By Prof. Jeff Andrews

Femtocells will be assuming a massive role in expanding the capabilities of today’s cellular networks, and enabling them to satisfy people’s increasing demands for anytime, anywhere data. A femtocell is basically a small base station that people put in their home and attach to their wired internet connection just like a wireless LAN. However, it works just like a base station and seamlessly allows roaming, voice calls, and the increasing number of things people like to do with their cell phones.

By Drs. Christine Julien and Sriram Viswanath (Principal Investigators)
Drew Stovall (Post-Doctoral Fellow)
Nicholas Paine (Ph.D. Student)

Prof. Andrea Alù Recieves NSF CAREER Award

Prof. Seth Bank Receives NSF CAREER Award

By Rudrajit Datta, Graduate Research Assistant, Prof. Nur Touba’s Group

Professor Sujay Sanghavi, who joined the UT ECE department in Fall 2009, has received an NSF CAREER Award. Dr. Sanghavi's research on Networks and Statistical Inference: New Connections and Algorithms was recognized by the National Science Foundation this month and takes first steps towards a more universal science for network algorithms.

Professor David Pan and Students Win Two Best Paper Awards

The President’s meeting with the PECASE winners showcased this Administration’s recognition that America’s global leadership in science and technology is not automatic, but depends on constantly cultivating new generations of ambitious and dedicated explorers in the sciences and engineering. And of course that national nourishing of curiosity starts even earlier than that, in the way we teach children about science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Bovik, Wang and Sheikh Receive Best Paper Award for 2009 from IEEE Signal Processing Society

The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held its 2009 Awards Dinner on Nov. 6. Alumni and students are recognized annually for their distinguished achievements. Faculty are honored for their work in teaching.

UT ECE Professor David Z. Pan was named as a recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award.