Prof. Aaron Striegel is currently a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering 
at the University of Notre Dame. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Wireless Institute at the University of Notre Dame and has previously served as the inaugural Program Director for the Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science . Prof. Striegel received his Ph.D in 2002 in Computer Engineering at Iowa State University under the direction of Dr. G. Manimaran. Prof. Striegel’s research interests focus on instrumenting the wireless networked ecosystem to gain insight with respect to user behavior and optimizing network performance. Flagship projects of Prof. Striegel include the NetSense, NetHealth, and Tesserae involving the instrumentation and analysis of data from hundreds of smartphones and wearables over a ten year period of continuous data streaming. Further research interests of Prof. Striegel include heterogeneous network optimization (cellular, WiFi), content distribution via edge device pre-staging, and network security dynamics. Prof. Striegel has also successfully led undergraduate research utilizing low-cost gaming peripherals for education and rehabilitation.
Prof. Striegel has published over one hundred peer-reviewed papers in the literature with multiple best paper awards including USENIX LISA, IEEE Healthcom, and HotPlanet. Throughout his career, Prof. Striegel has been able to fund his work with research and equipment funding from NSF, NIH, DARPA, IARPA, Keck Futures Institute, and numerous industrial entities (Google, Sprint, Nokia, Intel, HP, Sun). He was recipient of a NSF CAREER award in 2004 and has participated in several symposia as an invited participant with notable instances including the National Academy of Engineering symposium on the Frontiers of Engineering Education and the symposium on the Informed Brain in the Digital World. Prof. Striegel has also served in various roles in the community including recently serving as one of the TPC Co-Chairs for INFOCOM 2025, previously as the general chair of ICCCN 2016, TPC chair of ICCN 2015, chair of HotPlanet 2016, and the publication co-chair of INFOCOM 2016. He is also a member of the inaugural Editorial Board for IEEE Networking Letters and is a former Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
Recent News
Wrapping up as BACS Program Director
August 1, 2025 – I will be wrapping up my term as BACS Program Director now this summer, transitioning duties over to Prof. William (Bill) Theisen. The program will be in excellent hands going forward with his new, vibrant leadership. I will still be involved and assisting as needed for questions during this academic year […]