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February 2, 2012

Radu Marculescu Named FnTEDA Editor-in-Chief

ECE Professor Radu Marculescu has been named the new editor-in-chief of Foundations and Trends^® in Electronic Design Automation (FnTEDA), effective Jan. 1. Marculescu succeeds founding editor-in-chief, Professor Sharad Malik from Princeton University. In his role as editor-in-chief, Marculescu will contribute to the selection of the editorial board, coordinate the paper-review process and shape the long-term publication strategy of the journal. (Read more.)

January 24, 2012

In the News: Build18 Projects

ECE students made headlines across the country last week when more than 120 tinkerers and gadgeters participated in the department's Build18 initiative, a week of building and speed hacking for students, by students. Now in its third year, the engineering festival encourages groups of students to innovate and create solutions to problems they choose themselves, free from the pressure of tests, exams and formal project reviews. ECE students run the event, coordinating everything from the project applications to finding corporate sponsors. The department kicks in lab space, equipment and conference rooms. The result? A weeklong hackfest that gives students a chance to find their inner entrepreneurs. (Read more.)

January 18, 2012

ECE Students Host Third Annual Build18 Festival

Succeeding in innovation and invention, of course, means identifying the customers' needs and satisfying them. Not everything works the first time. But whether 120 Carnegie Mellon engineering students are being playful with a new mind-controlled toy car or deadly earnest in promoting bicycle safety, their energy and ingenuity will be on display from 3 to 5 p.m., Jan. 20 in Hamerschlag Hall at the third annual Build18 Project Showcase. (Read more.)

December 8, 2011

Diana Marculescu Named ACM Distinguished Scientist

ECE Professor Diana Marculescu has been named a distinguished scientist for her significant impact on the computing field by the Association for Computing Machinery. "This is a great honor for me from my peers, as less than 10 percent of ACM members ever attain this accolade," Marculescu said.

A pioneer in energy-aware computing, Marculescu is developing novel power management techniques to improve the performance delivered per unit of energy consumed for computer hardware and software. (Read more.)

December 7, 2011

Rajkumar Named IEEE Fellow

George Westinghouse Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Raj Rajkumar has been named an IEEE fellow, class of 2012. He earned the distinction "for contributions to predictable real-time systems and operating systems," according to IEEE. IEEE bestows its "fellow' grade upon researchers with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. It is the highest grade of membership, and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and important career achievement. (Read more.)