Department news
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.