EECS News Spring 2013
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The research of Dan Klein, Tom Griffiths, graduate student David hall and recent grad student Alex Bouchard-Cote was featured in a BBC News and Environment article titled “Ancient languages reconstructed by computer program”. Together with researchers from the University of British Columbia, they have created a computer program that can rapidly reconstruct “proto-languages” – the linguistic ancestors from which all modern languages have evolved. Robert Meyer recently was given the Doctor of Engineering degree by the University of Melbourne, his (undergraduate) alma mater. The citation highlighted his pioneering contributions to the development of the theory, design and practice of integrated electronics circuits, and his authoritative book entitled Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits which remains "a bible for those who undertake undergraduate and graduate programs in integrated circuits." Bjorn Hartmann and Michael Lustig have been elected Sloan Research Fellows for 2013. This is one of the most prestigious honors for junior faculty in the sciences. Fellows are selected on the basis of their independent research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to their field. Sayeef Salahuddin had a "News and Views" commentary published in the latest issue of Nature, titled " Solid-state Physics: A new spin on spintronics". EECS graduate student Rashmi K. Vinayak (faculty advisor is Kannan Ramchandran) is one of the recipients of the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship 2013. This is a two-year fellowship program for outstanding PhD students in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics. EECS graduate student Bharath Hariharan (faculty advisor Jitendra Malik) is one of the recipients of the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship 2013. This is a two-year fellowship program for outstanding PhD students in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics. EECS graduate student Bharath Hariharan (faculty advisor Jitendra Malik) is one of the recipients of the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship 2013. This is a two-year fellowship program for outstanding PhD students in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics. EECS graduate student Mert Pilanci (faculty advisors Laurent El Ghaoui and Martin Wainwright is one of the recipients of the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship 2013. This is a two-year fellowship program for outstanding PhD students in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics. Sayeef Salahuddin has been named a recipient of the Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Grant. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) will award approximately $15 million in grants to 40 scientists and engineers to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering. The new TerraSwarm Research Center with Prof. Edward A. Lee, Director, and Prof. Jan Rabaey, Associate Director is part of the new STARnet (Semiconductor Technology Advanced Research network ) Program, a $194M University Research Center Network Focused on Next-Generation Microelectronics. STARnet is a multi-university collaborative network of stellar research centers whose goal is to enable the continued pace of growth of the microelectronics industry, unconstrained by the daunting list of fundamental physical limits The grant is being awarded by the industry members of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). More>> |
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