Photo: Gretchen Ertl
EECS Staff
Masterworks is the annual EECS celebration of thesis research leading to the master of science (SM) and master of engineering (MEng) degrees. This year's poster session was held on April 25, 2019, on the Charles M. Vest Student Street in the Stata Center. Following is a photo slideshow and a list of 2019 Masterworks winners.
EECS MASTERWORKS 2019: HIGHLIGHTS
All photos by Gretchen Ertl for EECS. Contact eecs-communications@mit.edu for details on obtaining images.
MASTERWORKS 2019 WINNERS
Morris Joseph Levin Awards for Masterworks Thesis Presentation
Logan Engstrom
Title: Robustness
Supervisor: Professor Aleksander Madry
James Mawdsley
Title: Terahertz Frequency Synthesis in CMOS for a Chip-Scale Molecular Clock
Supervisor: Professor Ruonan Han
Both were honored during the EECS Celebrates awards ceremony on May 17, 2019.
Audience Choice Awards
First Place: Brandon Carter
Title: What Made You Do This? Understanding Black-Box Decisions with Sufficient Input Subsets
Supervisor: Professor David K. Gifford
Second Place: Saurav Maji
Title: Energy-Efficient Protocol and System for Security of Implantable Devices
Supervisor: Professor and Dean Anantha P. Chandrakasan
Industry Awards
Samuel Kim
Title: Genes with High Network Connectivity Are Enriched for Disease Heritability Supervisor:
Professor Alkes Price (Harvard and Broad Institute)
Erick Friis
Title: GLASS: Global Learning Anomalous Stream Service
Supervisor: Dr. Katrina LaCurts
In addition, EECS senior Helmuth Naumer won first place in the Masterworks Scavenger Hunt for correctly answering the most questions about research discussed on the posters, while EECS graduate student Aya Amer won second place. All winners received prizes provided by Masterworks sponsor Samsung or from EECS.
For more on Masterworks, including links to past coverage and photos, visit the Masterworks home page.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 5:15pm
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About 40 current students and recent graduates discussed their master's-thesis research in areas ranging from robotics to clinical imaging to Internet of Things tracking devices.
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