{"62158":{"#nid":"62158","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ARC Researcher Receives MIT Award for Best Doctoral Thesis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJinwoo Shin, a postdoctoral researcher in the Algorithms \u0026amp; Randomness Center \u0026amp; ThinkTank (ARC), has been awarded the George M. Sprowls Award by MIT\u2019s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEach year, the Sprowls Award is given by the MIT department for the best doctoral thesis in computer science. Shin\u2019s thesis, \u0022Efficient Distributed Medium Access Algorithm,\u0022 describes using medium access control (MAC) algorithms in designing a high-performance communication network architecture.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShin received his B.S. degree from Seoul National University, Korea, in 2001 with double majors in mathematics and computer science. In 2010, he received his Ph. D. degree in mathematics from MIT, where his doctoral research focused on understanding and designing distributed algorithmic mechanisms for large complex networks. Shin also developed computer-security software as a programmer for four years in Penta Security Systems in Korea. He is now developing his thesis research with a team at the ARC center.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJinwoo Shin, a postdoctoral researcher in the ARC Center, has received the Sprowls Award from MIT\u2019s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer\n Science. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27166","created_gmt":"2010-10-14 11:14:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:34","author":"Juliet Helms","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"171034","name":"Sprowls Award"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}