Recent News and Awards:
Leonard
Kleinrock has been awarded the 2008 National Medal of
Science Award for “fundamental contributions to the
mathematical theory of modern data networks, for the functional
specification of packet switching which is the foundation
of the Internet Technology, for mentoring generations of
students, and for leading the commercialization of technologies
that have transformed the world.”
This is
the nation’s
highest scientific honor and Professor Kleinrock will be presented
with the medal at a White House ceremony in September 2008.
He is the second faculty member from the School of Engineering,
and the tenth from UCLA to receive this distinction.
(Kleinrock
interview)
Professor Majid
Sarrafzadeh and students Foad Dabiri, Alireza Vahdatpour,
Hyduke Noshadi and Hagop Hagopian have received a best-paper
award for their paper, "Ubiquitous
Personal Assistive System for Neuropathy". The paper
was presented at the 2nd ACM International Workshop on Systems
and Networking Support for Healthcare and Assisted Living
Environments (HealthNet 2008).
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