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Kim Hazelwood, an assistant computer science professor at the University, recently joined the ranks of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Technology Review magazine named Hazelwood to its annual list of "Top 35 Innovators Under 35," which Zuckerberg, Page and Brin have all been honored with in the past, in the magazine's September/October issue. The list, which has been published since 1999, seeks to honor "the young innovators whose inventions and research [Technology Review Magazine finds] most exciting," according to the magazine's website.

Hazelwood was recognized for her work to develop computer programs that communicate more directly with hardware layers. These developments have made it possible for computer processors to monitor and make necessary adjustments when developers write applications, according to Technology Review.

Her contributions are visible in both commercial and academic realms as well. Currently, Intel employs the software she developed in several of its products, and ever since she made her software available for online download free of charge, it has been downloaded 45,000 times, she said. Moreover, during the last five years, 600 published academic papers cited using Hazelwood's software to conduct research.

Other honorees from this year's list include Celeste Nelson of Princeton University, who is working to reconstruct tissue architectures from scratch, and Mikhail Shapiro of Third Rock Ventures, whose work centers on commercializing neurotechnology.

Each year, Technology Review receives about 300 nominations. A panel of experts then sorts through the nominations, and the magazine's editors finalize the list to 35.\nHazelwood was "a bit surprised" to be featured on the publication's list.

"I'm still figuring out what it means," she said.

Computer Science Department Chair Mary Lou Soffa noted that it is not only Hazelwood's research - which she deemed as "state-of-the-art" - that has had an impact, but also the professor's work ethic and dynamic within the department.

"She's very committed to her science and to her students," Soffa said. "She also does work to increase diversity in computer science. We're very proud of her and her accomplishments."

Hazelwood has been a member of the University's faculty since 2005. She said the University's faculty members were a "key deciding factor" in her decision to come to the University, in addition to the "number of high-profile people, including [Mary Lou Soffa], that made it easy for [her] to come."

The University also has been a great place for Hazelwood to foster her research, she said.

"There are really great people here, not just the faculty but also students and graduate students," she said. "U.Va has a research focus, especially here in the engineering school. They give you the flexibility to focus on your research when you need to and don't stand in your way"

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