A hearty congratulations to Drs. Mohit Bansal, Libby Barnes, Ying Diao, Aaditya Ramdas, Olga Russakovsky, and Soumik Sarkar!
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is “the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.” Among this year’s federally funded early-career scientist awardees are six members of the AI Institutes community!
Mohit Bansal
Co-PI, EngageAI
Dr. Bansal is the John R. & Louise S. Parker Distinguished Professor and the Director of the MURGe-Lab (UNC-NLP Group) in the Computer Science department at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Read more about Dr. Bansal’s recognition and research.
Libby Barnes
Faculty Researcher, Atmospheric Science, AI2ES
Dr. Barnes is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. Read more about Dr. Barnes’ recognition and research.
Ying Diao
Co-PI, MMLI
Dr. Diao is an Associate Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Read more about Dr. Diao’s’ recognition and research.
Aaditya Ramdas
Co-PI and Faculty Researcher, Machine Learning, Statistics and Data Science, AI-SDM
Dr. Ramdas is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, with joint appointments in the Statistics and Data Science and Machine Learning departments. Read more about Dr. Ramdas’ recognition and research.
Olga Russakovsky
Principal Investigator, ATHENA
Dr. Russakovsky is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. She leads the Princeton Visual AI Lab and is the Associate Director of the Princeton AI Lab. Read more about Dr. Russakovsky’s recognition and research.
Soumik Sarkar
Associate Director, AIIRA
Dr. Sarkar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University and Director of Iowa State’s Translational AI Center (TrAC). Read more about Dr. Sarkar’s recognition and research.
About the PECASE
“Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. The award recognizes innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, expands awareness of careers in science and engineering, recognizes the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhances connections between research and impacts on society, and highlights the importance of science and technology for our nation’s future.”
The PECASE awards are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the White House, and recipients are nominated by government agencies. Read the PECASE press release to learn more.
