[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E15]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING DR. RADA MIHALCEA ON BEING AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL 
            EARLY CAREER AWARDS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 13, 2010

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Rada 
Mihalcea. Dr. Mihalcea is an engineering researcher from the University 
of North Texas who will be honored by the White House on January 13, 
2010, for her groundbreaking research on understanding the meaning of 
text and her exemplary commitment to education and community service.
  Dr. Mihalcea serves as an Associate Professor for computer science 
and engineering at UNT, which is located in Denton, Texas. She is among 
100 university researchers nationwide who will receive the Presidential 
Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This is one of the 
highest honors a scientist can receive in the United States.
  Dr. Mihalcea's research focuses on finding a way to combine several 
different monolingual and multilingual lexical resources and 
integrating them into educational applications. Such applications could 
be useful in assisting Spanish-speaking individuals understand English 
texts by providing simpler synonyms or translations into English. This 
innovation is expected to make a huge impact on the local community and 
the Nation once successfully implemented.
  Dr. Mihalcea will be the first professor from any university in the 
Dallas/Fort Worth Area to receive the Presidential Early Career Awards 
for Scientists and Engineers. She was nominated by the National Science 
Foundation, who also awarded her the CAREER Award in 2008 for her work.
  Madam Speaker, it is with great honor that I rise today and 
congratulate Dr. Rada Mihalcea, a recipient of a 2010 Presidential 
Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, and thank her for her 
outstanding academic achievements and continuing dedication to the 
University of North Texas. It is an honor to represent Dr. Mihalcea and 
the University of North Texas in the United States House of 
Representatives.

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