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David
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David Culler named to top 50 research
leaders
David Culler, EECS professor and an investigator for the Center
for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
(CITRIS), was named by Scientific American one of the top 50 Research
Leaders of 2003, an international list of innovators in science,
engineering, commerce, and public policy. Culler was singled out
for his pioneering work on wireless sensor networks for military
and environmental applications.
Paul Gray, former dean of engineering,
receives 2004 James Mulligan Medal
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul R. Gray has been awarded
the 2004 James H. Mulligan Jr. Educational Medal of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his “exemplary
contributions to electrical engineering education through mentoring
of students, an influential textbook, and University-wide academic
leadership.” Gray is also the Andrew S. Grove Distinguished
Professor of Electrical Engineering. He served as chair of EECS
from 1990 to 1993 and was Dean of Engineering from 1996 to 2000.
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Richard
Karp
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Richard Karp wins 2004 Benjamin Franklin
Medal
Richard Karp, University Professor of EECS, BioE, IEOR, and Mathematics
and an investigator for CITRIS and the California Institute for
Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), is the 2004 recipient
of the Franklin Institute’s Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer
and Cognitive Science for his “contributions to the understanding
of computational complexity,” including scientific, commercial
and industrial applications that help “programmers find
workable solution procedures, avoiding approaches that would fail
to find a solution in a reasonable amount of time.”
Recipients of the Franklin Award, initiated in 1824, have included
Pierre and Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, and Stephen
Hawking, as well as 100 Nobel laureates.
Dean Newton elected
to National Academy of Engineering and recipient of Kaufman Award
Dean A. Richard Newton, EECS professor and Roy W. Carlson Professor
of Engineering, was named to the National Academy of Engineering,
among the highest professional distinctions in engineering, for
his “innovations and leadership in electronic design automation
(EDA) and for leadership in engineering education.” He also
received the 2003 Phil Kaufman Award for his contributions to
commercial EDA products.
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William
Webster
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William Oldham places
second in bike race
Retired EECS professor William Oldham placed second among riders
over 50 and 21st overall in last summer’s Cycle to the Sun
bicycle race for charity up Maui’s 10,005-foot Haleakala
volcano, billed as “one of the steepest roads on earth.”
Oldham, who has been biking competitively for two years, bettered
his 2002 time by covering the 36-mile course in 3 hours 51 minutes.
William Webster retires
Vice Provost and CEE professor William Webster
retired last December following 34 years of service as a professor
and administrator in a variety of positions. He was succeeded
by Catherine Koshland, Wood-Calvert Professor in Engineering and
professor in energy and resources and in public health, effective
April 1, 2004.
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