Assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering wins NSF Early Faculty Development CAREER Award

Fresh data is vital to operators because it is timely. Important data is vital to operators because it’s necessary for quick decision-making. Can machines learn to provide both sets of data simultaneously?

Yin Sun, assistant professor and graduate program co-officer in electrical and computer engineering, believes they can and will prove it through his newest proposal, “Semantic and Goal-oriented Status Updating for Real-time Inference, Monitoring, and Decision-Making.”

Sun’s impactful research was awarded a $516,000 National Science Foundation, or NSF, Faculty Early Development CAREER Award, the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of their organizational missions.

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