Appointments, honors and activities

• Faculty and staff honors:

A pair of Purdue engineering professors and a computer science professor have been chosen to the 2021 class of newly elevated fellows of the IEEE.

Yung-Hsiang Lu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was named for his contributions to energy efficiency of computer systems. His research focus is mobile and cloud computing, energy-efficient computing, and image and video processing. Gesualdo Scutari, the Thomas and Jane Schmidt Rising Star Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, was selected for his contributions to distributed optimization in signal processing and communications. Scutari’s research interests include distributed and large-scale optimization, computational game theory, variational inequalities, machine learning, big data and applications in communications, networking, signal processing and sensor networks. Ninghui Li, the Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science, was named for his contributions to data privacy and security. Li’s research focus includes  data privacy, access control, trust management, applied cryptography, and human factors in security and privacy. 

IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation, according to its website.