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Qi Lei Wins Oden Institute Outstanding Dissertation Award

May 10, 2021
WNCG alumnus Dr. Qi Lei has received the 2021 Oden Institute Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her winning dissertation, “Provably effective algorithms for min-max optimization," proposes optimization algorithms to find the equilibrium point of two-player zero-sum games. Read the dissertation abstract and find the link to the full text via the University of Texas Libraries. At WNCG, Lei was advised by Prof. Alex Dimakis; she was co-advised by Dr. Inderjit Dhillon from the University of Texas Department of Computer Science.
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Prof. Andrea Alù is a National Finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists 

June 1, 2016
Prof. Andrea Alù, Associate Professor at Texas ECE is one of the finalists for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. He along with 31 national finalists will be competing for three spots as the 2016 National Laureates. Prof. Alù has been nominated under the Physical Sciences and Engineering category of the award. The other two disciplines include Life Sciences and Chemistry.