A paper by Associate Professor Yakov Nekrich, Computer Science, has been accepted for the 61st ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms 2021 (SODA21), which will take place virtually January 10-13, 2021. Nekrich is sole author of the accepted article, “New Data Structures for Orthogonal Range Reporting and Range Minima Queries.” An extended version of the paper . . .
Associate Professor Kuilin Zhang, Civil and Environmental Engineering and affiliated associate professor, Computer Science, was featured in a recent article on Michigan Tech News. The article appears below. Link to the original article here. By Kelley Christensen, September 28, 2020. Networked data-driven vehicles can adapt to road hazards at longer range, increasing safety and preventing . . .
U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of colleges and universities was released last week and, once again, Michigan Tech appears on several the new lists. Michigan Tech appears on the following ranking lists: Complete ranking lists and more information about the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of colleges and universities can be . . .
Don Lafreniere (SS/GLRC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $324,310 other sponsored activities grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project is entitled, “Advancing Deep Mapping Infrastructure for Community-Driven Spatial Humanities: The Keweenaw Time Traveler.” Sarah Scarlett (SS/GLRC), Robert Pastel (CS/GLRC) Karla Kitalong (HU/GLRC), and Dan Trepal (GLRC/) . . .
The Copper Country Coders program is back for the 2020-2021 academic year — in a new all-online format. The fall kick-off meeting will take place at 1:00 p.m., this Saturday, September 26, 2020. Both students and their parents should attend the first meeting. Find the Zoom link here. All local middle and high school students . . .