Dina Katabi is the Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT where she directs the Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing. Katabi's research focuses on innovations in mobile computing, wireless sensing, and machine learning with application to digital health. Start-ups including PiCharging and Emerald have been spun out of her lab. Katabi is a recipient of the MacArthur “genius” grant and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Her research has been recognized with the ACM Prize in Computing, the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, the SIGCOMM Test of Time Award, the NSF Career Award, and others. Her students have twice received the ACM Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in Computer Science and Engineering.
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