Deborah Estrin was born on December 6,1959 and is a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech.
16 Facts About Deborah Estrin
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Deborah Estrin is co-founder of the non-profit Open mHealth and gave a TEDMED talk on small data in 2013.
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Deborah Estrin is one of the most-referenced computer scientists of all time, with her work cited over 128,000 times according to Google Scholar.
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In 2009, Deborah Estrin was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the pioneering design and application of heterogeneous wireless sensing systems for environmental monitoring.
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Deborah Estrin entered the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, majoring in electrical engineering and computer science.
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Deborah Estrin has received honorary degrees recognizing her work: a degree honoris causa from EPFL in 2008, and an honorary doctorate degree from Uppsala University, Sweden in 2011.
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Deborah Estrin was a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California between 1986 and 2001, and at the University of California, Los Angeles between 2001 and 2013, where she was the founding director of the NSF-funded Center for Embedded Networked Sensing.
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At Cornell Tech, Estrin is the Robert V Tishman '37 Professor of Computer Science.
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Deborah Estrin is the founder of the Health Tech hub and director of the Small Data Lab, and a member of the Connected Experiences Lab.
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Deborah Estrin's research has focused on using mobile devices and sensors to collect and analyze data, with applications to health and well-being.
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Deborah Estrin's research explores immersive recommendation systems and the privacy implications of user modeling and data use.
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Deborah Estrin has received numerous academic and popular recognitions for her research.
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Deborah Estrin was named one of Popular Science's "Brilliant 10" in 2003.
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Deborah Estrin is the daughter of the late Gerald Estrin, a UCLA Computer Science professor, and of the late Thelma Estrin, a pioneering engineer and computer scientist at UCLA.
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Deborah Estrin is the sister of Judy Estrin, and a wife to Ache Stokelman.
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Deborah Estrin is featured in the Notable Women in Computing cards.