2003-2004 Department of Computer Science and Engineering
2003-2004 Department of Computer Science and Engineering
2003-2004 Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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Student Awards & HonorsTristan Weir, a senior computer science major,received an Honorable Mention in the <strong>2004</strong> Computing ResearchAssociation’s Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Undergraduate Award competition.Weir, who performs research under Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Stephen Yau, isalso a <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Homel<strong>and</strong> Security Scholar <strong>and</strong> founder <strong>of</strong>eKIDZ, a computer education program for middle school students.Graduate student KarenChancellor has received an NSF Graduate ResearchFellowship to support her work with Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Chitta Baral onknowledge representation <strong>and</strong> reasoning in biologic pathways.The award provides Chancellor, who already holds an M.D. fromDuke University, with tuition <strong>and</strong> a stipend for three years.Graduate student Toni Farley receiveda <strong>2003</strong> AT&T Labs Fellowship to support her work on Internet <strong>and</strong>network security under Pr<strong>of</strong>essors Andrea Richa <strong>and</strong> Nong Ye.The award provides tuition <strong>and</strong> a stipend for three years. Farleyalso has a mentor from AT&T, Patrick McDaniel <strong>of</strong> the SecureSystems Group, <strong>and</strong> will intern at AT&T next summer.Danny Greg Little, a computer science major,won ASU's first annual Programming Competition in <strong>2003</strong>. In<strong>2004</strong>, he participated as an honorary judge for the event. Dr.Panchanathan also invited Greg to perform research as anundergraduate research assistant for the Center for UbiquitousComputing (CUbiC). Greg is currently studying face recognition inthe context <strong>of</strong> an assistive device for people who are blind.“Holding H<strong>and</strong>s”on Campus IsPopularUnder the guidance <strong>of</strong> the Center forUbiquitous Computing (CUbiC) faculty,four students in the Ira A. Fulton School<strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong> the College <strong>of</strong>Technology <strong>and</strong> Applied <strong>Science</strong> placedthird overall in Micros<strong>of</strong>t’s Imagine Cup<strong>2004</strong> national s<strong>of</strong>tware designcompetition. StudentsVish Ramach<strong>and</strong>ran,Srinivas Vadrevu,Swami Venkataramani<strong>and</strong> Sriram Thaiyar won a$2,000 prize for their product HoldingH<strong>and</strong>s, a personal mobile device thattells a user who is blind what is in theirenvironment <strong>and</strong> how they can interactwith it. The device can be used ineveryday navigational <strong>and</strong> functionalscenarios. Smart features are alsoincluded in the device, allowing thesystem to identify <strong>and</strong> predict user actionover time. Micros<strong>of</strong>t’s Imagine Cup is aninternational competition that awards a$25,000 gr<strong>and</strong> prize for inventing aproduct that affects lives through smarttechnology <strong>and</strong> mobile devices.ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 5
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