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COMPUTER SOCIETY CONNECTION<br />

Microsoft and IEEE have announced<br />

a collaboration that aims to<br />

increase the number of students<br />

engaged in technical pursuits. The IEEE<br />

Computer Society, which has long<br />

očered its student members access to<br />

free Microsoft software, is participating<br />

in the collaboration.<br />

“As an information provider to technical<br />

professionals, this collaboration<br />

with Microsoft will give us an expanded<br />

ability to introduce students to more<br />

internships, scholarships, and contests,”<br />

said Violet Doan, the Computer Society’s<br />

membership director.<br />

“Engineers make tremendous contributions<br />

to society by creating technologies<br />

that drive global economic<br />

growth,” said Walid Abu-Hadba, vice<br />

president of developer and platform<br />

evangelism at Microsoft. “The Microsoft-IEEE<br />

collaboration will provide<br />

aspiring engineers around the world<br />

undergraduate education through<br />

teaching and the organization of<br />

programs to promote excellence in<br />

undergraduate teaching.” Burd is<br />

the leader of Durham’s Technology<br />

Enhanced Learning Research Group.<br />

Her most recent grant, supported by<br />

the Teaching and Learning Research<br />

Program, focuses on investigating<br />

the use of multitouch software in<br />

classrooms.<br />

Call for Papers | General Interest<br />

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EEE Micro seeks general-interest submissions<br />

for publication in upcoming issues. These<br />

works should discuss the design, performance,<br />

or application of microcomputer and microprocessor<br />

systems. Of special interest are articles on<br />

performance evaluation ion and<br />

workload character-<br />

COMPUTER<br />

MICROSOFT AND IEEE COOPERATE<br />

TO SUPPORT STUDENTS<br />

with tools and resources to convert their<br />

innovative thinking into marketplace<br />

innovation by equipping today’s technical<br />

students for tomorrow’s jobs.”<br />

Microsoft and IEEE will work together<br />

to provide IEEE student members<br />

with access to Microsoft servers,<br />

development tools, and eLearning,<br />

including privileged access to more<br />

than 300 software titles as part of the<br />

MSDN Academic Alliance, a subscription<br />

service traditionally available only<br />

through educational institutions. An<br />

added benećt is the opportunity for<br />

science, technology, engineering, and<br />

math students to explore job opportunities<br />

with Microsoft partners and<br />

customers through the Microsoft Students<br />

to Business program.<br />

Learn more about IEEE Computer Society<br />

student activities at www.computer.<br />

org/portal/web/studentactivities/<br />

____ home.<br />

TAYLOR L. BOOTH<br />

AWARD<br />

Recipients of the Taylor L. Booth<br />

Award are presented with a bronze<br />

medal and $5,000 honorarium in<br />

recognition of an outstanding record<br />

in computer science and engineering<br />

education. A successful candidate<br />

must meet at least two of the following<br />

criteria in the computer science<br />

and engineering field:<br />

ization. Summaries of work in progress and descriptions<br />

of recently completed works are most<br />

welcome, as are tutorials. Micro does not accept<br />

previously published material.<br />

Check our author center (www.computer.org/mc/<br />

_________<br />

mi cro/author.htm) for word, fi gure, and reference<br />

limits. All submissions pass through peer review<br />

co consistent istent with<br />

other professional-level technical<br />

pu publications, ublications, and eediting<br />

for clarity, readability, and<br />

co conciseness. Contac Contact IEEE Micro at _____ micro-ma@<br />

computer.org with aany<br />

questions.<br />

Achieving recognition as a<br />

teacher of renown.<br />

Writing an influential text.<br />

Leading, inspiring, or providing<br />

significant education content<br />

during the creation of a curriculum<br />

in the field.<br />

Inspiring others to a career in<br />

computer science and engineering<br />

education.<br />

Michael Heath<br />

Michael Heath, chair of computer<br />

science at the University of Illinois<br />

at Urbana-Champaign, was selected<br />

in 2009 “for contributions to computational<br />

science and engineering<br />

education, curriculum and scholarship.”<br />

Heath is director of both the<br />

computational science and engineering<br />

program and the Center for<br />

Simulation of Advanced Rockets at<br />

UIUC. He was named an ACM Fellow<br />

in 2000.<br />

James P. Cohoon<br />

and Jack W. Davidson<br />

James P. Cohoon and Jack W.<br />

Davidson of the University of<br />

Virginia were recognized as winners<br />

in 2008 “for sustained effort<br />

to transform introductory computer<br />

science education through<br />

lab-based multimedia pedagogy<br />

coupled with examples that attract<br />

a diverse student body.” Cohoon’s<br />

research involves algorithms, probabilistic<br />

search, genetic algorithms,<br />

simulated annealing, and diversity<br />

in computer science education.<br />

Davidson performs research in<br />

programming languages, computer<br />

security, embedded systems, and<br />

computer architecture.<br />

Taylor L. Booth founded the<br />

University of Connecticut’s<br />

Booth Engineering Center<br />

for Advanced Technology and was a<br />

candidate for IEEE Computer Society<br />

president at the time of his death in<br />

1986. For more information on Computer<br />

Society awards, visit ____<br />

www.<br />

computer.org/portal/web/awards.<br />

______________________<br />

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