Pravin Varaiya
Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720

Office: 271M Cory Hall
Phone: (510) 642-5270
Fax: (510) 642-7815
Email: varaiya@eecs.Berkeley.EDU

Biography

CV

Symposium on Systems, Control and Networks:
In Honor of Professor Pravin Varaiya on His 65th Birthday
June 5-7, 2005

A celebratory event honoring the contributions of Pravin Varaiya to the EECS department, UC Berkeley and to systems, control, communication and information theory. If you want to see photographs taken at the symposium click here.
Fall 2007 Schedule

Research group meetings
  TOPL M 2:30-4:30P, 6101 Etcheverry
  Spectrum sharing: W 10-11A, 258 Cory
  Network Econ: M 10-11:30A, 258 Cory

Travel

  Oct 24-26 2007, Royal Society Workshop on Networks: Modeling and Control
  Nov 1 2007-Feb 1 2008, University of Hong Kong
  Feb 11-14 2008, Texas A&M
  Mar 9-11, UIUC
Recent teaching

EECS 20 Syntax and Interpretation of Systems and Signals
Homepage for EECS 20 The course text
Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems
by Edward Lee and Pravin Varaiya, 2002, is published by Addison-Wesley.

EECS 228A High performance communication networks
High-Performance Communication Networks. Second Edition
This textbook, with Jean Walrand, examines the concepts behind modern communication networks. Morgan Kaufmann, The second edition was published October 1999. See also
Class material for EECS 228A

EECS 228 B Topics in networking: Switching This semester will be devoted to switching: architectures, control, performance. Students are expected to work in groups and present one topic in class based on a study of the literature and work on one research project.
Home page for EECS 228B

EECS 227 Optimization
Lecture Notes on Optimization
This is a re-issue of a book that has been out of print since 1975. It provides an introduction to mathematical programming, optimal control, and dynamic programming. It can be freely downloaded and used. [pdf 780K]

Research

Sites of interest

Current and recent graduate students