Recent News and Awards:
Leonard
Kleinrock has been awarded the 2008 National Medal of
Science Award for “fundamental contributions to the
mathematical theory of modern data networks, for the functional
specification of packet switching which is the foundation
of the Internet Technology, for mentoring generations of
students, and for leading the commercialization of technologies
that have transformed the world.”
This is the nation’s
highest scientific honor and Professor Kleinrock will be presented
with the medal at a White House ceremony in September 2008.
He is the second faculty member from the School of Engineering,
and the tenth from UCLA to receive this distinction.
Kleinrock
interview
Kleinrock
My Work My Life Talk
Professor Deborah Estrin has
been honored with a 2009 election to the National Academy of Engineering for her "pioneering
design and application of heterogeneous wireless sensing systems for environmental monitoring."
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions
accorded to an engineer. Academy memberships honor those who have made outstanding contributions
to engineering research, practice, or education, and to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology.
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