Prof. Robert G Gallager

Professor of Electrical Engineering

Primary DLC

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

MIT Room: 36-525

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.

Recent Work