding paper award for best paper in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. He is also the recipient of the Donald P. Eckman award from the American Control Council in 1993 for the best control engineer under 35. He has given many keynote lectures at major conferences.

See Prof. Dahleh's CV

Principal Research Scientist

Mardavij Roozbehani

Mardavij Roozbehani

Principal Research Scientist

Email: mardavij@mit.edu

    Research Scientists

    Thibaut Horel

    Thibaut Horel

    Post Doctoral Associate

    Email: thibauth@mit.edu

      Post Doctoral Fellows

      Guangchun 'Grant' Ruan

      Guangchun (Grant) Ruan

      Postdoctoral Fellow

      Email: gruan@mit.edu

        Post Doctoral Associates

        Umar Niazi

        Postdoctoral Associate

        Email: niazi@mit.edu

          Graduate Students

          Amir Nouripour

          Amir Nouripour

          Graduate Student

          Email: amirnp@mit.edu

            Bernardo Garcia Bulle Bueno

            Graduate Student

            Email: bernard0@mit.edu

              Chujun He

              Chujun He

              Graduate Student

              Email: chujunhe@mit.edu

                Ellie Baker

                Ellie Baker

                Graduate Student

                Email: efbaker@mit.edu

                  Marie-Laure Charpignon

                  Graduate Student

                  Email: mcharpig@mit.edu

                    Mark York

                    Mark York

                    Graduate Student

                    Email: markyork@g.harvard.edu

                      Maryann Rui

                      Maryann Rui

                      Graduate Student

                      Email: mrui@mit.edu

                        Meshal Alharbi

                        Meshal Alharbi

                        Graduate Student

                        Email: meshal@mit.edu

                          Taylor Elise Baum

                          Graduate Student

                          Email: tbaum@mit.edu

                            Assistant to the Director

                            Flavia Cardarelli

                            Flavia Cardarelli

                            Assistant to the Director

                            Email: flavia@mit.edu

                              See a list of former members who previously studied with and were supervised by Dr. Dahleh.