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June 27, 2011

Parno Wins ACM 2010 Doctoral Dissertation Award

ECE alumnus Bryan Parno (E'2010) has won the 2010 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for "resolving the tension between adequate security protections and the features and performance that users expect in a digitized world." Parno's thesis, "Trust Extension as a Mechanism for Secure Code Execution on Commodity Computers," leverages the trust users have in one device, such as a cellphone or custom USB device, to enable secure use of another computer or service without sacrificing performance or features. For example, this would allow a user to safely enter tax information into his or her computer, even if it were infected with malware, or to verify the security of a website before entrusting it with personal data. (Read more.)

June 17, 2011

Tumanov Earns Canada Graduate Scholarship

ECE Ph.D. student Alexey Tumanov has earned a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D) that will support his research on cloud computing with Jatras Professor of ECE Greg Ganger. The prestigious award is presented to Canadian citizens or permanent residents pursuing doctor's degrees, and is based on the applicant's academic excellence, research ability and potential, and communications, interpersonal and leadership abilities. The NSERC is the Canadian equivalent of the NSF, and only the top tier of post-graduate scholarship recipients earn the CGS-D. As a CGS-D winner at a non-Canadian university, Tumanov will receive $63,000 over three years to pursue his graduate degree at Carnegie Mellon. (Read more.)

June 16, 2011

Smereka Wins SMART Scholarship

Jonathon Smereka, a second-year Ph.D. student working with ECE Professor Vijayakumar Bhagavatula, has earned a Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship to support his work on biometrics. The scholarship, sponsored by the National Defense Education Program, supports undergraduate, master's and doctoral students who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for excelling in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. (Read more.)

Mutlu Receives IEEE Computer Society TCCA Young Computer Architect Award

Assistant Professor Onur Mutlu has received the 2011 IEEE Computer Society TCCA Young Computer Architect Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of computer architecture in both research and education." The annual award, presented by the Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA), recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of computer architecture by an individual who received their Ph.D. within six years of their nomination. This is the first year the award was presented, making Mutlu the inaugural recipient. (Read more.)

June 7, 2011

Zhang Named to DARPA Computer Science Study Group

Assistant Research Professor Pei Zhang has been selected for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Computer Science Study Group (CSSG). According to DARPA, the CSSG supports university research in computer science, while informing a new generation of researchers on Department of Defense needs and priorities. The multiyear program consists of a funded educational experience to familiarize participants with DoD practices, and up to four years of funded research to explore and develop technologies that have the potential to transition innovative and revolutionary computer science and technology advances to the government. (Read more.)