Please answer the following question: Facts: - residence: houston , united states - fields: algorithms , devices embedded computing physics , applied mathematics computer architecture , circuits compilers - workplaces: rice university , usa nanyang technological university , singapore - name: krishna.v.palem - citizenship: american Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of krishna palem .
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krishna v. palem is an american computer scientist and engineer of indian origin and is the kenneth and audrey kennedy professor of computing at rice university and the director of institute for sustainable nanoelectronics -lrb- isne -rrb- at nanyang technological university -lrb- ntu -rrb- .he is recognized for his '' pioneering contributions to the algorithmic , compilation , and architectural foundations of embedded computing '' , as stated in the citation of his 2009 wallace mcdowell award , the '' highest technical award made solely by the ieee computer society '' .