Recent News & Accomplishments

 2006

Jen Golbeck was named one of the "Top 10 People to Watch" by IEEE Intelligent Systems Magazine.

Jen Golbeck was named one of the "Top 10 People to Watch" by IEEE Intelligent Systems Magazine.  read more

Ben Bederson won an IBM Faculty Award for his work on Piccolo.

Ben Bederson won an IBM Faculty Award for his work on Piccolo .  read more

 2005

Amol Deshpande has received an NSF CAREER award.

Amol Deshpande has received an NSF CAREER award.  read more

Vic Basili is the subject of a cover story in the Jan/Feb issue of IEEE Software.

Vic Basili is the subject of a cover story in the Jan/Feb issue of IEEE Software.  read more

Sujal Patel (B.S. 1996 C.S.), a co-founder of Isilon Systems, is the University of Maryland's Outstanding Young Alumnus for 2005.

Sujal Patel (B.S. 1996 C.S.), a co-founder of Isilon Systems, is the University of Maryland's Outstanding Young Alumnus for 2005.  read more

Vipin Kumar (Ph.D. 1982 C.S.) has been appointed Fellow of the ACM.

Vipin Kumar (Ph.D. 1982 C.S.) has been appointed Fellow of the ACM.  read more

Amitabh Varshney delivered a keynote speech at the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 05).

Amitabh Varshney delivered a keynote speech at the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 05).  read more

Sergey Brin (B.S. 1993 C.S.) and Larry Page were named Man of the Year by the Financial Times.

Sergey Brin (B.S. 1993 C.S.) and Larry Page were named Man of the Year by the Financial Times .  read more

A paper by Lorin Hochstein, Jeff Carver, Forrest Shull, Sima Asgari, Victor R. Basili, Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth, Marvin V. Zelkowitz just won the award for best paper by a student lead author at SC'05.

A paper by Lorin Hochstein , Jeff Carver, Forrest Shull , Sima Asgari , Victor R. Basili , Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth , Marvin V. Zelkowitz just won the award for best paper by a student lead author at SC'05 .  read more

Martin Paraskevov, Mohammad Toossi, and Nikolas Coukouma won the 2005 ACM Mid-Atlantic USA Programming Contest.

Martin Paraskevov, Mohammad Toossi, and Nikolas Coukouma won the 2005 ACM Mid-Atlantic USA Programming Contest .  read more