News & Announcements
Leafsnap named as one of Scientific American's top 10 apps for smart phones and tablets
Jan 02, 2013 - Leafsnap is a mobile app that uses visual-recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.
Ben Bederson now part of the CHI Academy
Dec 26, 2012 - Ben Bederson elected to be part of the Association for Computing Machinery’s CHI Academy, an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.
Lise Getoor, her student, and colleagues win Best Paper Award at the 2012 ASE International Conference on Social Informatics
Dec 19, 2012 - Lise Getoor, her student, Hossam Sharara, and colleagues, Lisa Singh and Janet Mann, won the Best Paper Award at the 2012 ASE International Conference on Social Informatics, held in Washington D.C from December 14-16
Jim Reggia wins the Graduate School Research and Scholarship Award for Summer 2013
Dec 19, 2012 - Jim Reggia wins the Graduate School Research and Scholarship Award for Summer 2013.
Larry Davis elected as a Fellow of ACM
Dec 18, 2012 - Professor Larry Davis has been elected as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), for his contributions to image processing and computer vision.
Dr. Michael Cummings and team publish results of a study that identifies genetic loci associated with drug resistant malaria parasites in Southeast Asia
Dec 17, 2012 - Dr. Michael Cummings and an international team have published results of a study that identified genetic loci associated with drug resistant malaria parasites in several countries in Southeast Asia.
V.S. Subrahmanian delivers the keynote address at the Computer Society of India's Annual Convention in Kolkata, India
Dec 01, 2012 - Professor V.S. Subrahmanian delivered the keynote address at the Computer Society of India's Annual Convention held in Kolkata, India. He spoke on "Intelligent Infrastructure: International Security and Beyond".
Yiannis Aloimonos interviewed on All Things Considered at the National Public Radio
Nov 27, 2012 - Yiannis Aloimonos was interviewed on All Things Considered at the National Public Radio about his paper: "Leadership in Orchestra Emerges from the Causal Relationships in Movement Kinematics".
Louiqa Raschid and Sahana Software Foundation (SSF) involve in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts
Nov 17, 2012 - Sahana Software Foundation's Eden product was used to support 'Occupy Sandy' - a volunteer-based effort to bring assistance to the devastated NY and NJ communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Jeff Hollingsworth leads Super Computing 2012 (SC12) as General Chair
Nov 16, 2012 - Jeff Hollingsworth served as the General Chair of the Super Computing 2012 Conference (SC12) held between November 10 and 16 at Salt Lake City, Utah.