prof Priyanka Raina
Priyanka Raina recognized as an Intel Rising Star Faculty, 2021

The program recognizes faculty members who work with disruptive technologies that have the potential to advance the future of computing in a variety of fields.

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prof Robert Grey
Robert Grey wins 2020 Okawa Prize

His citation reads, for "seminal research in information coding theory and data compression, and enormous contributions to the promotion of diversity in engineering education."

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prof Eric Pop
Data Storage Is Better When It's Bendy

New phase-change memory needs less energy, partly because it's built on plastic.

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prof Shanhui Fan and Aaswath Raman
Shanhui Fan’s radiative cooling could help reduce heat-related deaths

Using wavelengths of light, the surrounding air can be cooled without any external power source.

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prof Dan Boneh
Dan Boneh helps balance need for privacy and digital safety for children

He heads the applied cryptography group and co-directs the computer security lab.

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Denise Murphy
Denise Murphy retires from Electrical Engineering

A revered colleague, Denise helped countless grad students, faculty and staff.

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prof Chelsea Finn
Chelsea Finn’s neural network AI gives students feedback

This spring’s fundamentals of computer programming students received feedback from the AI system.

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prof Dorsa Sadigh
Dorsa Sadigh included in '35 innovators under 35'

She uses simulated environments to teach robots to be better collaborators with people.

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prof Howard Zebker
Howard Zebker helps guide a search for active volcanoes and tectonic plate movements on Venus

Algorithms and techniques pioneered by Zebker and his lab will measure and translate data into high-resolution 3D maps of Venus’ outermost layer.

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prof Abbas El Gamal
Abbas El Gamal: I’d like to be remembered for work that mattered

Abbas discusses sources of inspiration, growing up in a dictatorship, and the joy of bringing new applications to market.

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