2021 Rising Star Faculty Award Program

For a copy of the sponsor's RFP, please send an email to research@uw.edu

Intel’s Rising Star Faculty award provides an award of $50,000 and networking support to those faculty members who are early in their academic research careers and who show great promise as future academic leaders in disruptive computing technologies. The purpose of this Program is to help promote the careers of promising early career faculty members and to foster long term collaborative relationships with senior technical leaders at Intel.

Who Qualifies?

• Any full time, tenured or tenure track (or equivalent) faculty member involved in research;
• With 4 years or less cumulative experience as a full-time university faculty member (as of Sep ’21);
• Nominated by appropriate department head (limited to 2 per university);
• Researching topics that have the potential to be disruptive to the high-tech industry in the areas outlined below;
• Has not previously been an RSA award recipient; and
• Has not been previously employed by Intel for longer than 3 years (excluding internships).

What Areas of Research/Education is Intel Interested In for this Award?

Innovative and disruptive research in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, material science, and chemical engineering which has potential to significantly advance semiconductor technologies and the future of computing. Below are key topics of interest, however not exclusive :

• Architecture : Microarchitecture; Platform architecture; Domain-specific accelerators; New memory technologies in the scope of architecture systems optimization; Neuromorphic computing; Quantum computing.
• Process : CAD for future devices, system level gaps, system validation, AMS validation; Fundamental understanding of interactions between EUV photons and new resists systems designed to minimize variation for high resolution, defect-free printing.
• Software : Software for heterogeneous hardware; Machine Programming; Human Technology Interactions, ambient computing and smart spaces; Future of work with AI: Including common sense reasoning, cognition, voice and vision technologies; Ethical AI.
• Security : Privacy; Hardware security; Autonomous systems and safety; Confidential computing; Cryptography; Automated tools and methodologies; Adversarial AI; Privacy-preserving AI.
• Interconnect : Scaling of cloud and impact of network latencies on standard protocols; 5G; Si-photonics; Orchestration for distributed edge networks addressing dynamic, in-time computing and privacy; Graph Signal Processing/Analytics/Graph NN for Wireless Networking; Signal processing for Quantum Communications; Energy efficient channels for data-intensive systems.
• Memory : Intel® Optane®, 3D NAND; Novel memory hierarchies; Low power high bandwidth devices and interconnect/signaling technologies to support.

We are particularly interested in candidates who are using innovative methods of teaching as well as those candidates who are on the forefront of increasing the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computer science and engineering.

Application Instructions

Self-nominations are not allowed. Chairs can please send:

1. a nominating letter that address the criteria of the award
2. Biosketch or CV of the nominee

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, May 6, 2021. Nominations are due to the sponsor 6/11/21.