The Purdue University Department of Computer Science welcomes Dr. Aman Yadav as a new Assistant Professor of Computer Science by courtesy, effective immediately. Dr. Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Psychology program in the College of Education.
In Fall 2012, Nadya Ortiz will be joining the Department of Computer Science to pursue her M.S. degree and begin her teaching assistantship. Ortiz has been selected as a finalist for the 2012 Google Anita Borg Scholarship and was invited to attend the Annual Google Scholars' Retreat.
Professor of Computer Science Eugene Spafford was one of four faculty to receive a Morrill Award at the 2012 Faculty Awards Convocation. The Morrill Award recognizes faculty members who have excelled as teachers, researchers and scholars, and in engagement missions.
CS professors Jan Vitek, Ananth Grama, and Suresh Jagannathan have received a three-year NSF grant to advance sensor technology and computer simulation tools for tracking and improving the performance and reliability of "smart" wind turbines and wind farms.
On Monday, April 16, 2012, the Purdue University Department of Computer Science hosted CONNECT Through the World of Computer Science, a free event geared toward high school sophomores and juniors. Open to all students, young women were the main target audience of this outreach endeavor.
The Department of Computer Science recognized its 2012 Distinguished Alumnus on Friday, April 13. Alumnus Larry Peterson (MS '85, Ph.D. '85) - now the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, was joined by faculty, staff, and students for a reception and a lecture.
In February 2012, Professor of Computer Science Bharat Bhargava was recognized as the Guest of Honor at the Sixth Annual Convocation of Chitkara University in India.
Ph.D. student Rongjing Xiang has received a 2012-2013 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, "which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study."
On April 2, 2012, annual awards were announced at the CERIAS 2012 XIII Annual Information Security Symposium. Chris Clifton, Associate Professor of Computer Science, was named a Fellow of CERIAS and Jeffrey Seibert, a Computer Science PhD candidate, was recognized with a Diamond Award.
Associate Professor of Computer Science Dongyan Xu is one of five Purdue University College of Science faculty named a University Faculty Scholar for 2012.
The ongoing art exhibition in the Lawson Computer Science Building was once again highlighted by University media, this time in an interview with two of the featured artists: Petrônio Bendito, Associate Professor of Art and Design, and Professor of Computer Science Greg Frederickson.
Computer Science faculty members David Gleich, Jennifer Neville, and Xavier Tricoche have received CAREER Awards! These are the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research and excellent education.
