The Systems, Networking, and Energy Efficiency (Synergy) lab is at the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. It is led by Professor Yuvraj Agarwal.
Our primary research interests are in the broad area of systems - especially at the intersection of hardware and software systems. In recent years, we have worked on topics related to Energy Efficient Computing in Buildings and the Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Systems, with a significant cross cutting interest on Security and Privacy issues.
[AY 2025/2026] We are looking for 1 PhD student and 1-2 stellar M.S. or undergraduate students to join our lab. We have several relatively new projects in the Internet of Things and the Mobile Computing space, particularly looking at privacy and security challenges. We also have a newish project on EduSense, where we are building the classroom sensing fabric for the future of smart campuses classrooms! We also have a longer running project to build the software stack and the apps on top of it for IoT and Smart Buildings. The Research and the Publications tabs on the website summarize the current research directions of our lab. If you are awesome and are motivated to work on the exciting and socially relevant projects at the intersection of hardware and software systems, contact Yuvraj by email. If you are a PhD student, there are multiple programs at CMU that you can apply to and work with us. If you are already at CMU, please drop by Yuvraj's office.
Anupama Sitaraman has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations Anupama! (CMU SCS news article).
Professor Yuvraj Agarwal has been promoted to Full Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He extends his gratitude to students, collaborators, funding agencies, family, and friends for their support throughout this journey. Congratulations to Professor Yuvraj Agarwal on this well-deserved recognition!
Absolutely delighted to announce that our Mites paper won the Ubicomp/IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award! Congratulations Sudershan, Chen, Anurag!
Paper on IMUCoCo is accepted to UIST'25! Congratulations Haozhe, Riku!
Paper on evaluating smart-home sensors transparency and control mechanisms is accepted to Ubicomp'25! Congratulations Ben!
Our lab is located at TCS 235, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.