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A paper by Dr. Ali Abdi's PhD student, Rami Rashid, was selected as an "Editor's Pick" in JASA Express Letters.
(Editor's Pick) R. Rashid, A. Abdi and Z. H. Michalopoulou, “Blind weak signal detection via dictionary learning in time-spreading distortion channels using vector sensors,” JASA Express Lett., vol. 5, 064803, 2025.
Dr. Rami Rashid, a 2024 graduate advised by Prof. Ali Abdi, is now a Sensor Engineer at The MITRE Corporation and had an impressive record of achievements at the center. During his doctoral research, he developed new methods for data communication and signal detection in complex and challenging channels, involving both theoretical studies and field tests.
His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including:
- The Newark College of Engineering (NCE) Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2024)
- A travel award from the National Council of Acoustical Consultants (2024)
- A prize in the ECE Department PhD Stories Contest (2023)
- An NSF internship (2021)
Dr. Arnob Ghosh received a Best Paper award at the ACM MobiHoc 2025 conference (among 165 papers) and a NeurIPS 2025 spotlight award (top 3.2% of accepted papers), recognizing his work in reinforcement learning.
In 2024, Dr. Joerg Kliewer was elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for his contributions to coding for communications and networks.