He is also the technical adviser for nine States on the Microsoft Antitrust Settlement. His current research interests include operating systems, thin-client computing, web and multimedia systems, and performance evaluation. Nieh is the recipient of the 2004 Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award, the 2004 Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award from the Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Department of Energy Early Career Award, an IBM Faculty Award, and two IBM Shared University Research Awards. He earned his B.S. from MIT and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, all in Electrical Engineering.