Intel Donation to Support Visual Computing at Cornell

Intel Corporation has donated $267,000 worth of Intel SandyBridge Xeon X7560 processors and computing equipment in support of Visual Computing research at Cornell University. The resources will help support Cornell graphics and vision researchers involved in the new Intel Science and Technology Center for Visual Computing, which includes professors Kavita Bala, Donald Greenberg, Doug James, Stephen Marschner, and Noah Snavely. The equipment will be used to tackle problems from physics-based sound rendering and vision-based modeling of homes and urban environments, to scalable visual rendering and virtual characters, and game-driven content creation.

Date Posted: 12/20/2011
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Johannes Gehrke is a finalist for the Blavatnik Award

The New York Academy of Sciences and the Blavatnik Family Foundation will honor Johannes Gehrke and six other faculty finalists for the 2011 Blavatnik Awards at the Academy's 8th Annual Science & the City Gala on November 14 in New York City. The winners will be announced at that time. The New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists were created in 2007 to acknowledge the excellence of our most noteworthy young scientists and engineers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The Awards recognize highly innovative, impactful, and interdisciplinary accomplishments in the life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering with unrestricted financial prizes for both finalists and awardees.

Date Posted: 10/21/2011
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Johannes Gehrke won a 2011 IEEE Technical Achievement Award

Johannes Gehrke was a 2011 IEEE Technical Achievement Award Recipient. He was cited for "pioneering contribution to novel data mining techniques and distributed query processing techniques". These awards are given "for outstanding and innovative contributions to the fields of computer and information science and engineering or computer technology, usually within the past ten, and not more than fifteen years", and include an honorarium.

Date Posted: 10/21/2011
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Gehrke, Kleinberg, Lee won Yahoo! Faculty Awards

Johannes Gehrke, Jon Kleinberg and Lillian Lee are each recipients of the 2011 Yahoo! Faculty Research and Engagement Program Awards. The Yahoo! Faculty Research and Engagement Program (FREP) is designed to produce the highest quality scientific collaborations and outcomes by engaging with faculty members working in areas of mutual interest. Through this program, academics across the globe collaborate with Yahoo! research scientists via visits to Yahoo!, access to our data and funds for their research.

Date Posted: 9/16/2011
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NY Times featured opinion-spam detection research

The New York Times carried an article on the opinion-spam detection research of CS PhD student Myle Ott, CS PhD student Yejin Choi (now an assistant professor at SUNY Stonybrook), CS/IS faculty Claire Cardie, and Comm/IS faculty Jeff Hancock. STS/IS faculty member Trevor Pinch is also quoted in the article.

Date Posted: 9/09/2011
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