Wendi Heinzelman Named Distinguished Scientist by Computing Society

Congratulations to Wendi Heinzelman, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and dean of graduate studies for Arts, Sciences and Engineering, for being named a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. Heinzelman was recognized for designing and implementing “cutting-edge networking, communication and signal processing techniques for a wide array of applications running over wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, and heterogeneous networks,” in a way that has “greatly advanced the efficient utilization of the severely limited resources of these systems.”

Her work “has greatly advanced the efficient utilization of the severely limited resources of these systems (e.g., energy, bandwidth) under challenging network dynamics (e.g., node mobility), while maintaining application-specified quality of service and supporting heterogeneous devices.  Dr. Heinzelman has developed or adapted techniques such as resource-aware routing, cross-layer design, use of wake-up radios and adaptive networking to fit the needs of energy-constrained wireless sensor networks and connectivity-constrained ad hoc networks. This work has greatly advanced the communication and networking of these systems, providing benefit to a range of applications.”

Heinzelman, who holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer Science, has been a faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2001.