| Oct 15, 2002 |
Todd Austin Receives Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teaching Award
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Professors Todd Austin and Steven Skerlos have been awarded the Ruth and
Joel Spira Outstanding Teaching Awards. These awards, made possible by a
generous donation by Ruth and Joel Spira, are presented annually to one
faculty member in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and one in
Mechanical Engineering to recognize excellence in teaching and inspiring
students.
Todd has concentrated on two courses during his time here, EECS 470
(Computer Architecture) and EECS 573 (Microarchitecture). EECS 470 is a
course that satisfies the Major Design Experience (MDE) for our
undergraduate degrees, and he has shown a remarkable ability to reach
all of the students in this class. Todd has also taught the graduate
course EECS 573 and has served on the CSE Graduate Committee since 1999,
where he has distinguished himself as a recruiter of top graduate
students, and has gotten other faculty involved in this important
activity. Todd incorporates his own research and professional
innovations into his courses, which are educational and exciting for
students. He completely revised both EECS 470 and EECS 573 and has
incorporated into the curriculum his own computer architecture
simulation tools, called SimpleScalar, which are used at more than 50
companies, research centers and universities worldwide. Todd is an
extremely approachable faculty member, and is well liked by students and
fellow faculty. -Stephen W. Director |
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