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CS&E Alumni Justin Levandoski Earns IEEE ICDE 2023 Ten-Year Influential Paper Award

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Justin Levandoski (Ph.D., 2011) earned the award for his work on “Bw-Tree” during his time at Microsoft. He is currently the director of engineering at Google.

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Alumni Corner: Amr Magdy

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Department of Computer Science & Engineering alumni Amr Magdy has received the NSF CAREER award to support his research on exploring scalable spatial data science. The project is titled "CAREER: Scalable Spatial Data Science on User-generated Data".

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CS&E Alumni Ron Vetter Named Founding Dean of College of Science and Engineering at UNCW

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Vetter completed his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Minnesota in 1992 with a focus on computer networks. He was advised by professor David Hung-Chang Du. 

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Alumni Corner: Jake Reynolds

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University of Minnesota alumni Jake Reynolds (B.S. Computer Science, 2016) specializes in enterprise web development and is currently the Head of Emerging Techology at NetSPI.

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CS&E Alumnus Ron Vetter Wins Richard E. Merwin Award for Distinguished Service from IEEE-CS

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Vetter has made significant and sustaining contributions to the IEEE-CS as an editorial board member for Computer, the flagship publication of the IEEE-CS, for the past 28 years.

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Alumni Corner: Wyatt Gustafson

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Wyatt Gustafson graduated with a B.S. in computer science in 2022. He is the co-founder of Refr Sports, an app that helps manage and schedule referees. Recently, he was named a finalist of the Carlson School of Management's MN Cup.

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Alumni Corner: Varun Chandola, NSF Program Director for Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

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CS&E alum Varun Chandola (Ph.D. 2009) was appointed the NSF Program Director for the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure in September 2021.

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Gang Fang Promoted to Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Computer Science Ph.D. alumni Dr. Gang Fang was promoted to full Professor in Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Parry Labs Appoints Mark Shepardson as Chief Technology Officer

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Alum, Mark Shepardson, joins Parry Labs LLC with his extensive background in disruptive software and computing architectures.

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NetApp Hires Microsoft Vet as Chief Product Officer

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Alumni, Harvinder “Harv” Bhela, joins NetApp as Chief Product Officer after nearly 25 years with Microsoft.