Yasaman receives prestigious 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award

 

Rice University’s Yasaman Ghasempour has been named a 2020 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar for her innovative research in ultra high-speed wireless networking.

Ghasempour, a postdoctoral research associate in electrical and computer engineering, received her doctorate from Rice in May. The prestigious Marconi Society award recognizes her groundbreaking achievements as a Ph.D. student, including the first published technique for “link discovery” on terahertz frequency networks.

“‘Beyond 5G’ wireless networks of the future could make these scenarios and many others a reality,” said Ghasempour, who will join Princeton University’s faculty as an assistant professor in 2021. “Because we can share the sensor information with ultra high-speed wireless links, we can form a collaborative sensing and information environment where every device can be a sensing node.”

Named in honor of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, the Marconi Society envisions a world in which all people can create opportunity through the benefits of connectivity. Its Paul Baran Young Scholar Awardsrecognize researchers 27 years old or younger — Marconi’s age when he made his first successful wireless transmission — who have shown extraordinary technical acumen, creativity and promise for using information and communications technology in service of digital inclusion. Ghasempour is one of three 2020 recipients announced today.