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Computer Science News
Announcements

Dr. Varahan and Dr. Atiquzzaman received the "Alumni Teaching Award" for Fall 2007. Dr. Varahan's award was for 'Scientific Computing I" and Dr. Atiquzzaman's was for "Computer Organization".
Two new faculty postions are available beginning August 15th 2008.
The School of Computer Science sponsored a team to do public service work at The Big Event on April 5, 2008 . Barbara Bledsoe was the team leader. The team helped Middle Earth Childcare by building sand boxes, painting rooms, and cleaning.
Mohammed Atiquzzaman has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Dr. Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman has been selected to receive the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the IIT Madras. Dr. Thulasiraman with the award.
Dr. Andrew Fagg and Adam Brown from School of Art, have been selected to teach a Presidential Dream Course in Spring 2009, entitled, "Sm[ART] Spaces". This course will bring together students from computer science, engineering, and the arts to explore the technological, social, and artistic implications of embedding throughout our environment small devices that are capable of sensing, computing, communicating and acting.

Students

Christopher Utz, Mohammed Javed , and Shengguan Qian received $250 scholarships from the School of Computer Science Advisory Board at the spring meeting. The scholarships were presented by Advisory Board Chair Roger Rowe, and Director Le Gruenwald.
Kieu Oanh (Kelly) Tran received the Ronnie Irani International Student Leadership Scholarship for 2008-2009. This scholarship is recognizes an international student who has demonstrated leadership skills by initiating unique programs, leading others towards achievement in areas which benefit the entire university community, and any other innovative program established as a result of the applicant's initiative, creativity, and commitment.
OU graduate Anita Vallur was nominated for Rookie of the Year at National Instruments in 2007.
CS Minor David John Gagne II won OU's Rita H. Lottinville prize.
CS junior Susan Collins received the AFCEA ROTC Scholarship. This scholarship rewards both academic excellence and outstanding leadership.
Computer Science senior, Adrianna Krueger, saves young boy's life.
CS Graduates (2005) Andres Hill and Mike Prosser were both nominated for Rookie of the Year at National Instruments.
Di Wang has been awarded an OU Computer Science PhD Fellowship.
Michael Tweeten and William Dabney earn "Outstanding Seniors" in Computer Science for the 2006-2007 academic year.
William Dabney received an honorable mention in the 2007 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Two CS students have won awards in the IBM Accessibility ODF Coding Challenge. Chase Pritchett won one of the two grand prizes: a Lenovo ThinkPad and a trip to Los Angeles to attend the "Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference", and Chris Humphreys won one of the ten runner up prizes: an Apple iPod Nano.
Dennis Ferron, a participant in our Research Experiences for Undergraduates site on Embedded Machine Learning Systems, has been awarded a prestigious Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Internship at Johnson Space Center for Spring Semester 2007.
CS Seniors William Dabney and Charles de Granville received an honorable mention in the 2007 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Award competition.

Faculty

Professor Andrew H. Fagg was awarded a subcontract from Northwestern University's project on "Developing a Bidirectional Central Nervous System Interface for Robotic Control" (funded by the NIH). The ultimate goal of this work is to develop prosthetic limb interfaces that connect directly into a patient's neocortex.
Dr. Dean Hougen had the honor of being selected to serve as a member of the site visit team for the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning.
Drs. Qi Cheng and Dean Hougen have been promoted to rank of Associate Professor.
The University of Oklahoma's Instructional Innovation program has awarded Dr. Yifei Dong and Dr. Xun Ge (Department of Educational Psychology) funding for their ongoing project, "OpenSEED: Empower Software Engineering Education Using Open Source Software Development Approach".
Dr. Mohammed Atiquzzaman won the "Regent's Award for Outstanding Research and Creativity".
Dr. S. Lakshmivarahan was recognized this month for his 28 years of excellent service to the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Sudarshan Dhall was recognized this month for his 27 years of excellent service to the University of Oklahoma.

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