{"624777":{"#nid":"624777","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Asgari Selected for Rising Stars 2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBahar Asgari has been selected to participate in Rising Stars 2019, hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Asgari is a Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERising Stars is an intensive workshop for women graduate\u0026nbsp;students\u0026nbsp;and postdocs\u0026nbsp;who are interested in pursuing academic careers in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering. The workshop will be held from October 29-November 1 at the UIUC campus. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAsgari joined the Georgia Tech School of ECE in fall 2015. 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