Each year, the IEEE Computer Society recognizes up to three individuals who have made “outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of high-performance computing” within five years of receiving their PhD. Li received his PhD from the University of British Columbia in 2019 and has since has since garnered several best paper awards, nominations, as well as competitive funding for his research.

The WECode (Women Engineers Code) Conference is organized by undergraduate women at Harvard University and WECode Tech Fellows as part of the Harvard Undergraduate Women in Computer Science initiative. Curious about what more the conference has to offer?

Daniela Rus specializes in developing the science and engineering of "autonomy," which expands the ability of machines to reason and learn so that they can become "pervasive" in performing daily tasks that improve quality of life for people. Dr. Rus holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Iowa, and she earned her Master's and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Cai reflects on his summer at Casey's corporate headquarters and provides insight into what he learned from his experience.

Omar Ahmad (93BS; 95MS) deputy director of the UI Driving Safety and Research Institute and the project director for Automated Driving Service; was interviewed for this DI piece.