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Professor named
The University of Delaware’s Michela Taufer, the David and Beverly J.C. Mills Career Development Chair of Computer and Information Sciences, has been elected to a three-year term on the steering committee for the SC Conference Series.
Programming honors
The University of Delaware programming team participated in the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest on Nov. 1, finishing 11th among 188 teams in the Mid-Atlantic regionals. Representing UD were Kahn Duong, Andre Marianiello, Ryan McKenna and Alexander Stachnik.
International ethics
The University of Delaware has been awarded more than $200,000 by the National Science Foundation to collaborate with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on an international research ethics project.
NSF Career Award
UD’s Ben Carterette has been awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research on search engines.
Highly cited
Three University of Delaware professors — Pamela Green, Blake Meyers and Cathy Wu — are among the world’s top scientists, according to the recently launched Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list.
NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Austin Cory Bart, ’12 Honors BS, cum laude, has received the fellowship to support his graduate study at Virginia Tech. He has this to say, “I owe a lot to the faculty at Delaware for getting me to where I am today. VT is a great school and I’m really enjoying it, but I’m still very much a Blue Hen at heart.”
Computer science collaboration
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell learned how University of Delaware computer and information sciences (CIS) professors and local teachers are working together to enhance K-12 computer education during a visit to UD’s Newark campus June 23.
‘Battle of Decades’
University of Delaware alumnus Roger Craig will compete in the two-day Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades tournament finals to air Thursday and Friday, May 15 and 16.
Goldwater Scholars
Three University of Delaware students have earned scholarships from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
Formalism fame
Vijay K. Shanker was given the Association for Mathematics of Language award for his work in natural language processing.
INBRE leaders
For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
CIS showcase
UD students in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences assisted young people from area schools in developing games during the fall semester.