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Tom wins the CHESS Student Research Paper Award!
Thomas Ugras wins the CHESS Student Research Paper Award. He is the winner from full field of papers submitted for the year 2024, and will be honored with a 5-minute presentation at the 2025 CHESS User Meeting.