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Wayne Burleson

Wayne Burleson

He/Him
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate Program Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering

VLSI Design
Low-Power Design
Hardware Security
Security Engineering

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Email: burleson [at] umass [dot] edu

Location

Knowles Engineering Building

151 Holdsworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9284
United States

Room 309B

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Research Areas

  • Computing and cybersecurity
  • Healthcare and biomedicine

Related programs

  • Computer Engineering

Related departments

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

  • PhD, University of Colorado, 1989
  • BSEE and MSEE, MIT, 1983

Awards and distinctions

  • IEEE Fellow
  • Chancellor's Medal

Professional affiliations

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Sigma Xi

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