Third Annual Computer Science Research Day - Fall 2009
Date: Monday September 21, 2009
Location: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, University of Delaware
The Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware proudly announces its Third Annual Computer Science Research Day on Monday September 21, 2009. The Research Day will showcase the research being conducted by the graduate students in our department and will serve as a forum for interaction between graduate students, faculty, alumni, and research professionals from industry and government. We are also very pleased to introduce our graduate programs (MS and PhD) to undergraduate students and faculty from other universities.
Student Employment Opportunities
Job announcements, internships, assistantships and other opportunities that we receive from time to time.
Professor Taufer's "Docking@Home" project featured by "Scientific American"
The human brain benefits from taking breaks, but a computer can go strong all day. So why not enlist its power in cutting-edge research while you are away reenergizing over coffee or lunch?
Preethi Natarajan wins UD Theodore Wolf Dissertation Prize
Ms. Preethi Natarajan won the 2009 Theodore Wolf Prize for the outstanding PhD dissertation in the Physical and Life Sciences (Chemistry, Physics, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Geology, Marine Studies, Climatology and Agricultural Sciences). Preethi's dissertation, entitled "Leveraging Transport Services for Improved Application Performance" was officially completed in Winter 2009 under the guidance of her adviser, Professor Paul Amer.
Ph.D. students march around the Green
On May 29th, several graduate students in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences marched around the Green as part of the hooding ceremony for students graduating with Ph.D. degrees.
For photos see http://www.cis.udel.edu/~chester/PHDparade09/.
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Professor Taufer sets up UD's fastest supercomputer
Professor Michela Taufer has deployed "Geronimo", a HPC Linux Cluster (triple NVIDIA Tesla S1070) from Penguin Computing making use of GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) for scientific computation. Geronimo's 12 GPU's deploy 2880 processing cores and there are an additional 48 conventional CPU's.
Professor Amer receives award from University at Albany
Paul Amer, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Sciences and professor of electrical and computer engineering, received the University at Albany Alumni Association's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, from his undergraduate alma mater (previously called State University of New York at Albany) on May 1 in Albany, N.Y. http://www.albany.edu/alumni/excellenceawards.php
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CIS students receive awards at Honors Day luncheon
At the Department's Honors Day Luncheon on May 8, 2009, thirteen students received departmental awards. Of the eleven awards, both the Frank A. Pehrson Graduate Student Achievement Award in Computer and Information Sciences and the Quantum Leap Innovations Graduate Student Exellence Award were shared by two students each.
To see photos, visit http://www.cis.udel.edu/~chester/HDlunch09/.
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CIS faculty Terrence Harvey wins prestigious Excellence in Teaching Awards
Eight University of Delaware faculty members received awards in recognition of their outstanding work in teaching and advising during the Honors Day celebration Friday, May 8. CIS faculty Terrence Harvey is one of the awardees of this competitive award.
CIS faculty Chandra Kambhamettu helps win $17.4-million NIH grant
Delaware took another major step toward expanding human health research with the official announcement April 27 of a new five-year, $17.4-million grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
