The Dr. Vladimir Belsky Award for Computational Sciences and Engineering is named in memory of Dr. Vladimir Belsky who came to Rensselaer from Russia in the 1990's and performed research in computational mechanics as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
Among the six recipients of the 2023-2024 Belsky Award, four are from the ECSE Department:
Weiqin Chen. Research Topic: Developing a generalized safe reinforcement learning framework. Advisor: Santiago Paternain.
Chukwumeka Ike. Research Topic: Developing high-performance signal processing algorithms for smart wearable devices to maintain circadian rhythms. Advisor: Agung Julius.
Quan Xiao. Research Topic: Establishing theoretical foundations for the convergence of bilevel optimization. Advisor: Tianyi Chen.
Meng Zhang. Developing on-chip photonic tensor core computing for AI hardware accelerator. Advisor: Rensa Huang.