AWARDS

AWARDS

    • Dr. Sabharwal and his former student, Dr. Melissa Duarte, were awarded the 2021 ACM Sigmobile Test-of-time Award.
    • Dr. Knightly and his student, Keerthi Priya Dasala, were awarded the best paper award at IEEE INFOCOM 2021.
    • Dr. Sabharwal became a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.
    • Dr. Yasaman Ghasempour (advisor: Dr. Knightly) receives prestigious 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award.
    • Dr. Boubrima and Dr. Knightly were awarded the best paper award at ACM DroNet 2020.
    • Dr. Yasaman Ghasempour (advisor: Dr. Knightly) was recognized as a runner-up for the ACM Dissertation Award, 2020.
    • Dr. Sabharwal and Dr. Aazhang were awarded the 2019 ACM Sigmobile Test-of-time Award.
    • Dr. Sabharwal was awarded the 2018 The IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communications (equivalent of the ACM Test-of-time award for Communications Theory)
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Award for Research on New Opportunities for Dynamic Spectrum Access in 2018
    • Dr. Knightly became ACM Fellow in 2017
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the IEEE CNS Best Paper Award in 2017
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the Runner Up Best Paper Award of ACM WiNTECH in 2017
    • Dr. Sabharwal was awarded the 2017 IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded the IEEE ComSoc CTTC Outstanding Technical Achievement Award “For consistent, fundamental contributions to multiuser communication theory for wireless networks” in 2017
    • Dr. Aazhang received Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Oulu, Finland (the highest honor that the university can bestow) in 2017
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded IEEE ComSoc CTTC Outstanding Service Award “For innovative leadership that elevated the success of the Communication Theory Workshop” in 2016
    • Dr. Sabharwal was one of the 8 Finalists in the 2015 Vodafone Wireless Innovation Competition
    • Dr. Sabharwal became an IEEE Fellow in 2015
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the 2015 ACM MobiHoc Best Paper Award
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the 2015 IEEE SECON Best Paper Award
    • Dr. Cavallaro became IEEE Fellow for contributions to very large-scale integration (VLSI) architectures and algorithms for signal processing and wireless communications in 2015
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the Best Paper Award of IEEE Workshop on Cognitive Radio Architectures for Broadband in 2014
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the 2014 IEEE SECON Best Paper Award
    • Dr. Cavallaro became IEEE Circuits and Systems Board of Governors in 2014
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded the IEEE Communication Society Award for Advances in Communication in 2013
    • Dr. Cavallaro became IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2012-2013
    • Dr. Aazhang became fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012
    • Dr. Sabharwal was one of the 8 Finalists in the 2011 Vodafone Wireless Innovation Competition
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the SDR Forum Outstanding Paper Award, (with K. Amiri, C. Dick, R. Rao) in 2010
    • Dr. Sabharwal was awarded the 2009 Hershel M. Rich Invention Award
    • Dr. Knightly became IEEE Fellow in 2009
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI Best Paper Award, (with Y. Sun) in 2009
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the 2008 ACM MobiCom Best Paper Award
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the IEEE ICCCN Finalist Best Paper Award in 2008
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the IEEE International SoC Conference Best Paper Award, (with Y. Sun) in 2008
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS) Bob Owens Memorial Paper Award, (with Y. Sun) in 2008
    • Dr. Aazhang was IEEE Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2005-2008
    • Dr. Cavallaro became Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Roster in 2004-2008
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the ACM Recognition of Service Award in 2007
    • Dr. Sabharwal became an IEEE Senior Member in 2006
    • Dr. Cavallaro became IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Lecturer in 2004-2006
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the Nokia Foundation Visiting Professor Fellowship in 2004-2005
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded the 2004 IEEE Communication Society Stephen O. Rice Best Paper Award
    • Dr. Aazhang was listed in the Thomson-ISI Highly Cited Researchers in 2003
    • Dr. Knightly became Sloan Fellow in 2001
    • Dr. Aazhang became fellow of Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 1999
    • Dr. Knightly was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 1997
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the IEEE Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors Conference Best Paper Award, (with B. Haller and J. Götze) in 1997
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Chapter of the Year Award, (accepted as Chair of the Houston Chapter) in 1996
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the Hershel M. Rich Invention Award of Rice Engineering Alumni in 1994
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded the Alcoa Foundation Grant Award in 1993
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the IEEE Region 5 Award for service as Student Branch Counselor in 1992
    • Dr. Cavallaro was awarded the NSF Research Initiation Award in 1989-1992
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded the National Science Foundation Engineering Initiation Award in 1987-1989
    • Dr. Aazhang was awarded the Magna Cum Laude (Rice University Teaching Award) in 1986-87