Cal Poly Engineering Professor Receives NSF CAREER Grant
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Diana Franklin, assistant professor of computer science, has received a prestigious five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Early Career Development Program. The $300,000 award is the first of its kind for a professor in the College of Engineering.
"As the first recipient of an NSF CAREER grant in the College of Engineering, Diana has certainly raised the bar,” said CENG Dean Mohammad Noori. “What she has achieved is a significant milestone in our journey to move the College to higher grounds of national visibility.”
According to the NSF, the CAREER Program offers the most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.
Franklin has proposed to study the concept of allowing incorrect execution in some computer programs, particularly with applications such as video and audio where small inaccuracies may be tolerated. The five-year grant will allow Franklin to explore different aspects of the ways to short-cut execution, allowing programs to run faster and achieve the right answer most of the time.
In addition to funds for a graduate research assistant, faculty members who receive the CAREER grant become eligible for the funding of up to four undergraduate assistants each summer. According to Franklin, this would greatly increase the opportunities that undergraduates have to participate in research and pursue a graduate degree.
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