Dr. Paul Cotae

Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
pcotae@udc.edu; Tel: 202.274.6290; Building 42-109

Dr. Paul Cotae is Director of the SEAS Research Center

Bio Sketch – Awarded The Honorable Ronald H. Brown Distinguished Leadership Award Founders Day February 2024.

Research Interests:

My research is in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Information Theory and Digital Communications. I have participated as PI or Co-PI in ten-funded research projects. ($5M). Research was funded by the National Scientific Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USAF, ONR and DoD. I published 34 journal papers, 130 conference papers and 5 books. I mentored 10 PhD students and 15 Master students.

Selected Honors and Awards:

Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Citation “Recognition of Outstanding Achievements and Contributions in the field of Engineering Sciences” (May 2023).
2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies, Citation “In recognition of his achievement as a distinguished educator at the University of the District of Columbia, extensive contributions to Digital Communications, as an author of several books and publisher at over 200 conferences, and for his contributions as Chairman and Fellow of IEEE”
2023 Excellence in Research Award in Engineering Sciences from the Washington Academy of Sciences, Citation “In recognition for research and educational contributions in digital communications, networking, cybersecurity, and design and theory; and advancing Engineering Education”.
2023 Board Member of the Washington Academy of Sciences.
IEEE ICC 2027 Washington DC, Executive Conference Chair.
2018-2020 Board Member of the IEEE ComSoc North America Region as IEEE ComSoc Region 2 representative.
IEEE Washington DC Section, Communication Chapter Chair (2017-2018)..
Member of the Governance Committee, Board of Governors, IEEE Communication Society, 2015-2016.
Chair of Governance Committee, Board of Governors, IEEE Communication Society, 2014-2015.

AY 2014-2015 Sabbatical at Center for High Assurance Computer Systems Code 5540, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, 20375.

2009-2023 ONR Senior Research Fellows for the ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program.

Career in Brief:

Jan 2022 – Present: ECE Department Chair, SEAS at UDC.

2013 – Present: Tenured Full Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of the District of Columbia.
2015 – Dec. 2015: Sabbatical leave at the Naval Research Laboratory, Center for High Assurance Computer Systems, Washington DC, Code 5540.
2008 – Sept. 2013: Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of the District of Columbia.
2001 – Aug. 2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio.
1998 – Nov. 2004: Full Professor, Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technical University “Gh. Asachi” of Iassy, Romania.
May 1997 – Sept. 1997: Consultant Engineer, Global Positioning Systems, Navsys Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado (on leave from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs).
1995 – May 1997: Visiting Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Department of ECE (on leave from “Gh. Asachi” University of Iassy).
1994 – May 1995: Fulbright Scholar, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.