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Prof. Alex Dimakis Receives 2018 IEEE Information Theory Society James L. Massey Award

June 7, 2018
Prof. Alex Dimakis of Texas ECE has been named the 2018 recipient of the Information Theory Society James L. Massey award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in research and teaching by young scholars in the Information Theory community based on the impact of their research in the field of Information Theory as well as their teaching contributions. The award is named in honor of James L. Massey, who was "an internationally acclaimed pioneer in digital communications and a revered teacher and mentor to an entire generation of communications engineers."
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Prof. Alex Dimakis Gives Plenary Talk at Canadian Workshop on Information Theory

June 20, 2017
Prof. Alex Dimakis of Texas ECE will be one of the three keynote speakers at the 15th Canadian Workshop on Information theory to be held in Quebec City, Canada, June 11-14th. 
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Energy Savings with Smart Grid Systems

Sept. 4, 2014
Currently, local utilities in the U.S. generate 12 percent more energy than they anticipate needing. Otherwise, if they experience a brownout or blackout, utility companies face heavy penalties from the government. “Most of that extra energy is going to waste,” WNCG Prof. Brian Evans states. “If utility companies had access to better information, they could predict user demand and how it evolves over the day. They could reduce energy waste by around four-to-six percent.”