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The News (headlines with text)
Graduation 1999 Awards Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999. Jonathan Marx Senior Prizes were awarded to Ashutosh Agrawal and Sally Chu. These prizes recognize outgoing and energetic students who are community minded. An Alan Marx Teaching Award was given to Christopher H. Jeuell, for excellence in the support of undergraduate teaching. The Marx senior awards are provided in memory of Jonathan Marx '85 and his father Alan Marx, JD '61.
The Computer Science Prize for Academic Excellence was given to David Liben-Nowell. This award is given annually at graduation and recognizes a student who has achieved excellence in academics, promise in the area of research (typically, published work), and a commitment to the field of Computer Science in terms of teaching and/or other leadership activities.
New Age of CS Education and Research at Cornell Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999. Digital Arts and Culture. Human and Social Systems. Computational Finance. Global Communcation Networks. Genomic Studies. Information Science. These are some of the evolving subject areas that are likely to be represented in Cornell's latest effort to apply the study of Computing and Information Science across a wide array of disciplines. Imagine cross-disciplinary efforts bringing top scientists together to teach and do research in units that overlap existing academic and research domains. These units would share a common resource in the form of a program encompassing all aspects of the computing sciences. Such an effort has the potential to create bold new venues for the advancement of collaborative work at Cornell.
The proposed changes would create a new unit, containing the current CS department, that would have a broad university-wide role in computing research and education. Some of the concrete steps initially proposed include:
1) Build on the Theory Center's current research expertise in Computational
Science to develop a strong companion instructional program to train
undergraduates and graduates in this area.
2) Create a new sub-unit in Digital Arts and Culture. This would have a
focus similar to MIT's Media Lab, but again it would encompass both research
and education.
3) Create a third new sub-area in Human and Social Systems, bringing
together current efforts across the campus and allowing them to interact
much more closely with the core Computer Science Department.
The proposed changes will allow a much broader range of collaborations between CS and
departments and units throughout the University. It will also allow CS to take a much
stronger leadership role in computing research and education throughout Cornell. The
result should be a very dynamic and creative environment for computing research and
instruction at the University.
Preliminary
report of the Task Force on Computing and Information Science (June 1999).
Van Loan Named Chair of CS Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999. Professor Charles Van Loan, was recently named the new chair of the University's Department of Computer Science. Van Loan begins his five-year term July 1, succeeding Robert Constable, who has served as chair for the past five years. (complete story in the Cornell Chronicle)
Update on 1999 Senior Survey Results Date: Friday, May 28, 1999. We now have placement results for over 80 members of the Class of 1999 (89 of 150). At this writing, the average salary is $52,380. Over 15% of those who have reported, are continuing on for the MEng in Computer Science. Any senior who has not filled out a 1999 Senior Survey is encouraged to do so.
3 Seniors Selected As Merrill Presidential Scholars Date: Friday, May 7, 1999. Matthew Chiu (Engr), David Liben-Nowell (Arts), and Vladimir Livshits (Arts) have all been selected as Merrill Presidential Scholars. Merrill Presidential Scholars are graduating Cornell seniors who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic achievement, strong leadership ability, and a potential for contributing to society. Only 35 seniors are selected University-wide for this high honor. Scholars are named to receive this honor by the dean of their respective colleges. Each scholar recognizes a high school teacher who most inspired his or her scholastic development. He or she also selects a Cornell faculty member who most significantly contributed to his or her college educational experience. The scholars are recognized at a special convocation hosted by Cornell's president and attended by the college deans. A scholarship is then given in the name of each of the high school teachers to an incoming Cornell freshman from the teacher's high school or geographical area.
Matthew Chiu selected computer science faculty member Brian Smith as his most influential college professor. David Liben-Nowell selected Jon Kleinberg, also a computer science faculty member. And Vladimir Livshits selected Professor Ira Wasserman, from the Astronomy Department.
Tardos Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Date: Thursday, May 6, 1999. Eva Tardos, Professor of Computer Science, was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for $33,000. She will use this award for sabbatical research at Berkeley next year. (refer to the May 6, 1999 issue of The Cornell Chronicle for a complete story)
Announcing Marx Senior Prizes Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999. Prizes of $500 each will be awarded to two graduating seniors who have majored in computer science. Winners will be selected based on demonstrated leadership qualities, extra-curricular activities (both in and out of Computer Science), and for being generally friendly and helpful to classmates and others. Additionally, all applicants must have at least a 3.0 grade average. For more information, see prize poster. Deadline for submission: May 10, 1999. Details & submission instructions.
Michael Kassoff '00 Wins Top Microsoft Award Date: Friday, April 2, 1999. Michael Kassoff was selected as the winner of the 1999 Microsoft Junior Award at Cornell University. This award includes a check for $1,000 to be applied toward tuition. Kassoff was selected from among an elite group of computer science majors. Candidates were selected based on their academic achievements, as well as contributions to teaching and research in the Department of Computer Science. Kassoff has done research work with Professor Dan Huttenlocher in addition to completing coursework at the PhD level in computer science.
New Building Will Connect Upson and Phillips Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999. "After months of discussion, one of the most radical facelifts in the 130-year history of Cornell is finally in the planning stage. If approval is given by the university administration, both a new research center and a major landscaping project could transform the Engineering Quad within three to four years.
| "The research center, Duffield Hall, will rise on the quad adjacent to the west side of Phillips Hall and stretch the length of the building to Upson Hall. Perhaps the most impressive feature of the three-story building will be a huge atrium connecting Duffield with Phillips and Upson." (taken from the 3/25/99 issue of The Cornell Chronicle: complete story) | |
Liben-Nowell
Named Churhill Scholar Date:
Thursday, March 11, 1999. David Liben-Nowell A&S '99, has been named a Churchill
Scholar for 1999-2000. Only eleven Churchill Scholars in the country are named each year.
