inaugural chairship<\/a> honors the mid-1970s origins of MATLAB and the UNM Department of Computer Science. Cleve Moler was a professor in the Mathematics Department when he began developing MATLAB, a programming and numeric computing platform, to help his students access linear algebra libraries without writing advanced code. Led by the efforts of a group of mathematics faculty, the School of Engineering Department of Computer Science was formed in 1976. Moler became the chair of the department in 1980. He later co-founded MathWorks to commercialize the program.<\/p>\n\u201cAs the birthplace of MATLAB, the UNM Computer Science Department is deeply grateful for MathWorks\u2019 generous gift to establish this endowed professorship,\u201d said Donna Riley, Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing. \u201cThis funding was essential in helping us to attract senior faculty candidates at the absolute top of the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prabhakar will join UNM in December from Kansas State University, where she is currently a professor and the Peggy and Gary Edwards Chair in Engineering. For the last three years, she served as a program director at the National Science Foundation in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, where she managed a research portfolio exceeding $100 million among more than 200 principal investigators and projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Professor Pavithra Prabhakar as our inaugural MathWorks Endowed Chair in Mathematical and Engineering Software,\u201d Shuang (Sean) Luan, acting chair of the Department of Computer Science, said. \u201cHer expertise will further enhance the department\u2019s strengths in artificial intelligence, AI-enabled autonomous systems, cyber-physical systems, and robotics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prabhakar\u2019s research focuses on trust in AI-enabled autonomous, cyber-physical and robotic systems. She looks forward to collaborating with UNM faculty across disciplines and with experts at the nearby national laboratories, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUNM is an incredible place with excellent faculty. Given that I work at the intersection of computer science, engineering and math, I am looking forward to the collaborations I can build here,\u201d Prabhakar said. \u201cI\u2019m particularly excited about the opportunity to build a strong research and education program in trustworthy AI and autonomy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The endowed chairship honors MATLAB\u2019s UNM origins and establishes a permanent connection between MathWorks and UNM, enabling deeper collaboration between the two organizations.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a great honor to be named to a chair that recognizes Cleve Moler, the founder of MathWorks and a pioneer in mathematical and engineering software,\u201d Prabhakar said. \u201cHis work has had a lasting impact on how we approach computing in science and engineering, and I\u2019m proud to be associated with a position that reflects that legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prabhakar earned a master\u2019s degree in Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds a master\u2019s degree in Computer Science and Automation from the Indian Institute of Science and a bachelor\u2019s degree from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal.<\/p>\n
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