Welcome to MICS
The Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Machine Intelligence, Signal Processing, and Communications (MICS) is a research center in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Building on the long tradition of the Center for Wireless Information Processing (CWiP), MICS brings together machine learning, communications, and signal processing to develop the theory and practice of next-generation intelligent systems.
Our vision: to become a nationally recognized center of excellence that contributes to the theoretical foundations and practical applications of next-generation intelligent systems.
Our research pillars
- Trustworthy AI and Machine Learning — learning algorithms that are safe, robust, and private, from safe reinforcement learning to privacy-preserving distributed learning.
- Intelligent Communication and Networking (6G & Beyond) — AI-native wireless networks, semantic (meaning-aware) communication, and secure device identification.
- Information, Learning, and System Dynamics — the mathematical foundations: information theory, fundamental limits of privacy, modern signal processing, and learning the structure of complex networks.
MICS at a glance (2022–2025)
- Over $2.4 million in research funding from federal and industry sponsors
- Over 50 papers in leading journals and conferences
- Six faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD and MS students
- A bi-weekly research seminar where students present their work
Join us
Students with a strong background in mathematics, signal processing, communications, or machine learning are encouraged to apply to NJIT’s PhD program in Electrical Engineering and to contact MICS faculty directly.