Meenu Swaminathan
Ph.D. candidate/Graduate Research Assistant
Genesys Lab, EECE
Northeastern University, Boston
Technical Committee member of IEEE VTC 2015
Reviewer of IEEE Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2015)
Reviewer of IEEE Conf. on Computing, Networking & Communications (ICNC 2015)
Reviewer of PLUS ONE
Volunteer IEEE INFOCOM 2016
Department Service
Northeastern ECE Ph.D. Student Seminar Series (NEPSSS) Organizing Committee
STEM motivational talks and demonstrations to high school students through BuildingBridges Outreach Program
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2016
Maintain user groups and Linux server - teach and evaluate skills on C++ and NS3 simulator for a class of more than 70
Assist professors with lessons and grading - provide office hours, individual instruction and guidance through tutoring and mentoring
SERVICES
Outstanding Graduate Research (University Level), 2017, Northeastern University Mar 2017.
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NCWIT Collegiate Award, NCWIT Summit, Las Vegas, May 16 - 18, 2016 - Selected as one among the top 5 Women Engineers in USA.
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Research Impact Award in recognition of the exemplary performance in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, May 2015.
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Best Session Presentation award, IEEE INFOCOM, May 2017
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Best workshop contribution award & Travel grant for CPSWeek, April 2014, Berlin, Germany, from National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Honorable mention award, INFOCOM Pitchfest Challenge, Apr 2016
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And more than 10 academic excellence and professional achievement awards!
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AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS (RECENT)
FELLOWSHIPS/TRAVEL GRANTS
Young Researcher Fellowship for Organizing N2Women event, IEEE INFOCOM, May 2017.
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Travel grant for IEEE INFOCOM, 2017 from IEEE COMSOC, Apr 2017.
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Graduate Research Assistantship (May 2013 - Apr 2017), EECE, Northeastern University.
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NSF Young Professional Travel Award, NSF Early Careers Professional Workshop, Washington D.C., Mar 2014, (identifies promising young professionals in the STEM area and gives them networking opportunities with leading researchers).
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Graduate Teaching Assistantship (Sep 2012 - Apr 2013, Jan 2015 - Apr 2015), EECE, Northeastern University.
NEWS
EXTERNAL ​LINKS
NCWIT Collegiate Award reception at NCWIT summit, 16 - 18 May 2016
Research presentation at IEEE ICC conference, Malaysia, 24-26 May, 2016
Honorable mention award, IEEE INFOCOM, San Franscisco, 11-15 April, 2016.
Research presentation at INFOCOM, San Franscisco, 11-15 April, 2016.
Presenting the research in NEPSSS on 11/12/2015, at 4.00 pm.