New Named Professor

New Named Professor

Lori Pollock appointed Alumni Distinguished Professor Lori Pollock has been named Alumni Distinguished Professor in the University of Delaware’s Department of Computer and Information Sciences, effective Sept. 1. The professorship was established with an endowment...
Cisters Goes National

Cisters Goes National

UD group for women in technology becomes official ACM-W student chapter CISTERS, a group that brings together women in technology-driven fields at the University of Delaware, has become an official ACM-W student chapter. A sub-group of the Association of Computing...
Big Data for Better Medicine

Big Data for Better Medicine

Researchers receive funding to facilitate translation of biomedical data Big data has become a big deal. Advanced computing technology has enabled the collection of huge amounts of data on topics ranging from weather and traffic patterns to human health and disease,...
Sept. 13-16 = ICTIR

Sept. 13-16 = ICTIR

UD to host International Conference on Theory of Information Retrieval The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will hold its International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval (ICTIR) at the University of Delaware from Sept. 13-16. Information...
Putting Software on a Diet

Putting Software on a Diet

NSF grant to support the development of energy-efficient software Concerns about battery life, heat creation, fan noise and overall high energy costs have driven the development of more energy-efficient computers and mobile devices over the past two decades. But the...
Big Data, Better Health Care

Big Data, Better Health Care

UD computer scientists team with clinicians to improve care for patients with chronic kidney disease Electronic health records have the potential to reduce the incidence of medical errors, duplication of tests, and delays in treatment. But problems can arise when...