Prof. Shahabi receives 2003 Presidential Early Career Award
Prof. Cyrus Shahabi, IMSC's Research Area Director for Information Management, received the prestigious 2003 Presidential Early Career Award in a White House ceremony in mid-September.
Prof. Shahabi, an associate professor of computer science, received the award for his pioneering research into the management of streams of sensor data created as humans interact with virtual reality environments.
He was among only 20 out of 400 recipients (or five percent) of the National Science Foundation's annual Early Career Award to receive this additional award.
He is the first faculty member in the Computer Science Department to receive the Presidential Career award and the fifth in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
The award honors the most promising beginning researchers in the nation within their fields. Fifty-seven scientists and engineers, nominated by eight federal agencies, received the award, formally titled the 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. (http://infolab.usc.edu/News/pecase03.html)