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Lawrence Carin

Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Box 90291, Durham, NC 27708-0291
321 Gross Hall, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Applied statistics and machine learning

Selected Grants


NQVL:QTSD:Design: Quantum Advantage-Class Trapped Ion system (QACTI)

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2025 - 2027

Duke-UNC Collaborative Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2027

NQVL:QTSD:Pilot: Quantum Advantage-Class Trapped Ion system (QACTI)

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2025

Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2019 - 2024

RI: Small: Feature Encoding for Reinforcement Learning

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2023

Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track D: A Trusted Integrative Model and Data Sharing Platform for Accelerating AI-Driven Health Innovation

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2022

An Integrated Nonparametric Bayesian and Deep Neural Network Framework for Biologically-Inspired Lifelong Learning

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2018 - 2022

Deep learning-based image analysis for assessing real-time smoking risk

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

QuBBD: Deep Poisson Methods for Biomedical Time-to-Event and Longitudinal Data

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

Nonparametric Bayes Methods for Big Data in Neuroscience

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Enabling Stress Resistance

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

EMSW21-RTG: Geometric, Topological and Statistical Methods for Analyzing Massive Datasets

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEKey Faculty · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2018

Peer-Based Duke-IITGN Research Partnership

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2015 - 2016

Compressive HSI Measurements for ATR

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · 2009 - 2016

Mathematics of Low Dimensional Represenations for Design

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2011 - 2016

Validation of the host transcription diagnostic for prediction of incipient respiratory viral infection

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2014 - 2016

X-Ray Scatter and Phase Imaging for Explosive Detection

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security · 2011 - 2015

Future States Processing Support

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2014 - 2015

Statistical Signal Processing for Remote Sensing of Targets: Proposal for Terrestrial Science Program

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2009 - 2013

Transfer and Active Learning for Intent Recognition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2008 - 2012

Statistical Signal Processing For Landmine and Ordnance Detection and Discrimination

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2006 - 2011

RF Time-Reversal Methods for Imaging & Detection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2006 - 2009

Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing for UXO Discrimination for Next-Generation Sensor Data

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2005 - 2009

Statistical Signal Processing and Modeling for Demining

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2000 - 2008

Adaptive Multi-Modality Inverse Scattering for Targets Embedded in General Stochastic Environments

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2002 - 2007

Modeling and Signal Processing for EMI Sensing of Landmines, In Support of AMD System (supplement)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2004 - 2006

Multi-Sensor Physics-Based Classification of Unexploded Ordnance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2002 - 2005

Well-conditioned Multi-level Fast Multipole Modeling of Military Communication Channels

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2001 - 2004

Statistical Signal Processing for Demining: Experimental Verification

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1999 - 2000

External Relationships


  • George Washington University

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