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July 26, 2011

Jang Receives Symantec Graduate Fellowship

ECE Ph.D. student Jiyong Jang has earned the Symantec Research Labs (SRL) Graduate Fellowship for helping researchers better understand and protect against new online threats. The fellowship is awarded to promising graduate students who demonstrate leadership and technological prowess in confronting some of the world's most complex security, storage and system-management challenges. "This is a wonderful honor as I continue to work on tools and new approaches to make online commerce more secure," Jang said. (Read more.)

July 11, 2011

Tam Wins ACM Student Research Competition

Wing Chiu (Jason) Tam, a fifth-year Ph.D. student advised by ECE Professor and CSSI Director Shawn Blanton, recently earned first place in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition (SRC) held during the Design Automation Conference in San Diego. Sponsored by Microsoft Research, the SRC offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research at well-known ACM-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences before a panel of judges and attendees. Tam took top honors for his project, "Physically Aware Analysis of Systematic Defects in Integrated Circuits." (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.)

June 3, 2011

Bromberg, Morris Win Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

ECE Ph.D. students David Bromberg and Dan Morris have earned a 2011 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship for a research project to develop integrated electronic systems using a completely new device and circuit technology. The fellowship, presented by Qualcomm, focuses on recognizing, rewarding and mentoring innovative Ph.D. students across a broad range of technical research areas. Teams of two students each must develop an innovative project and submit a proposal to Qualcomm that outlines target one-year and long-term goals. This year, Bromberg and Morris competed against 146 teams nationwide to be named to the pool of 33 finalists who traveled to the Qualcomm corporate campus to present their proposal to a panel of executive judges. Their project was selected as one of just eight winners. (Read more.)

May 12, 2011

Cowley Earns Goldwater Scholarship

ECE Junior Benjamin Cowley is among three Carnegie Mellon students to receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships to encourage the pursuit of careers in the sciences. Cowley was among 278 sophomores and juniors nationwide chosen from more than 1,000 nominations to receive scholarships this year. (Read more.)