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Jon Tamir and Atlas Wang Receive Google Research Scholar Awards

June 8, 2023
Prof. Jon Tamir and Atlas Wang have received Google Research Scholar Awards for 2023. The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. Jon Tamir received his award for his work on: Generative Physical Modeling for Blind Imaging Inverse Problems

Lessons Learned: Alum Zak Kassas Shares Success and Advice on Landing a Faculty Position

May 22, 2014
When around 70 percent of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty nowadays come from the top four schools, the process of securing a faculty position, particularly as a new graduate, can be grueling. WNCG Ph.D. graduate Zak Kassas recently accepted an offer as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at The University of California, Riverside (UCR), making him the first UT Austin graduate to join UCR’s faculty. Prof. Kassas shared with WNCG the lessons he learned through the faculty search process.