Elizabeth Michelle Belding is a computer scientist specializing in

mobile computing Mobile computing is human–computer interaction in which a computer is expected to be transported during normal usage and allow for transmission of data, which can include voice and video transmissions. Mobile computing involves mobile commun ...

and

wireless network A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications networks, and business installations to avoid the costly process of introducing cables int ...

s. She is a professor of computer science at the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

Education and career

Belding graduated from

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

in 1996 with two degrees: one in computer science and a second in

applied mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematics, mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and Industrial sector, industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a ...

. Both degrees were Summa Cum Laude with Honors. She went to the University of California, Santa Barbara on a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, and completed her Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering in 2000. Her dissertation, under the name Elizabeth Michelle Royer, was ''Routing in Ad hoc Mobile Networks: On-Demand and Hierarchical Strategies'', and was jointly supervised by P. Michael Melliar-Smith and Louise Moser. She has been a member of the computer science faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara since 2000.

Recognition

Belding was named

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

(IEEE) in 2014 for "contributions to mobile and wireless networking and communication protocols". She was elected as an

ACM Fellow ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The title of ACM Fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals ...

in 2018 for "contributions to communication in mobile networks and their deployment in developing regions". One of her publications, on

Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing is a routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and other wireless ad hoc networks. It was jointly developed by Charles Perkins (Sun Microsystems) anElizabeth Royer (now Elizabeth Belding ...

in mobile networks, was selected for the SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award in 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belding, Elizabeth Living people American women computer scientists Florida State University alumni University of California, Santa Barbara alumni University of California, Santa Barbara faculty Fellows of the IEEE 2018 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American computer scientists 21st-century American women scientists