Christian Poellabauer, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a recipient of the National Science Foundations (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

Poellabauer is the 11 ^th faculty member in the computer science and engineering department to receive the award, which is the highest given by the government to faculty members at the beginning of their careers.

Poellabauers award-winning project was titledJudicious Resource Management in Wireless Systems.His research is concerned with the limitations on the utility and quality of wireless applications in the modern world. Among other related issues, his research project seeks to develop efficient integrations of multiple wireless resources and to prevent the side effects of interdependency.

Poellabauer joined the Notre Dame faculty in 2004 after earning a doctorate in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his masters degree from Vienna University of Technology inAustria.

The CAREER Award program was established by NSF in 1995 to recognize junior faculty committed to both research and education.

Its goal is to help top-performing scientists and engineers early in their careers to simultaneously develop their contributions and commitment to research and education,Rita R. Colwell, NSF director, said.

Also receiving the CAREER Award while they were members of the the universitys computer science and engineering department were Jay B. Brockman, Surendar Chandra, Danny Z. Chen, Nikos Chrischoides, Vincent Freeh, Sharon Hu, Jesus A. Izaguirre, Andrew Lumsdaine, Hsing-Mean Sha and Aaron Striegel.

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Patrick Toole, vice president of business transformation for IBMsEnterpriseon Demand Transformation and Information, will deliver a talk in the University of Notre Dames Distinguished Engineering Lecture Series at12:50 p.m.Monday (Nov. 14) in the DeBartolo Hall auditorium. TitledA Perspective on Engineering and Innovation,the lecture is free and open to the public.

Tooles presentation will focus on the innovative technologies being developed by IBM, including Millepede, trillion-bit data storage density, Blue Gene, new supercomputer architecture, and advanced microprocessors. He also will discuss the impact that engineers have on society, how technologies relate to business, and career opportunities for todays engineer.

In his current position, Toole is responsible for developing and executing initiatives that identify opportunities that will lead to revenue growth for IBM. He also oversees the development of mathematical models to analyze business performance and the identification of new market opportunities.

Toole has held a variety of other leadership positions at IBM, including general manager of IBM Engineering and Technology Services Division, senior site executive of the IBM Charlotte, N.C., branch, and vice president of Worldwide Sales and Support for the IBM Technology Group.

Toole earned his bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Notre Dame in and his masters degree in business administration from Queens University of Charlotte.He is a member of theCollegeofEngineering Advisory Councilat Notre Dame and serves as the IBM coordinator for the Notre Dame Corporate Agent Program.

The Distinguished Engineering Lecture Series exposes students to engineers who have achieved at the highest levels in their specific fields. Speakers from various disciplines are featured throughout each academic year to give students an overview of the diverse opportunities available in engineering and to provide them with a better understanding of the role of engineering in society and the impact they, as engineers, can have.

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