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Member Sungeun Kim is devel-
■oping
a computer program to
quickly parse and compare medi-
cal data from
a large pool of
patients and
help diagnose
and treat neuro-
degenerative
diseases. The
U.S. National
Institutes of
Health awarded
him a US $119,000 grant to further
his research.
The program examines massive
data sets to analyze genes, biomark-
ers, and patient data and more accu-
rately predict the onset of diseases
such as Alzheimer's-which could
pave the way for early detection and
more effective drugs.
Kim is an assistant professor of
computer engineering at the State
University of New York in Owego. He's
also an adjunct assistant research
professor at the Indiana University
School of Medicine, in Indianapolis,
where he has worked for several years
on projects related to Alzheimer's,
Parkinson's, and other diseases.

JON KLINGENSMITH
Jon Klingensmith is work-
■ingMember
to create a low-cost ultrasound

tool for measuring a person's cardiac
adipose tissue-
an increase of
which is a risk
factor for heart
disease. His
project received
a $154,000
grant from the
American Heart
Association.
The software-based tool would
measure the tissue based on the results
of an echocardiographic ultrasound
imaging test rather than magnetic res-
onance imaging, the current method.
Echocardiography, the researchers say,
is safer and less expensive than MRI,
and can assess the heart's function.
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Klingensmith is an assistant
professor of electrical and computer
engineering at Southern Illinois
University in Edwardsville.

SHRIKANTH
NARAYANAN
A team at the University of
■Southern
California, in Los Angeles,
led by Fellow Shrikanth Narayanan
is using arti-
ficial intelli-
gence and data
from sensors
to study the
causes of work-
place stress.
The U.S. Intelli-
gence Advanced
Research Proj-
ects Activity has awarded the team
a four-year, $12 million grant.
IARPA is an organization
within the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence.
The researchers are analyzing
data from wearable sensors and
self-assessment questionnaires
collected from 250 Keck School of
Medicine nurses at USC. Numerous
physical and emotional factors will
be tracked continuously, including
sleep quality, work performance,
and social interaction, according to
an article on USC's website.
The team plans to work with
behavioral psychologists at the
university to interpret the results.
The researchers will use the data to
analyze how stress affects workers,
specifically those in demanding jobs
where long shifts are the norm.
Narayanan is a research direc-
tor at USC's Information Sciences
Institute and a professor of electrical
engineering. He is a member of the
IEEE Signal Processing Society.

ARUN NETRAVALI

Life Fellow Arun Netravali
■received
the Marconi Prize, which
recognizes significant contributions

in the field of communications.
The award includes a $100,000
honorarium. The Marconi Society,
established in
honor of Gug-
lielmo Marconi,
presents the
award.
Netravali, a
former presi-
dent of Bell
Labs, was cited
for pioneering
work in video compression based
on motion estimation. He led the
company's research and develop-
ment of high-definition television
and is widely acknowledged as a
digital-video pioneer.
After retiring from Bell Labs,
he founded and now serves as
managing partner of OmniCapital
Group, a private-equity firm in
Westfield, N.J.

ROSALIND
SADLEIR
Member Rosalind Sadleir 
■received
a $2 million grant from
the U.S. National Institutes of
Health to study
transcranial
electrical
stimulation
(TES), a
noninvasive
procedure in
which electrodes
are placed on a
person's scalp to
direct a low current through the brain.
The technique might eventually
help treat a variety of ailments and
improve cognitive function and
learning ability.
Sadleir is an assistant professor
of biomedical engineering at Ari-
zona State University, in Tempe. To
form a clearer picture of how a cur-
rent travels through the brain, she is
using magnetic resonance electrical
impedance tomography. Patients
are treated with TES while inside
an MRI machine-which allows
researchers to determine where the
current spreads.

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