Faculty Updates

The Department welcomes three new faculty members, Dr. Chaoli Wang, Dr. Scott Kuhl, and Laura Brown. Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in computer and information science from the Ohio State University in 2006. He recently completed two years as a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Davis. His research focuses on large-scale data analysis and . . .

CS Alum Recognitions

We send congratulations to two of our Computer Science alums. Dan Wakeman, B.S. in Computer Science 1990, was named to Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders list for 2009. According to Computerworld’s website, “Computerworld’s annual list of the men and women shaping the IT industry showcases the best talent in the industry.” Dan is currently the . . .

Ph.D. Student Receives Best Paper Award

Computer Science Doctoral candidate Alicia Thorsen, Assistant Professor Phil Merkey, and Professor Fredrik Manne from the University of Bergen, Norway received the Best Paper Award for their paper, “Maximum Weighted Matching Using the Partitioned Global Address Space Model”, at the High Performance Computing and Simulation Symposium (HPC 2009) March 23-25 in San Diego, California. Alicia . . .

Computational Discovery and Innovation: Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative

Michigan Tech has announced a strategic faculty hiring initiative in Computational Discovery and Innovation. This initiative is this year’s reflection of the Board of Control’s commitment to enlarge the University’s faculty by 10 positions each year in strategic, interdisciplinary areas. Advanced computation is integral to research and educational activities across Michigan Tech. Thus, a search . . .