CIS Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Jeff Gray has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award, which is presented annually to a selected number of faculty members at universities across the nation. Since the inception of the CAREER award in 1995, Dr. Gray is the fourth faculty member at UAB to receive the award and the first within the CIS Department. Dr. Anthony Skjellum, Chair of the CIS Department, received the CAREER before joining UAB.

According to the National Science Foundation, CAREER awards support exceptionally promising faculty members who are committed to the integration of research and education. The award recognizes young faculty members who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.

This award is in recognition of Jeff's research in the area of model-driven engineering and his initiation of numerous activities that improve the awareness of computing in Alabama. The $400,000 grant will provide support for new lines of research as well as educational opportunities for students across the K-12, undergraduate, and post-graduate spectrum. More information about the specific proposed research and outreach activities is available at http://www.cis.uab.edu/gray.

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