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Nicholas Mastronarde

PhD

Nick Mastronarde.

Nicholas Mastronarde

PhD

Nicholas Mastronarde

PhD

Professor
Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Specialty/Research Focus

Energy-efficient multimedia systems; resource allocation and scheduling in wireless networks and systems; parallel video encoding and decoding; dynamic power management; cross-layer design and optimization; Markov decision processes; reinforcement learning

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  • UB pairs with Florida Atlantic for wireless communications research and education
    5/20/25

    The partnership, which includes a workforce development program, will tap UB’s expertise in wireless networking, AI, autonomy and more.

  • Nicholas Mastronarde named chair of electrical engineering
    5/5/25

    Nicholas Mastronarde will assume the role of chair on August 14, 2025, succeeding Jonathan Bird, who has served as chair of the department since 2017.

  • 'Phones are our lifelines': Experts warn of the dangers associated with WNY’s several cell service dead zones
    7/9/24

    WKBW-TV quoted Nick Mastronarde  in an article about the dangers of Buffalo’s several cell-service dead zones. 

  • UB, SUNY Poly to democratize wireless network research with UnionLabs project
    7/14/23

    The $60,000 SUNY grant will help create an open system for collaboration and resource sharing.

  • Project to expand Internet service in Fruit Belt wins $300,000 grant
    4/2/21
    Television news outlets in Buffalo, N.Y. reported that a UB team co-led by electrical engineers Filippo Malandra and Nicholas Mastronarde, together with Mission Ignite, have been awarded a $300,000 grant to bring high-speed internet to Fruit Belt residents in the City of Buffalo.