Threads 2006

Threads is the official newsletter of the Department of Computer Science, published once each semester

2006 Spring - 10(1)
  • Chair's Message (Pankaj Agarwal)
  • Alexandar Hartemink receives grant
  • John Reif co-chair NSF workshop
  • Herbert Edelsbrunner elected to AAAS
  • Welcome new secondary faculty
  • New grants awarded
  • A new vision for artificial intelligence at Duke
  • Computer-chemistry yields new insight into a puzzle of cell division
  • Sensor networks in Duke Forest
  • Duke phones installed with voice recognition
  • 2005 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
  • Computer Science Undergraduate Research Fellows (C-SURF)
  • Try a podcast
  • Student Profile: Kevin Yi
  • Student awards
  • Welcome new students
  • Company seeks clarity on voting machine rules
  • Duke hosts regional "Battle of the Brains" programming competition
  • Student publications/presentations
  • Recent graduates
  • Keep in touch
  • Alan W. Biermann retires
  • Departmental meeting and picnic
  • TechConnect 2005
  • Charity event benefiting child's play
  • Podcasting symposium
  • Annual holiday party
  • Talks [upcoming]
  • inDuke
  • New staff member: Cheryl Wallace
  • Amber DeFusco takes Smartcommute challenge
2006 Fall - 10(2)
  • Chair's Message (Pankaj Agarwal)
  • Welcome new faculty: Bruce Donald and Vincent Conitzer
  • New grants awarded
  • Ron Parr receives NSF award, participates in DOD program
  • Jeff Chase promoted to full professor
  • Faculty appointments
  • Stream Data Processing
  • Marriage of Math and Genetics
  • High-Dimensional Data Analysis
  • Academic Podcasting
  • Interdisciplinary minors for undergraduates
  • Student Profile: Hao He
  • May & August 2006 Graduates
  • Undergraduate awards
  • Keep in touch [alumni news]
  • Graduate Student Research Day
  • Student Publications/Presentations
  • Welcome new students
  • Graduate fellowship awards
  • Alice Symposium
  • First Annual Bouchet Society lecture series and poster session
  • JFLAP Faculty Adopter Workshop
  • Harambenet 2006
  • Frontiers 2006
  • Techconnect 2006
  • New staff member: Pam Spencer
  • Scenes from grad student orientation