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February 7, 2013 -- UD launches regional initiative to expand cyber security training in Delaware, Maryland
Ensuring the security of the world's and our own nation's computers and networks is a key national challenge
January 14, 2013 -- Taking 'multi-core' mainstream.
Computer processors that can complete multiple tasks simultaneously have been available in the mainstream for almost a decade.
December 6, 2012 -- Named Chair.
Michela Taufer, associate professor at the University of Delaware, has been named the David L. and Beverly J.C. Mills Chair of Computer and Information Sciences.
October 24, 2012 -- Driver's ed for robots.
How do you teach a robot to get into vehicle and drive it? Three University of Delaware professors plan to figure it out by the end of next year.
October 3, 2012 -- Brilliant 10.
UD alumnus one of Popular Science magazine's 'Brilliant 10' Young Scientists
September 19, 2012 -- CIS lecture series - Speaker series features prominent women in computer science
The University of Delaware Department of Computer Information and Sciences (CIS) has announced a distinguished speaker series featuring prominent women in computer science that will begin at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 19, in 004 Kirkbride Lecture Hall on the UD campus in Newark.
May 9, 2012 -- Seven faculty recognized for outstanding teaching, advising
Seven members of the University of Delaware faculty have been recognized for outstanding work in teaching and advising, and three graduate teaching assistants have received awards for excellence in teaching.
April 26, 2012 -- Paths to science careers
Hands-on research puts student scholars on paths to STEM careers.
April 2, 2012 -- Research instructional grant - Nearly $56,000 awarded to support course-based undergraduate research
Five academic programs on the University of Delaware campus have won instructional grants to promote a broad expansion of undergraduate research and scholarship via a course-based approach. James Atlas, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, is one of the recipients with the project "Big Ideas in Computer Science".
March 23, 2012 -- Helping Haiti - UD senior creates English to Creole translator for XO laptops
Eric McGinnis doesn't like to play games; rather, he likes to create them. During the fall of his junior year at the University of Delaware, McGinnis took a course called CISC 374, Educational Games Development. Earlier this month while on a service trip to Haiti, McGinnis developed an English to Creole tutor application to help Haitian women send emails and communicate in English, in collaboration with UD Prof. Lori Pollock and Richard Burns, a graduate research assistant.
Feb. 22, 2012 -- Georgia Tech's Bader to discuss scalability challenges in high performance computing
Can diseases in human populations be detected and prevented? How many currents can one electrical power grid handle? Who detects the community structure of large social networks? These are just a few of the emerging real-world graph problems that engineers currently examine. David A. Bader, from Georgia Institute of Technology, is a leading expert on massive-scale social networks, combinatorial optimization and parallel algorithms.
He will discuss the real-world applications and scalability challenges in high performance computing on Thursday, May 3, at 3:30 p.m., in Room 004 of Kirkbride Lecture Hall. His talk is titled "Opportunities and Challenges in Massive Data-Intensive Computing."
Dec. 19, 2011 -- Making learning fun, accessible - UD students create math games for middle school children
University of Delaware senior Bryan Mey understands that in order for kids to play a game, it has to be fun. He also knows that children are social by nature and enjoy playing games together. Mey's group was one five student teams to showcase their gaming creations Dec. 13, during the fall 2011 Educational Games Demonstration and Reception on campus. They are the fifth cohort of UD undergraduate students to complete the course since 2009. Developed by Lori Pollock, professor of computer and information sciences (CIS), and Terry Harvey, CIS assistant professor, the course enables UD computer science students to develop valuable technical and communication skills, while serving their community through interaction with CCCS. The course is supported through a National Science Foundation (NSF) Broadening Participation in Computing grant.
Dec. 12, 2011 -- UD-led team awarded $4.8 million in NSF, NIH funding for bioinformatics research
Major advances in the fields of molecular biology and genomic technology have generated a wealth of new biological information from the scientific community. Ease of access to this information and a process for extracting only the information required to answer specific biological questions are critical to future scientific advances.
University of Delaware Prof. Cathy Wu is principal investigator of two new research grants aimed at improving computerized databases to store, organize and index bioinformatics data and to create specialized tools to view and analyze the data.
Dec 9, 2011 -- James Clause is Co-PI on one of six University of Delaware Research Foundation Awards
How much power does your computer consume as you use that word processing software? Assistant professors Kristina Winbladh and James Clause are co-principal investigators on a project with Fouad Kiamilev, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Lori Pollock, professor of computer and information sciences, to develop a technique for measuring power consumption across the entire hardware platform and to map the consumption profile of a running software application. This information will help guide software designers in the development of more energy-efficient solutions.
