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Indian-born Researcher at Stanford Wins Prestigious Award
Tuesday, 02 September 2014, 23:25 IST
The award, with a cash prize of $400,000 (
2.4 million), is given to scholars who are 27 or younger at the time of the nomination, as Marconi was 27 years when he invented the wireless telegraphy."In addition to citation and cash prize, the award provides travel stipends to its winners for many years to enable them attend our events, as we consider them to be an integral part of the Society," Tkach said in the e-mail.
Asnani's academic and entrepreneurial achievements also stood out in a review of the nominated researchers from the world over the society undertakes every year.
"Asnani's outstanding work and contribution to point-to-point and multi-terminal channel coding and source coding problems were impressive," Tkach recalled.
The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional scientific talent and entrepreneurial skills at a young age with potential to make advances in telecom and internet.
"In studies too, Asnani made profound contributions to our understanding of the fundamental limits in new communication and data compression (point-to-point and multi-terminal). His work spans from theoretical to the applied," his primary advisor at Stanford Tsachy Weissman said in a statement from the university.
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Source: IANS
