He was also a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for the Mathematics of Information (CMI) at Caltech in 2008. Salman is a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including the Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award in 2013 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2011, the Michael Tien ’72 Excellence in Teaching Award in 2012, the Young Investigator Program (YIP) award from the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research in 2011, the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2010, and the David J. Sakrison Memorial Prize in 2008.