The University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF), a nonprofit organization supporting fundamental research in all fields of science at UD, has awarded six strategic initiative grants for collaborative research in the life and health sciences, energy and the environment -- areas emphasized in the University's Path to Prominence.
Each project is led by at least one early-career faculty member working with one tenured faculty member, who serves as a mentor. Each grant totals $45,000-$55,000, which includes $5,000 in matching funds from both the provost's office and the lead faculty member's dean.
Dec. 8, 2011 -- Computing connections - Computer science and engineering students gain valuable networking experience
Students from the Departments of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) gained valuable networking and presentation experience by representing the University of Delaware at two national conferences. Students attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing and the Supercomputing Conference 2011.
July 15, 2011 -- Early quake alerts - Simulation modeling could enhance earthquake detection, warnings
Michela Taufer, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, is collaborating with researchers from Stanford University and the U.S. Geological Survey to implement a new network of seismic sensors aimed at arming communities with early earthquake detection and warning capabilities.
July 29, 2011 -- Influencing national security - CIS professor Cavazos customizes research for defense needs
Flying in a military jet, rubbing elbows with retired generals and getting an insider's view of the Department of Defense (DOD) were never part of John Cavazos' job description as a university professor, until recently. John Cavazos, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, was one of 12 junior faculty selected nationwide to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Computer Science Study Group. The program was created by the DOD to support university research that could lead to advances in defense and communications technology.
March 30, 2010 -- UD's Cavazos wins prestigious NSF Career Award
John Cavazos, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been selected a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award.
April 8, 2010 -- UD's Siegel wins NSF Career Award for scientific software research
Stephen F. Siegel, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been named a winner of the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research to ensure the accuracy of scientific software.
April 26, 2010 -- Alumnus Alan Atkinson of Xiotech to serve as entrepreneur in residence at UD
Alan Atkinson, president and chief executive officer of Xiotech Corp., one of the largest privately held data storage companies in the world, will serve as entrepreneur in residence at the University of Delaware on Thursday, May 6. (he's a UD CIS alum for undergrad)
April 23, 2010 -- UD's Swany works on application honored by Internet2
The Research and Education Data Depot network (REDDnet), whose lead collaborators include Martin Swany, associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has developed one of four applications named 2010 winners of the Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) Award.
May 11, 2010 -- Alumnus, entrepreneur shares his secrets of success with students
The road to becoming an entrepreneur leads in many directions, Alan Atkinson, University of Delaware alumnus and president and chief executive officer of Xiotech Corp., explained to a group of students, faculty and staff at UD on Thursday, May 6.
June 23, 2010 -- UD's Warthog among top competitors in national event
A team of University of Delaware graduate and undergraduate students traveled with their robot Warthog to Detroit from June 4-7 to compete in the 18th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC). Three years after its first entry garnered "rookie of the year" honors, Warthog is now a top competitor.
Aug. 23, 2010 -- EM Photonics, UD develop advanced algorithms for Air Force
EM Photonics and the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware have been selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to develop innovative algorithms for scientific computing, modeling and simulation for a multi-GPU environment.
Sept. 3, 2010 -- UD workshop explores multiscale computing of cloud physics
Over 50 people representing seven institutions exchanged ideas on multiscale computing of cloud physics at a workshop held Aug. 16-17 at Clayton Hall
Sept. 15, 2010 -– UD's Roger Craig wins unprecedented $77,000 on 'Jeopardy'
Editor's note: Roger Craig continued his winning streak on Wednesday's Jeopardy, adding another $24,401 to his total.
Roger Craig leaped to Jeopardy fame Tuesday night, winning $77,000 and unseating legendary Ken Jennings as the contestant with the highest one-day jackpot.
Sept. 21, 2010 –- Grad student's 'Jeopardy' streak continues into second week
Roger Craig, a University of Delaware graduate student who last week set a record for one-day winnings of $77,000 on the popular television game show Jeopardy, has continued his streak as champion into a second week
Oct. 18, 2010 -- International computing society designates Pollock a 'distinguished scientist'
Lori Pollock, professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been selected as a “distinguished scientist” by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Oct. 26, 2010 -- 3,168 processor cores to power new UD supercomputer
A University of Delaware research team has received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase a supercomputer -- named Chimera -- for high performance scientific computation
Nov. 8, 2010 -- Nov. 12: Computer Science Research Day set
The University of Delaware Department of Computer and Information Sciences presents its fourth annual Computer Science Research Day Friday, Nov. 12, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center.
Nov. 19, 2010 -- Computer science students excel in programming competition
Two teams from the University of Delaware's Department of Computer and Information Sciences competed in the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) MidAtlantic USA regional programming contest Nov. 6.
