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Prof. Alex Huang Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Prof. Huang was chosen for demonstrating “a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and welfare of society.”


Prof. Jaydeep Kulkarni Receives SRC Grant to Develop Advanced Low Power Memory Technology

The research proposes "novel SRAM technology aimed at decoupling the conflicting low leakage power and low supply voltage design requirement using emerging nano-devices such as memristor and selector switches."


Texas ECE Students Biying Xu and Wei Ye Receive Inaugural Cadence Women in Tech Scholarships

Students are selected based on a strong academic record, exemplifying leadership, and demonstrating a passion for technology.


Four Texas ECE Faculty Named Highly Cited Researchers

Jeff Andrews, François Baccelli, Alan Bovik, and Robert Heath, professors at Texas ECE, have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers for 2018.


Prof. Kulkarni and Prof. Banerjee Receive NSF Grant to Advance Energy Efficient Integrated Circuits

Prof. Jaydeep Kulkarni and Prof. Sanjay Banerjee are co-principal investigators on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to explore the advancement of energy efficient design in integrated circuits. 


Texas ECE PhD Student Wuxi Li Won Silver Medal at ACM/SIGDA Student Research Competition

The title of his research for the competition was "UTPlaceF: A High-Performance Placement Engine For Modern FPGAs."


Profs. Gerstlauer and John Receive Collaborative NSF Grant on Predictive Modeling for Next-Generation Heterogeneous Computer System Design

Together with collaborators at the University of California, Riverside they have been awarded a $1M grant to study application of machine learning techniques for performance and power prediction in early design stages of future computer systems. 


Otitoaleke Akinola Wins Best Poster Award at TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers

Texas ECE student Otitoaleke Akinola won the Best Poster Award at the Inaugural TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers. Akinola, a nanoelectronics researcher and Ph.D. student at UT Austin, works in the Integrated Nano Computing Lab with Dr. Jean Anne Incorvia.


Prof. Daniel Wasserman Named OSA Fellow

Dr. Wasserman was elected “for contributions to the development of novel sources, detectors, and optical materials operating in the mid-infrared wavelength range.”


Texas ECE PhD Alum Jette Henderson Wins Best Student Paper at KDD MLMH workshop on Machine Learning for Healthcare

Texas ECE alumna Jette Henderson, who completed her PhD in August, received the Best Student Paper award for the paper "PIVETed-Granite: Computational Phenotypes through Constrained Tensor Factorization" at the KDD MLMH Workshop on Machine Learning for Healthcare in London in August. Jette worked under the supervision of Texas ECE professor Joydeep Ghosh. The paper uses a special kind of tensor factorization that is guided by supporting evidence from PubMed, a huge repository of medical literature, to extract meaningful insights from electronic health records.