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Prof. Robert G Gallager
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Primary DLC
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
MIT Room:
36-525
(617) 253-2533
gallager@mit.edu
https://www.rle.mit.edu/people/robert-gallager/
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Data Communication Networks
Wireless Communication
Information Theory
All Optical Networks
Distributed Algorithms
Communication Systems
Research Summary
Robert Gallager’s research is focused on data communications networks, wireless communications and distributed algorithms. He is Co-Director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems whose fundamental research goal is to advance the field of systems, communication and control. In doing this, it explicitly recognizes the interdependence of these fields and the fundamental role that computation plays in this research. The Laboratory conducts basic theoretical studies in communication and control, and is committed to advancing the state of knowledge of technologically important areas.
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