Dina Katabi
Dina Katabi | |
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Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention (2003) from ACM | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science, electrical engineering |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | David Clark |
Dina Katabi (
Early life
Katabi was born in Damascus, Syria, in a family of doctors. Though her initial plan was to follow this same career path, she discovered a new passion in college: computer science.
Academic biography
Katabi received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the
Research and career
Katabi's research focused on signals, machine learning and health.[4] Her work started in networks (especially the congestion control challenge), where she found solutions for a better reliability of networks.[5] Then, with her team, she used machine learning and signals to analyze the human body. Based on how RF signals bounce off our bodies, the researchers could measure human breathing, heart rates, emotion and sleep stages, without having the "patient" wear any sensor.[6] Her most recent research combined medicine with AI, where she developed with her team a system capable of diagnosing Parkinson's Disease.[7]
Awards
In 2013, Katabi won the Grace Murray Hopper Award,[8] recognizing her as the outstanding young computer science professional.
In 2012, her work on Sparse Fourier Transforms was chosen as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year by
In September 2013, Katabi was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her work.[10] In 2013 she also became a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.[11]
In 2014, on the celebration of
In 2015, Katabi presented her startup idea to President Obama at White House demo day.[13]
In 2017, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to network congestion control and to wireless communications.[14]
In 2017, Katabi was awarded the ACM Prize in Computing, recognizing her as "one of the most innovative researchers in the field of networking, Katabi applies methods from communication theory, signal processing and machine learning to solve problems in wireless networking".[15]
In 2022, Katabi was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[16]
In 2023, Katabi was elected to the National Academy of Sciences,[17] and awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the American University of Beirut for her significant contribution to researcher and innovation in wireless networks.[18]
References
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- ^ "Dina Katabi". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Hardesty, Larry (2015-10-30). "Signal Intelligence". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ "Dina Katabi". people.csail.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Rethinking networking". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Dina Katabi, SM '99, PhD '03". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Dina Katabi". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Indyk and Katabi win top ACM honors". MIT News. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ Anderson, Mark (2012). "A Faster Fourier Transform - MIT Technology Review". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ Chu, Jennifer; Hardesty, Larry (2013-09-25). "Dina Katabi and Sara Seager win MacArthur 'genius grants'". MIT News. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ "ACM Names Fellows for Computing Advances that Are Transforming Science and Society". Association for Computing Machinery. 2013-12-10. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ 50 Ways that MIT has Transformed Computer Science: the Countdown to our MAC50 Celebration!
- ^ "12 of the most impressive professors at MIT". Business Insider.
- ^ National Academy of Engineering Elects 84 Members and 22 Foreign Members, February 8, 2017, retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ "Dina Katabi to receive 2017 ACM Prize in Computing". Association for Computing Machinery. April 4, 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Dina Katabi". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ News from the National Academy of Sciences, May 2, 2023, retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Current Recipients". American University of Beirut. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2024-02-15.