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May 23, 2008

ECE Faculty Speak at Michigan 50-year Anniversary

ECE faculty Rob A. Rutenbar and Daniel P. Sieworek, along with former ECE faculty member John P. Shen, were featured speakers at the UM CSE@50 Symposium, which celebrated the 50 year anniversary of the founding of the University of Michigan Computer Science department. All three are alumni of the University of Michigan.

May 20, 2008

Ilic Speaks on Network Systems Engineering and "The Energy-Environment Dream"

ECE Professor Marija Ilic recently gave two invited talks on the West Coast at the California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Titled "The Key Role of Network Systems Engineering in Reaching the Energy and Environment Dream," Professor Ilic's talks concerned the challenge of transforming today's passive electric power grids into active enablers of efficient and reliable utilization of emerging energy resources.

March 26, 2008

Stern Named Fellow of ASA & Distinguished Lecturer of ISCA

Richard Stern, Professor of ECE, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) "for contributions to binaural hearing and speech recognition."

The premiere international scientific society in acoustics, the ASA was founded in 1929 by members of the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. In its first year, it garnered 450 members. Approximately 7000 members strong today, the ASA is one of the three societies comprising the American Institute of Physics.

March 13, 2008

Kanade to Receive Franklin Institute's Prestigious Bower Award

Takeo Kanade, U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics and Professor of ECE, is the 2008 recipient of the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science from the historic Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He is being honored for his "visionary leadership and scientific accomplishments in the design of perceptual robotic algorithms and systems that function in the physical world."

March 3, 2008

Hills Elected Alaska Engineer of the Year

Alex Hills, Distinguished Service Professor of ECE and EPP, has been elected Engineer of the Year by the Alaska Engineering Societies. Nominated by the Alaska Section of the IEEE for the annual award, Hills was recognized "for outstanding professional leadership, technical excellence, and dedicated community service." The honor was based upon his work in developing Wi-Fi technology and in developing the telecommunications network in rural and remote parts of Alaska.