The FCC is honoring four employees. Recipients won the FCC’s Excellence in Engineering and Excellence in Economic Analysis Awards. The Excellence in Engineering Award recognizes Commission staff who have made outstanding engineering, scientific or technical contributions, while the Excellence in Economic Analysis Award recognizes Commission staff for outstanding economic analysis conducted in the course of their work at the FCC.
Janet Young and Kambiz Rahnavardy from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Robert Pavlak from the Office of Engineering and Technology are sharing the 2022 Excellence in Engineering award for their work creating highly complex models to detect harmful radio interference. Their work will help ensure that rapid, efficient, nation-wide radio communications service is available to all Americans, according to the agency.
Maciej (Mack) Wachala of the Office of Economics and Analytics has won the 2022 Excellence in Economic Analysis award for his work adapting a machine learning algorithm to a regulatory context to support device reimbursement for the Emergency Broadband Benefit program.
Wachala proposed a method of determining a price for a product that did not have a retail presence by implementing a similarity analysis to group devices with known prices based on their observable characteristics. His work can be used to determine a reasonable range of prices for subsidized devices in the Affordable Connectivity Program or any other set of devices for which the Commission provides, or will provide, reimbursement.
“Every day, the FCC benefits from the immense source of talent working within the agency,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “I’m proud to recognize Mack, Robert, Janet and Kambiz for their commitment to using their creativity and ingenuity in service of the public.”
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