Recognition

2023-24 EECS Mathworks Fellowship

Peter Li receives the 2023-24 EECS Mathworks Fellowship for his research on memory-efficient computing algorithms and hardware for autonomy

2021-22 Accenture Fellowship

Soumya Sudhakar receives the 2021-22 Accenture Fellowship for her research on designing low-energy robotics for both consumer electronics and the aerospace industry

Best Presentation Award at the 2021 Microsystems Annual Research Conference (MARC)

Soumya Sudhakar receives Best Presentation Award at the 2021 Microsystems Annual Research Conference (MARC) for her work on “Balancing Actuation Energy and Computing Energy in Motion Planning”

First Place for the 2020 David Adler Memorial Thesis Award

Theia Henderson receives first place for the 2020 David Adler Memorial Thesis Award for her MEng thesis entitled “A Continuous Approach to Information-Theoretic Exploration with Range Sensors,” which resulted in a paper entitled “An Efficient and Continuous Approach to Information-Theoretic Exploration,” presented at ICRA in June 2020.

First Place at the 2020 ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals

Peter Li receives First Place, Graduate Winner at the 2020 ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals for his work on "A Mutual Information Accelerator for Autonomous Robot Exploration," based on an extension of his paper entitled “High-throughput Computation of Shannon Mutual Information on Chip,” presented at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference in June 2019.

Best Presentation Award at the LIDS Student Conference 2020

Soumya Sudhakar receives a best presentation award in the control theory and algorithms session for her talk on “Balancing Actuation Energy and Computing Energy in Motion Planning,” based on the paper entitled "Balancing Actuation and Computing Energy in Motion Planning," presented at ICRA in June 2020.

Gold Medal at ACM Student Research Competition at MICRO-52

Peter Li receives the gold medal for his work on "A Mutual Information Accelerator for Autonomous Robot Exploration," based on an extension of his paper entitled “High-throughput Computation of Shannon Mutual Information on Chip,” presented at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference in June 2019.

Best Student Paper Award at the 2018 Symposium on VLSI Circuits

Amr Suleiman receives the Symposium on VLSI Circuits Best Student Paper Award for the paper entitled "Navion: A Fully Integrated Energy-Efficient Visual-Inertial Odometry Accelerator for Autonomous Navigation of Nano Drones," presented at the VLSI Symposium in June 2018.

SuperUROP Award for the 2017-2018 Academic Year

Diana Wofk receives the 2017-2018 SuperUROP Award for her work on “Energy-Efficient Deep Neural Network for Depth Prediction,” which resulted in a paper entitled "FastDepth: Fast Monocular Depth Estimation on Embedded Systems," presented at ICRA in May 2019.