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Volume 133, Number 45 Established 1881 WEATHER, p. 2 MIT’s Oldest and Fri: 65°F | 53°F Largest Newspaper Mostly cloudy sat: 62°F | 49°F Cloudy and windy tech.mit.edu SUN: 63°F | 45°F Sunny Established 1881 Volume 133, Number 45 Friday, October 11, 2013 Two MIT professors win MacArthur Fellowships Katabi and Seager awarded $625,000 each By Kath Xu to talk at the same time, nobody can under- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR stand anything.” The community that is working at the in- Established 1881 This year, the MacArthur Foundation se- tersection of EE and CS has been growing in lected 24 recipients of their MacArthur Fel- recent years. “It is still relatively small be- lowships, otherwise known as the MacArthur cause it is difficult,” Katabi explained. “You “Genius Grants.” Two MIT professors — Dina really need to have some background in EE Katabi MS ’99, PhD ’03 from the Department and some background in CS, and most people of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- don’t come equipped with this background.” ence, and Sara Seager from the Department A Syrian native, Katabi obtained her bach- of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci- elor’s degree from Damascus University in ences — were named MacArthur Fellows. The Syria before coming to MIT to obtain a Mas- MACARTHUR FOUNDATION Tech spoke with them to find out what excites ter’s and PhD. After completing her PhD Dina Katabi, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer them about their research, and what it’s like work, she joined the faculty, and is now the Science, was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellows Program fellowship. The program to work in male-dominated fields. director of the MIT Center for Wireless Net- “awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary Each fellowship includes an award of works and Mobile Computing (Wireless@ originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” $625,000, with no restrictions on how the MIT) and NETMIT (Networks@MIT). Katabi’s work at MIT involves improving electrical communications, especially wireless data funds are used. This is an increase from the Although Katabi says that the low repre- transmission. $500,000 given out to last year’s recipients, sentation of women in her field crosses her who included MIT writing professor Junot mind sometimes, she deems it “annoying” Established 1881 Diaz. but not enough to prevent her from doing the “This year’s class of MacArthur Fellows is things she wants to do. an extraordinary group of individuals who “When you are doing what you are pas- collectively reflect the breadth and depth of sionate about, you love your work, and you American creativity,” wrote Cecilia Conrad, don’t worry who [you’re with],” Katabi said. Vice President of the MacArthur Fellows Pro- “You are with colleagues who are also pas- gram, on the MacArthur Foundation’s web- sionate about the stuff that they do. You have site. Through its no-strings-attached prize more in common than the gender with them. money, the fellowship is meant to further en- You have the passion about what you are courage the winners’ creativity. doing.” Katabi is excited not only by her research Dina Katabi topic, but also by the process of research itself. For over a decade, Professor Dina Katabi “The thing that fascinates me about re- has worked on improving the speed and se- search in general — and I think this is prob- curity of wireless networks. Her research at ably true for all researchers here working at the Computer Science and Artificial Intel- MIT — is really the process of discovering ligence Laboratory straddles the traditional something new,” said Katabi. “It’s just like Established 1881 division between electrical engineering (EE) you are reading a book. Imagine you are read- and computer science (CS). ing a mystery book, every new page reveals According to Katabi, the key limitation something new that just gets you even more of today’s wireless networks is their abil- attached to discovering more. That process of ity to handle interference. Through her re- research is really what’s most exciting.” MACARTHUR FOUNDATION search, she aims to minimize the effects of Recently, Katabi has worked on devel- Sara Seager is also a recipient of a 2013 MacArthur Fellows Program fellowship at interference. oping technology to see through walls and MIT. A professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the “Wireless is a shared medium, so it’s like track moving humans on the other side using Department of Physics, Seager’s work is mainly focused on exploring the possibility of life speaking in