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Paper authored by Professor Keshab Parhi featured in Quantum Zeitgeist

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The highlighted paper offers a structural basis for the design of algorithms that can be used in multiple areas.

Professor Randall Victora honored with IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Service Award

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The award recognizes Victora's sustained service contributions to the IEEE Magnetics Society.

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Professor Rhonda Franklin elevated to IEEE Fellow

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The elevation to Fellow honors Franklin's sustained leadership of and engagement in workforce development and education activities.

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Research drives innovation

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Research led by Professors Rhonda Franklin and Beth Stadler reflects the impact of the work done by scientists and demonstrates the importance of supporting it.

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Professor Gang Qiu receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

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The award will support Qiu's research on cryogenic cooling aimed at supporting the scaling of quantum computing hardware.

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Professor Mingyi Hong awarded 2025 Egon Balas Prize by INFORMS Optimization Society

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The award recognizes Hong's contributions that have profoundly impacted modern applications in machine learning, signal processing, and AI alignment.

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Professor Jian-Ping Wang: imagining a sustainable future through Niron Magnetics

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Local startup Niron Magnetics based on the research of Professor Jian-Ping Wang is changing the world with its clean technology.

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Nickel-tungsten alloy indicates strong potential for use in energy efficient spintronic devices

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Thin films made of the alloy have been shown to generate multi-directional spins with large spin-orbit torque.

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Paper on HiVeGen a new framework for scaling up Verilog generation wins IEEE ICLAD award

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The new framework HiVeGen uses large language models to scale up Verilog generation