The Churchill Scholarship supports one year of post- baccalaureate study at Cambridge
University for students in math, the sciences, or engineering. David is a College Scholar
with majors in computer science and philosophy and a concentration in cognitive studies.
He has done undergraduate research with Professors Kleinberg, Morrisett, and
Constable. In December of 1998, Liben-Nowell was selected for honorable
mention, in the Computing Research Association's presitgious Undergraduate Research
Award competiton. Related article in the Cornell
Chronicle.
In April of 1998, Liben-Nowell '99 (Arts) was one of four winners from Cornell University of a prestigious Goldwater scholarship which recognizes outstanding sophomores and juniors across the nation. The Goldwater scholarships honor former US Sen. Barry M. Goldwater and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
5 Sophs Win Lockheed Martin Research Awards Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999. Five sophomore computer science majors were recently selected as this year's recipients of the Lockheed Martin Awards for Outstanding Achievement and Academic Service. The winners of this year's awards were: Jeremy Kubica, Matthew Harren, David Feldman, Ayan Mandal, and Aleksey Kliger.
Among the selection criteria were academic achievement, research accomplishments, and/or service to the teaching mission of the Department of Computer Science. Each winner will receive a cash award of $500 and a $500 research account to use for educational purposes during the next academic year. A special reception and dinner is planned for April to honor the award winners. Cornell faculty and administrators are slated to attend along with Steve Betza, Lockheed's Chief Information Officer.
BOOM Date Changed to March 30th Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999. The computing research fair that had been scheduled for Wednesday, March 31st, has been changed to Tuesday, March 30th (4:15pm -- 7pm). BOOM stands for "Bits On Our Minds" and is a fair that showcases student efforts in digital technology and applications. BOOM will be attended by faculty, students, and company representatives and is a great opportunity to show off your work. Projects from courses, research, or your own independent work are welcome --- we want to see any cool projects! Please register your project (today!) at:
For any further questions, please contact: Prof. Sheila Hemami (EE / hemami@cs.cornell.edu); Prof. S. Keshav (CS / skeshav@cs.cornell.edu); or Prof. Bart Selman (CS / selman@cs.cornell.edu).
Birman Named ACM Fellow Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999. Professor Kenneth P. Birman, CS, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's oldest and largest organization of computer professionals. He will be formally inducted, along with 33 other new members, at the ACM awards banquet to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan on May 15. The award recognizes Birman's work in creating fault-tolerant systems for distributed computing as well as his service for six years as editor of "ACM Transactions on Computing Systems." He is also the author of many publications, including two books.
Selman Selected as Sloan Fellow Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999. Professor Bart Selman was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Sloan fellowship is an extraordinarily competitive award, involving nominations of the very best new scientists of this generation from around the country. The Sloan fellowship carries with it a grant of $35,000, to be used in a flexible and largely unrestricted manner so as to provide the most constructive possible support of the awardees research.
Kleinberg Wins Major ONR Award Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999. Professor Jon Kleinberg was recently notified that his research on algorithms for networks and link-structured data has resulted in an Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator grant of $100,000. The Office of Naval Research announced Kleinberg's achievement as part of the Young Investigator Program (YIP) in which U.S. citizens, nationals and permanent residents holding tenure-track faculty positions at U. S. institutions of higher education who received Ph.D. (or equivalent) degrees on or after 01 December 1991 are invited to submit research proposals in support of naval research interests. ONR awards approximately 28 awards of $100,000 per year for three years. Selection criteria are: (1) past performance, demonstrated by the significance and impact of previous research, publications, professional activities, awards and other recognition, etc; (2) a creative research proposal, demonstrating the potential for making progress in an important, Navy-relevant scientific area; and (3) a long-term commitment by the university to the applicant and the research. ONR's Young Investigator awards are intended to confer honor upon awardees beyond the research funding being provided.
Consultants Needed! Date: Monday, January 25, 1999. They say that teaching is the best way to learn. Why not check it out? Consultants are still needed for CS 100 and 211. Come to Upson 303. Applications are on the door of Laurie Buck's office.
Computing Fair Scheduled for March 31st Date: Monday, January 4, 1999 Are you ready for BOOM 1999? BOOM stands for "Bits On Our Minds". BOOM is a CS fair that showcases student efforts and creativity in digital technology and applications. Open to all CS and EE students. If you are interested in participating or attending, visit the BOOM '99 site. Link here to see some photos of last year's fair. [NOTE: the date of the fair has been changed to Tuesday, March 30th]
Microsoft Offers Women's Scholarship Date: Monday, January 4, 1999 "Microsoft Corporation is pleased to announce that we intend to offer a Microsoft Women's Technical Scholarship at Cornell for the 1999-00 academic year. The goals of the Women's Technical Scholarship are to encourage and enable women studying computer science (or a related technical discipline), and to give these students the opportunity to interview for an enriching summer internship.
"The scholarship recipient award will cover 100% of the cost of tuition for 1999-00 academic year. Students should visit http://www.microsoft.com/college/womenscholar.htm for application information. Special Cornell deadline is Monday, February 8th, 1999." --Mary Blain, Scholarship Coordinator. Email: scholar@microsoft.com.
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