{"385991":{"#nid":"385991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Beirami, Xia Receive Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Ph.D. Thesis Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAhmad Beirami and Zhixuan Xia have been chosen for Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Awards, which will be presented at the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Awards Dinner on April 15. Both are affiliated with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeirami\u2019s thesis was entitled \u201cNetwork Compression via Network Memory: Fundamental Performance Limits.\u0022 Data compression is of great practical importance as it can reduce the volume of daily data communication and storage. His thesis quantifies the degree of data compression in finite-length data, such as network packets. It also proposes algorithms that take advantage of network nodes equipped with memory to approach the Shannon compression limit of arbitrarily long sequences. Advised by Faramarz Fekri, Beirami graduated in May 2014 and is now a postdoctoral associate and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of ECE at Duke University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXia\u2019s thesis was entitled \u201cHighly Sensitive, Multiplexed Integrated Photonic Structures for Lab-on-a-Chip Sensing.\u201d The focus of Xia\u2019s doctoral research and his thesis was to develop essential building blocks for compact, low-cost, and high performance optical sensing systems for environmental and health care applications. Advised by Ali Adibi, Xia defended his thesis in December 2014 and will graduate in May 2015. He is now a senior research and development engineer at Atlanta-based Sinoora, Inc., a spin-off company of Georgia Tech and Adibi\u0027s Photonics Research Group.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAhmad Beirami and Zhixuan Xia have been chosen for Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Awards, which will be presented at the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Awards Dinner on April 15.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE\u0027s Ahmad Beirami and Zhixuan Xia have been chosen for Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Awards, which will be presented at the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Awards Dinner on April 15."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2015-03-09 14:34:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:55","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"385971":{"id":"385971","type":"image","title":"Ahmad Beirami","body":null,"created":"1449246275","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:35","changed":"1475894398","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:58","alt":"Ahmad Beirami","file":{"fid":"75415","name":"ahmad-beirami.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ahmad-beirami.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ahmad-beirami.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":215932,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ahmad-beirami.jpg?itok=vFYFwMEK"}},"385981":{"id":"385981","type":"image","title":"Zhixuan Xia","body":null,"created":"1449246275","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:35","changed":"1475894400","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:00","alt":"Zhixuan Xia","file":{"fid":"75416","name":"zhixuan_xia.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/zhixuan_xia.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/zhixuan_xia.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1585766,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/zhixuan_xia.jpg?itok=Fa_PHi-8"}}},"media_ids":["385971","385981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/sigmaxi.gatech.edu\/main1.htm","title":"Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"120871","name":"Ahmad Beirami"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"167556","name":"Sigma Xi"},{"id":"120861","name":"Zhixuan Xia"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}