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Vishal Patel, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has been selected for the 2021 IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award. Patel was selected “for contributions to image processing and machine learning for biometrics and identity science.” The Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement…

Ian McLane, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been selected as a 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. McLane, who is a member of ECE Professor James West’s lab, was included in Forbes’ healthcare category. “It’s an honor to have been nominated and then selected for this list,…

Alycen Wiacek, a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been selected as a Siebel Scholar for 2022, an award that recognizes her as being among the world’s top graduate students in terms of academic performance and demonstrated leadership in the fields of business, bioengineering, computer science, and energy science.…

Vishal Patel, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering who is also a member of the Center for Language and Speech Processing, has received the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Young Biometrics Investigator Award (YBIA). IAPR is an international association of non-profit, scientific, and professional organizations concerned with pattern recognition,…

Wiacek was selected for the scholarship because of her research, the bulk of which focuses on developing new algorithms that will aid radiologists in diagnosing breast cancer.

The 1851 Research Fellowships give early career scientists or engineers of exceptional promise the opportunity to conduct a research project of their own initiation.

With support from his Fulbright Open Study/Research Award, Aboumerhi will attend ETH Zürich (Switzerland) and work in its Institute of Neuroinformatics as part of Giacomo Indiveri’s Neuromorphic Cognitive Systems group.

The award recognizes early stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence.

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education.

The award “recognizes significant and innovative technical contributions in the engineering or scientific fields of relevance to SPIE.”

Rama Chellappa, who joined the Hopkins Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering earlier this year as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, has been elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a prestigious distinction that recognizes and honors the creators or co-developers of outstanding inventions that have made a difference in society. Chellappa’s work…

Najim Dehak, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently received the Whiting School of Engineering’s (WSE) William H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is given in recognition of outstanding teaching in WSE at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and a demonstrated dedication to students. Faculty, teaching assistants,…