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Joint research program powers undergraduates to new career paths
Sept. 1, 2022

Run jointly by leaders at Intel Corporation and Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the research experience for undergraduates (REU) program aims to diversify the field of technology and engineering and strengthen the Ph.D. pipeline to produce a greater diversity of talent for years to come.

Fernández Fisac has won a Google research award to develop safer, more nuanced robotics
Aug. 31, 2022

Fernández Fisac, an expert in the safety of robotic systems, received a 2022 Google Research Scholar Program award for his work in “machine learning and data mining,” one of 16 research topics Google has targeted for support. All awardees hold faculty positions and have received their Ph.D.s within the previous seven years.

Kulkarni’s portrait unveiled at the Graduate School
Aug. 29, 2022

Sanjeev Kulkarni, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been honored in recognition of his tenure as the Dean of the Graduate School, which ran from 2014 to 2017. His portrait was unveiled at Procter Hall over the summer.

During his term at the Graduate School, Kulkarni instituted many new…

CITP interim director has built a record of research with societal impact
Aug. 2, 2022

As the new interim director of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, Prateek Mittal said he is encouraged by the core advantage that sets the nearly 15-year-old center apart: a proven record of producing excellent work at the intersection of academic research, societal impact and community-engagement.

Looking into inscrutable systems, researchers find a winning machine learning model
July 28, 2022

Princeton ECE researchers have won an outstanding paper award from the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), held in Baltimore in mid-July.

Ghasempour named a “Star” by influential research community
July 27, 2022

An influential research community called N2Women has selected Yasaman Ghasempour, a wireless technology expert, as one of this year’s Stars in Computer Networking and Communications.

Two teams divide and conquer to enhance internet security, win honors at PETS
July 25, 2022

A pair of papers from Princeton ECE researchers, advised by professor Prateek Mittal, won recognition at the 2022 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium.

Chiang announced as Purdue University president
June 14, 2022

Purdue University has named Mung Chiang as its next president, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Chiang is currently the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Purdue.

Before joining Purdue in 2017, he was the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton. He has…

Graduate commencement celebrates 'critical contributions' of doctoral and master's students
May 25, 2022

Princeton ECE held its graduate commencement ceremony on Monday, May 23, celebrating the 32 doctoral students and 11 master’s students who earned graduate degrees over the past year. The ceremony featured an invited speaker, Divya Arora, a 2007 graduate alumna. Hongyang Jia won the 2022 Bede Liu Best Dissertation Award. Shikhar Tuli and Sophia Yoo each won a Pramod Subramanyan *17 Early Career Graduate Award.

Ramadge wins President's Award for Distinguished Teaching
May 24, 2022

Peter Ramadge, the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, was one of four recipients of the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

The detailed lecture notes that…

First in-person Class Day ceremony in 3 years honors resilient Class of 2022
May 24, 2022

Princeton ECE honored its 39 graduating seniors in a Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 23, conferring honors and awards for outstanding academic achievement. It was the first in-person, on-campus Class Day ceremony in three years.

Power electronics expert Minjie Chen has received a junior faculty award for excellence in research and teaching
May 12, 2022

The School of Engineering and Applied Science has honored power electronics expert Minjie Chen for early-career excellence in research and teaching. He is one of six assistant professors to receive a junior faculty award this year. Each recipient will receive $50,000 to support their research.