News & Events Archive - 2003
Computer Science Resource Pages Now Available
A new set of Computer
Science resource pages is now available at the GSU library web
site. These pages contain links to online computer science journals,
information on GSU's print journal holdings, instructions for accessing
GSU's online science databases, and information on locating resources
for computer science in the library and online. (Posted
11/4/03)
Weeks Receives Instructional Innovation Award
On March 26, Dr. Michael Weeks received the
Instructional Innovation Award at the Teaching and Learning Expo. In his
award-winning presentation, entitled "Using PDAs in the Classroom," Dr.
Weeks used a PDA to run his PowerPoint presentation, and he passed around
another PDA running a "magic square" game that the members of the audience
could try out.
Dr. Weeks' talk included a lively discussion of embedded systems, what
they are, how they differ from desktop computers, and their importance in
the future of computing. He discussed his embedded systems course (CSc/Phys
4110/6110), and how he developed it, based partly on student inputs, into
a PDA-based programming course. Student projects have been a consistent
part of the course through its evolution, and Dr. Weeks talked about how
students program PDAs in their projects. (Posted
11/4/03)
Harrison Named Distinguished Cancer Scientist
Dr. Robert Harrison, Associate Professor of Computer
Science, was designated as a Distinguished Cancer Scientist by
the Georgia Cancer Coalition. The Georgia Cancer Coalition established the
Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists Program as the cornerstone
of its research agenda. The goal of the program is to recruit leading and
nationally renowned cancer clinicians and scientists to Georgia who are
engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research. Dr. Harrison will receive $100,000 per year for five
years to work on new discoveries that will unlock the mysteries of cancer
and benefit the citizens of Georgia. (Posted
11/4/03)
Pan Delivers Keynote Speeches in China and Japan
Dr. Yi Pan, Associate Professor of Computer Science, delivered a keynote
speech at the 2003 International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed
Processing and Applications held in Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, during
July 2-4, 2003. Dr. Pan's talk was entitled "Computing on the Restricted
LARPBS Model." He also gave a keynote speech at the 2003
International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Applications and Technologies held in Chengdu, China, during August
27-29, 2003. The talk was titled "Artificial Life Techniques for
Message Routing in Optical Multistage Interconnection Networks." (Posted
11/4/03)
Zhu Joins Department
Dr. Ying Zhu joined the department in
August as an assistant professor. Dr. Zhu received his B.S.
in computer science and application from
Southwest Jiaotong University in
China, his M.S. in computer software engineering from the
University of Electronic Science and
Technology in China, and his Ph.D. in computer science from
George Mason University. His research
interests are computer graphics, computer security visualization,
software visualization, and biomedical visualization.
Dr. Zhu's Ph.D. dissertation was titled "3-D Model Reconstruction,
Motion Simulation and Biomechanical Visualization of Knee Joints."
For the last three years, he was a senior software developer for
Computer Associates International in
Dallas, where he worked on the Vega Prime project, a 3-D real-time
simulation and visualization software development toolkit used by NASA,
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and other companies. (Posted 7/9/03; updated
11/4/03)
Computer Science Students Receive Awards
at Honors Day
Nine computer science students were presented with awards at
the annual Arts and Sciences Honors Day ceremony. The Outstanding
Teaching by a Graduate
Student Award was given for the first time this year. The following list shows all
awards and the winners:
Outstanding Senior Award
