Science and technology are transforming the way we live, and Tim Ward is working to make sure this transformation reaches everyone. Tim is the first student to pursue the Peace Corps Masters International (PCMI) in Computer Science at Michigan Tech, working in the remote Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Students in the program take courses on . . .
The Michigan Tech College of Computing offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in the Computing disciplines.
The Michigan Tech Board of Control granted emeritus rank to Steven Seidel, a professor of computer science, who died in June. Dr. Seidel played a substantial role in the growth of the Computer Science program throughout his career at Michigan Tech.
The Detroit News published a front-page story about crowdfunding at Michigan universities, focusing on Michigan Tech’s Superior Ideas crowdfunding site. The story quotes Natasha Chopp, Superior Ideas’ research development and marketing manager; alumna Linda Wittbrodt ’83; and Associate Professor Charles Wallace (CS).
PI Timothy C. Havens (ECE) and Co-PIs Laura Elizabeth Brown (CS), Saeid Nooshabadi (ECE) and Allan Struthers (Math), “BIGDATA: F: DKA: Heterogeneous Algorithms for Media Mining in Big Data Using Massively-Parallel Architectures,” National Science Foundation.
Michigan Tech is home to a supercomputer known as “Superior” and this computer is used for a variety of projects by research faculty right here in the Department of Computer Science: Laura Brown, Towards a reliable method for comparing large scale machine learning algorithms Ali Ebnenasir, Computational synthesis of self-stabilizing protocols Chaoli Wang, High-performance parallel . . .
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that the following students have earned: Jun Ma, PhD candidate in computer science Evgeniy Kulakov, PhD candidate in geology Colin Gurganus, PhD candidate in atmospheric sciences Suntara Fueangfung, PhD candidate in chemistry Fang Chen, PhD candidate in electrical engineering Xiaohui Wang, PhD candidate in electrical engineering Jennifer Riehl, . . .