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News Release
- November 21, 2008
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Guestrin to Hold Finmeccanica Chair
Carlos Guestrin, assistant
professor of computer science and machine learning, has been appointed the
Finmeccanica Chair in Computer Science for 2009-2011.
Named by Popular Science to its
2008 “Brilliant 10” list, Guestrin’s long-term research interest is developing
efficient algorithms and methods for designing, analyzing and controlling
complex real-world systems. His Cascades algorithm is a powerful tool for gathering
information with the least amount of effort, whether it is determining the
number and placement of sensors in wireless networks or which blogs to read to
get news as quickly as possible.
Endowed by the Italian conglomerate
Finmeccanica in 1989, the chair is awarded to outstanding young faculty
members. Previous winners include Guy Blelloch, Manuela Veloso, Hui Zhang and
Srinivasan Seshan.
Contact:
Byron Spice
412.268.9068
bspice@cs.cmu.edu
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