The National Science Foundation (NSF) honored an Indian American electrical engineering and computer science assistant professor at the University of California (UC), Berkeley with the Faculty Early Career Development Award.
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Indian American Dr Sanjay Rai appointed acting secretary for Maryland Higher Education Commission
Indian American Dr Sanjay Rai was appointed as the acting secretary for the Maryland Higher Education Commission by Governor Wes Moore on April 12.
Rai has advanced innovations that bolster student success in academic, career, technical, and workforce development programs throughout his career. He has worked to remove barriers to educational access through the redesign of developmental education, revision of alternate placement policies, and embedding of coaches in classrooms to increase student success.
Indian-American gets Amazon award to study machine learning systems
Pavithra Prabhakar, an Indian-American professor of computer science at Kansas State University, has received an Amazon Research Award to design a tool that minimizes negative user experiences.