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Joshua R. Smith (born 1968) is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer and a professor at the University of Washington. He is known for research on wireless power (including WREL[1]), backscatter communication (including WISP[2] and Ambient Backscatter[3][4]), and robotic manipulation.
He received a PhD degree from MIT in 1999, SM from MIT in 1995, MA from Cambridge University in Physics in 1997, and a dual BA in Computer Science and Philosophy from Williams College in 1991.[5] He was at Intel Labs Seattle from 2004 to 2010, and joined the faculty of the University of Washington (UW) in 2011.[6] He is the Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor in Entrepreneurial Excellence at the University of Washington[6] and leads the UW Sensor Systems Lab[7] and directs the UW-Amazon Science Hub.[8][9]
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,[10] recognized for "contributions to far‐ and near‐field wireless power, backscatter communication, and electric field sensing";[11] a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors;[12][13] and a 2013 Allen Distinguished Investigator.[14]
Several startup companies are commercializing technology from his lab, under license from the University of Washington: Wibotic,[10][15][16] eLoupes (as Proprio[10][17]) Jeeva,[10] and Corisma.[13] His PhD research at MIT was commercialized to make a smart airbag system.[13]
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