Deborah Estrin (born December 6, 1959) is a Professor of Computer Science at

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. She is co-founder of the non-profit Open mHealth and gave a

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talk on small data in 2013. Estrin is known for her work on sensor networks, participatory sensing, mobile health, and small data. She is one of the most-referenced computer scientists of all time, with her work cited over 128,000 times according to Google Scholar. In 2009, Estrin was elected a member of the

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for the pioneering design and application of heterogeneous wireless sensing systems for environmental monitoring.

Career

Estrin entered the

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in 1977, majoring in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). After graduating from Berkeley with a BS degree in 1980, she moved to the

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, where she received her PhD (1985) in EECS under the supervision of

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. She has also received honorary degrees recognizing her work: a degree honoris causa from EPFL in 2008, and an honorary doctorate degree from

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, Sweden in 2011. Estrin was a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California between 1986 and 2001, and at the

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(UCLA) between 2001 and 2013, where she was the founding director of the NSF-funded

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(CENS). In 2012, Cornell Tech announced Estrin as the first academic hire to the high-tech campus in New York City. At Cornell Tech, Estrin is the Robert V. Tishman '37 Professor of Computer Science. She is also the founder of the Health Tech hub and director of the Small Data Lab, and a member of the Connected Experiences Lab. Estrin's research has focused on using mobile devices and sensors to collect and analyze data, with applications to health and well-being. Her non-profit startup, Open mHealth, created open data sharing standards and tools that allow developers of health applications to store, process, and visualize data. Her research also explores immersive recommendation systems and the privacy implications of user modeling and data use. Estrin has received numerous academic and popular recognitions for her research. She was named one of ''

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'''s "Brilliant 10" in 2003. In 2007, she was elected a Fellow of the

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, and in 2009 was inducted into the

. She is a fellow of the ACM and the

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. In 2018 she was elected as a McArthur Fellow for "Designing open-source platforms that leverage mobile devices and data to address socio-technological challenges such as personal health management". She is the daughter of the late

Gerald Estrin Gerald Estrin (September 9, 1921 – March 29, 2012) was an American computer scientist, and professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department. He is known for his work on the organization of computer systems, on parallel processing and SARA ...

, also a UCLA Computer Science professor, and of the late

Thelma Estrin Thelma Estrin (née Austern; February 21, 1924 – February 15, 2014) was an American computer scientist and engineer who did pioneering work in the fields of expert systems and biomedical engineering. Estrin was one of the first to apply compute ...

, a pioneering engineer and computer scientist also at UCLA. She is the sister of Judy Estrin, and a wife to Ache Stokelman.

Awards

*1987:

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's Presidential Young Investigator Award *2007: Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation *2008: Doctor Honoris Causa EPFL *2009:

*2011: Doctor Honoris Causa

, Sweden *2017:

IEEE Internet Award IEEE Internet Award is a Technical Field Award established by the IEEE in June 1999. The award is sponsored by Nokia Corporation. It may be presented annually to an individual or up to three recipients, for exceptional contributions to the adv ...

*2018:

MacArthur Genius Grant The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 ind ...

*2022:

IEEE John von Neumann Medal The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually "for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology." The achievements may be theoretical, technological, or ...

Estrin is featured in the Notable Women in Computing cards.

References

External links

TEDMED talk on small data, 2013

Open mHealth

Publications

Video (6 min.) of Deborah Estrin being awarded the Anita Borg Institute's Women of Vision Award, 2007

Video (4 min.) of Deborah Estrin's acceptance speech for the Anita Borg Institute's Women of Vision Award, 2007

Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) home page
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Career

Awards

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