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Bovik and Team Recognized at 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards

Nov. 5, 2021
Professor Alan Bovik and his research team were recognized for algorithms that optimize streaming media at the 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. While winners were announced earlier this year, the awards were presented in a virtual ceremony livestreamed on November 4. The team included WNCG alumni Kalpana Seshadrinathan, Rajiv Soundararajan, and Hamid Sheikh; all three researchers completed doctoral programs at the University of Texas at Austin, where they were advised by Bovik. 
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Prof. Robert Heath and Students Win 2018 Journal of Communications and Networks Best Paper Award

April 13, 2018
Prof. Robert Heath of Texas ECE along with his former students Jeonghun Park, Chan-Byoung Chae and their co-author Min Soo Sim have received the 2018 Journal of Communications and Networks Best Paper Award. The winning paper was “Compressed Channel Feedback for Correlated Massive MIMO Systems” that appeared in the February 2016 regular issue of the Journal. The award will be be presented during the Award Luncheon at ICC 2018, May 21, in Kansas City.