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2021 PhD Best Dissertation Virtual Symposium
When: Monday, April 19, 2021
Timing: 3:30 - 5:00 PDT
Each year, the Viterbi School of Engineering’s academic departments nominate PhD candidates who have exceptional research dissertations to compete for the honor of Best Dissertation. Four finalists were selected to present their work at the Viterbi Best Dissertation Symposium on April 19th. After the symposium, a faculty committee selects the winner of the William F. Ballhaus, Jr. Prize for Excellence in Graduate Engineering Research.
This year the candidates are:
Dr. Omid G. Sani
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Modeling and Control of Behaviorally Relevant Brain States
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Maryam Shanechi
Dr. James Joly
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Systems Approaches to Understanding Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Cancer Cells
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nicholas Graham
Dr. Aoyang Zhang
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Silicon-Based RF and Mm-Wave Power Amplifier and Transmitters for Future Efficient Communication Systems
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Mike Chen
Dr. Yixue Zhao
Department of Computer Science
Reducing User-Perceived Latency in Mobile Applications via Prefetching and Caching
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Nenad Medvidovic
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