Three NECSTLab students got the IEEE Computer Society Lance Stafford Larson Writing Award:
- Davide Quarta won first prize in the graduate Lance Stafford Larson Writing Award competition with “An Experimental Security Analysis of an Industrial Robot Controller”;
- Chiara Di Vece and Filippo Bracco won the 3rd price in the undergraduate Lance Stafford Larson Writing Award competition with “BIE-PInCS: Brain Injury Evaluation with Pupillometer based on INfrared Camera System”
Davide, Filippo and Chiara are all students at Politecnico di Milano and members of the Student Branch IEEE PoliMi and of the DEIB NECSTLab.

The IEEE Past President Robert Larson and his family established the Lance Stafford Larson Writing Award in memory of their son who died in an electrical accident while he was an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland. The award helps students develop excellence in their communication skills and motivates students in their achievements in computer science.
This year the Computer Society presented two Larson awards of $500 each, one to an undergraduate student and one to a graduate student. Runners up received a certificate of commendation.
The challenge for the Awards and Recognition Committee in 2017 was choosing from among the 23 strong papers submitted by 17 Undergraduate and 12 graduate students in 2017.

Further details are available at
http://interface.computer.org/ieee-computer-society-selects-winners-lance-stafford-larson-writing-award/#.WmJ8NO-U0yk.facebook.