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Molecular Communication and Information Theory Laboratory
EckfordLab, the Molecular Communication and Information Theory Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Andrew Eckford, is located in the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, Toronto, Canada. The lab is concerned with problems involving molecular communication, computational biology, and information theory.
Latest Published Papers
- T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "Communication system design using synthetic photoisomerizable azobenzene-regulated K+ (SPARK) channel," IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 451-461, Sep. 2025.
arXiv* IEEEXplore - A. S. Moffett and A. W. Eckford, "Kelly bets and single-letter codes: Optimal information processing in natural systems," IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 418-434, Sep. 2025.
arXiv* IEEEXplore - S. Bartlett, A. W. Eckford, M. Egbert, M. Lingam, A. Kolchinsky, A. Frank, and G. Ghoshal, "The physics of life: Exploring information as a distinctive feature of living systems," PRX Life, vol. 3, no. 3, 037003, 2025.
arXiv* Physical Review Journals open access
Lab News
- We are helping to organize the 3rd Workshop on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK in May 2026.
EckfordLab is affiliated with the Centre for Innovation in Computing @ Lassonde.