your room,” Katabi described. in our galaxy. “If you have so many people who are trying MacArthur Page 14 Voodoo magazine has funding restored IN Short Quarter 2 Registration for un- UA Council investigated whether Voodoo violated Title IX in its publications dergraduates is open. Gradu- ate student registration opens on By Omar Ibarra was denied funding in Finboard’s Other council members ques- Voodoo in May 2013 to discuss Tuesday at 8 a.m. — registration STaff REPORTER preliminary allocation decision, tioned whether the only reason these concerns. According to closes for all on Wednesday, Oct. which was released to the UA that Voodoo was given this much Vice-Chair of Finboard Cory Her- 16 at 1 p.m. The Financial Board (Fin- Council for approval on Sept. attention was because the maga- nandez ’14 in an email to the UA board) of the Undergraduate As- 25, 2013. One day later, Kononov zine’s editor, Konokov, was on the council, after this meeting, Voo- Applications for Leadershape sociation (UA) has now released sent a lengthy email to the UA council board as the president of doo seemed amendable to meet- this IAP are open. The camp — its trimesterly funding allocations council describing her objections Senior House. They pointed out ing with MIT’s General Counsel, held Jan. 17–22 — has limited space for student groups. This release, with Voodoo’s defunding, stating, that the Council was not closely SAO, Finboard and Title IX co- and is open to all undergraduates. delayed by about a week, comes among other things, that she be- scrutinizing smaller groups that ordinators to ensure their future The deadline to apply is Nov. 9. on the heels of Voodoo Magazine lieved Finboard was attempting to did not have direct ties to the UA. leadership did not “cross the successfully appealing Finboard’s exercise “ungrounded, sub rosa fi- The voting members of the UA lines into harassment in their hu- The next Choose to Reuse event decision to revoke Voodoo’s fund- nancial censorship.” In response, Council consists of representa- mor.” Voodoo eventually success- is Thursday, Oct. 17 in the Stata ing on the grounds of a Title IX four other council members ob- tives from the dorms, Interfrater- fully appealed to regain their full Center lobby closest to Main complaint. Voodoo is headed by jected to the allocations, causing nity Council, Panhellenic Coun- funding and Vassar Streets. This one is Senior House co-president and the vote to be delayed until the cil, and Living Group Council. R. Gregory Morgan, a mem- for clothing and accessories only. member of the UA Council Alina next UA Council meeting on Oct. In the end, the UA council vot- ber of MIT’s General Counsel, Drop-off starts at 8 a.m. and pick Kononov ’14, 9, per council procedure. ed to reinstate Voodoo’s funding, recommended against restricting up lasts from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In December 2012, Student Ac- Some council members sug- contingent on the condition that Voodoo’s funding in the future, tivities Office (SAO) director Leah gested a lack of transparency in they meet with the SAO and Fin- through a written statement pre- There is no school this Monday Flynn received an unofficial com- Finboard’s allocations process. “It board to discuss the complaint. sented at the UA Council meeting. and Tuesday due to the Colum- plaint from the original author of seems the entire process is very This is not the first time Voo- UA president Sidhanth Rao bus day holiday! The Tech will not a comic that was recaptioned in cloudy; between the people who doo has been denied funding. In ’14 stated that though a decision publish on Tuesday. Enjoy the long Voodoo. Flynn forwarded it to the want the funding and the people the Spring-Summer 2013 alloca- should be made at the council weekend! MIT Association of Student Activi- who review the funding, only the tion cycle, Voodoo claimed they meeting, the decision would be ties (ASA), who brought the com- people who are doing the alloca- were treated unfairly by Finboard open to an appeal process after- Send news information and tips plaint to Finboard for consider- tions know the process,” said An- when they received only half the wards, giving more time to discuss to [email protected]. ation in the next allocation cycle. drew Dorne ’14, president of the amount of their requested fund- the implications of Title IX in re- According to Kononov, Voodoo Interfraterntiy Council. ing. In response, Finboard met gards to Voodoo’s publication. DreaMinG OF GOODBYE, PU PU hot Pot DUrinG coLUMBUS Boston LYric SECTIONS World & Nation . .2 Hello, Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room! 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