CATT – Center for Advanced Technology in Communications
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Shivendra Panwar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of NYU Tandon’s Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT), has been named a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Communications Society. The honor recognizes Panwar as one of the field’s most compelling speakers on cutting-edge topics in telecommunications and networking. As a Distinguished Lecturer, Read More - ## Jack Keil Wolf Lecture: Model-Based Deep Learning for Sensing and Imaging: Efficient and Interpretable AI
Speaker: Yonina Eldar, Aoun Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University and the Dorothy and Patrick Gorman Professorial Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Weizmann Institute Date & Time: January 23th 2026, Friday at 10 am Zoom Link Venue: 370 Jay Street, 8th Floor, Room 825, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Abstract: Read More - ## NYU Tandon’s Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications secures New York State re-designation after generating $208 million in economic impact
Tandon’s CATT generates one of the highest economic impacts among all 15 Centers for Advanced Technology, creating new jobs and spurring economic development. Read More - ## Jack Keil Wolf Lecture: Internet For All - High-Speed Broadband for Every Home in the United States
Speaker: Henning Schulzrinne, Levi Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University Date & Time: April 24th, 2025, Thursday at 11 am Venue: 370 Jay Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Zoom Link Abstract: Since 2010, the U.S. government has created a number of programs to build out internet access in high-cost areas, along with Read More - ## NYU Tandon School of Engineering receives $10 million from National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NYU Tandon School of Engineering with Pi-Radio and other partners receives $10 million from National Telecommunications and Information Administration Read More
What is CATT?
The Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT) promotes industry-university collaborative research and development. Our mission, guided by the mission of our funding agency, is to create economic impact through research, technology transfer, and faculty entrepreneurship. The CATT is sponsored by the New York State’s Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).
Tandon School of Engineering, long-recognized as one of the best engineering schools in the country, the center draws on the expertise of over 50 researchers. Our team consists of leaders in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science. In addition to NYU Tandon School of Engineering faculty, the center also draws on the expertise of key researchers at Columbia University and New York University.
Recent News
NYU Tandon’s Shivendra Panwar Selected for Prestigious IEEE Distinguished Lectureship
Posted on March 2, 2026
Jack Keil Wolf Lecture: Model-Based Deep Learning for Sensing and Imaging: Efficient and Interpretable AI
Posted on January 6, 2026January 17, 2026
Associates Program
CATT meets the needs of many businesses through its research, consulting, education and business outreach efforts. For a select group of companies, members of the Associates Program, CATT offers even more. For an annual fee, participants in the Associates Program receive preferential access to the University’s research, faculty, and students in areas relevant to the Associate’sg technological interests. The CATT Associates Program was designed to serve companies that provide telecommunications and distributed information systems and services, as well as users of those systems and services, such as banks and financial services institutions.
People
Since 1982, CATT has been improving existing technologies and anticipating future challenges, often developing innovative solutions before commercial implications are understood or recognized. The faculty at CATT are leading researchers in the fields of Wireless Networks, Cyber-Security, and Media/Network Applications.
History
Formed in 1982, through a program initiated by the State of New York, CATT receives $1,000,000 in annual funding from New York State’s Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) with a similar amount of funding received annually from industry for research and education. NYSTAR’s mission is comprised of four key goals – benchmarks, these key goals are:
- Spur economic development in New York State through academic research.
- Substantially increase the amount of Federal research dollars New York and its researchers obtain.
- Coordinate and organize New York’s wide array of science and technology informational resources and provide our academic, business and research communities access to these resources.
- Develop and recommend policies to the Governor and Legislature that will allow the State to take greater advantage of the tremendous economic power of its inherent science, technology, and academic research assets.