Threads Fall 2010

	Robert Calderbank Joins Duke as CS Faculty and Dean of Natural Sciences With a twinkle in his eye, Robert Calderbank leans back in his chair. "I like to organize things. I like to encourage activity," he says, gesturing to the bustling campus outside the windows of his new office. "I like to try to make a difference" more »
	Vince Conitzer Receives NSF CAREER Award What is the best way to win rock, paper, scissors? Game theory -- the study of how to optimally “play” in a situation where multiple people or machines interact -- suggests it is to play a random assortment. more »
	Donald Lab's Software Predicts MRSA's Next Move Researchers in Bruce Donald's Lab are using computers to identify how one strain of dangerous bacteria might mutate in the same way a champion chess player tries to anticipate an opponent's strategies. more »
	Marilyn Butler Joins CS as Graduate Program Coordinator The Department is pleased to welcome Marilyn Butler, a Duke alum, as our new Graduate Program Coordinator. A founder and long-time manager with the local coop grocery, Weaver Street Market, ... more »
	A Hands-On Summer Experience in the LaBean Lab As a junior at the North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham, Pat Videau was sick of working at a fish store every summer. Interested in biology, Videau called a colleague of his mother's at Duke University. more »
	Graduation: Degrees conferred for 2009-10 The Department congratulates our newest graduates who were awarded degrees at commencement ceremonies on May 16. more »
	We Welcome Our New Students The Department welcomes eighty students, including nineteen PhD and eight MS students. We also welcome fifty-three new undergraduate majors and minors. more »
	Graduate Alum Profile: Min Wang If catapulting from a fresh-faced PhD graduate to director of a major research laboratory for the world's largest IT company within a single decade sounds like a challenge, then Min Wang has certainly achieved a significant accomplishment. more »
	Undergrad Student Profile: Liz Liang Like many pre-med students, Liz Liang was deciding between biology and psychology courses when she joined Duke's freshman class in 2006. But on a whim, the Seattle native instead enrolled in the Duke Emerging Scholars in Computer Science program. more »
	Duke Hosts WISER African Teachers for Technology Training As the sun rose on Muhuru Bay, Kenya, on February 1, 2010, thirty excited young women arrived for their first day of classes at WISER, the region's first all girls boarding school. more »
	Undergraduate Awards Presented The Department extends congratulations to the recipients of the undergraduate student awards which were announced at graduation ceremonies. Alex Vasilos Memorial Awards and Senior Thesis Project awards were given. more »
	Summer Programs 2010: Alice, ARTSI, HarambeeNet Though classes were not in session, the LSRC bustled this summer. Professors from around the country, and area teachers and students participated in national conferences, educational workshops, and summer camps. more »
	Department Hosts RoboCup Junior Competiton In the darkened auditorium, students flank a 4’ by 6’ soccer field, their eyes fixed on a blinking electronic ball. Four robots buzz around the field, knocking the ball back and forth. One team groans as their robot pops a wheelie ... more »

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