is a Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Mathematics (courtesy) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she directs Laboratory for Robust Information Systems (LORIS).
Lara Dolecek, PhD
Laboratory for Robust Information Systems, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UCLA
Current Activities
Prof. Dolecek is a member of UCLA Center for Quantum Science & Engineering (CQSE) and is a co-founder of UCLA Center on Development of Emerging Storage Systems (CoDESS). She is currently serving as Secretary of the IEEE Information Theory Society.
Research Program
We invent mathematical tools and techniques for cutting-edge technologies, including modern data storage systems, quantum computing, distributed computing, and data science and machine learning applications. For more info, visit Research Areas pages.
Impact
Our research has been supported by several state, federal, and international agencies, as well as several private companies and consortia. Our results has been recognized by many research and paper awards won by our team members.
Recent Awards and Recognitions
(Dec. 2019) Homa successfully defends her PhD thesis
Homa successfully defended her PhD thesis on Spatially Coupled Graph Based Codes. Congratulations Dr. Esfahanizadeh! Smiles all around after a successful defense (LORIS group with other thesis committee members Prof. Guy van Den Broeck and Prof. Dariush Divsalar).
Read More(Nov. 2019) Prof. Lara is a Seminar Speaker at the USC Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things
Prof. Dolecek will deliver an invited seminar talk at USC on context-aware coding for computing memories. For more information, see here https://cci.usc.edu/index.php/2019/12/08/context-aware-coding-for-computing-memories/
Read More(June 2019) Dr. Ahmed Hareedy wins Best PhD in Signals and Systems Award!
Ahmed is the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award in Signals & Systems for his thesis titled "Graph-Based Error Correcting Codes for Modern Dense Storage Devices". Congratulations Ahmed on the well-deserved recognition! Successful streak continues as Ahmed's PhD award is the third in a row for LORIS students, previously won by Clayton Schoeny in 2018 and Fred Sala in 2017.
Read More(February 2019) Lev Tauz receives 2019 Best Prelim Exam Award !
LORIS student Lev Tauz is the recipient of the Best Prelim Exam in Signals and Systems Award in 2019! Congratulations Lev, we are proud of you!
Read MoreRecent Publications, Research Results, and Teaching Activities
(Nov. 2019) Papers on Blockchain, Quantum Key Distribution, and Coded Computation appear at Asilomar Conference
LORIS team will present the following results at the upcoming Asilomar conference. Paper on new coding methods for quantum systems: S. Yang, M. Can Sarihan, K.-C. Chang, C.W. Wong, and L. Dolecek, "Efficient Information Reconciliation for Energy-Time Entanglement Quantum Key Distribution," Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2019. Paper on new erasure coding for block chain: D. Mitra and L. Dolecek, "Patterned Erasure Correcting Codes for Low Storage-Overhead Blockchain Systems," Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2019. Paper on overcoming stragglers in distributed computing: L. Tauz, L. Dolecek, "Multi-Message Gradient Coding for Utilizing...
(Nov. 2019) New paper on Hierarchical Distributed Data Storage to appear at IEEE Globecom Conference
The following paper (joint work with Dr. Hareedy and Prof. Calderbank from Duke University) will be presented at the IEEE Globecom Conference next month. S. Yang, A. Hareedy, R. Calderbank, and L. Dolecek, "Hierarchical coding to enable scalability and flexibility in heterogeneous cloud storage,"accepted at IEEE GLOBECOM, Waikoloa, HI, USA, Dec. 2019.
(June 2019) Lev presents recent results at the 2019 ICML Workshop on Coding Theory For Large-scale Machine Learning
Lev Tauz is presenting our recent results at the ICML workshop on Coding Theory for Large Scale Machine Learning. The title of this paper is "Multi-Message Gradient Coding for Utilization of Non-Persistent Stragglers".
(March 2019) Prof. Lara is teaching Introduction to Machine Learning in Spring 2019
Prof. Lara will be teaching Introduction to Machine Learning (M146) in Spring 2019. The course is cross listed between Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Computer Science Department, and is open to undergraduate and (by permission) graduate students.
(January 2019) New journal paper in TCOM on Spatially-Coupled Codes
Our paper titled "Finite-Length Construction of High Performance Spatially-Coupled Codes via Optimized Partitioning and Lifting," authored by H. Esfahanizadeh, A. Hareedy, and L. Dolecek is published in January 2019 issue of IEEE Transactions on Communications.