2026 SIGMOBILE Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner and Runner-Up Announced
Please join us in congratulating the 2026 SIGMOBILE Doctoral Dissertation Award winner and runner-up.
Winner
Nakul Garg, University of Maryland College Park, advised by Nirupam Roy
Dissertation title: Toward Integrating Intelligence Into Everything Around Us
For enabling ambient intelligence in extreme resource-constrained environments through innovative physics-aware sensing architectures.
Runner-Up
Tara Boroushaki, MIT, advised by Fadel Adib
Dissertation title: RF-Visual Perception with Applications to Mobile Sensing, Robotics, & Augmented Reality
For advancing multimodal RF+visual perception systems that extend robotic and augmented reality capabilities beyond line of sight.
The SIGMOBILE Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes excellent thesis research by doctoral candidates in the field of mobile, sensor, and ubiquitous systems and networking.
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