Eager Grant

Eager Grant

Computer scientist developing predictive models for diagnosing heart disease The University of Delaware’s Hagit Shatkay is spending her sabbatical at an unusual place for a computer scientist — a hospital. An expert in computational biology and medical informatics,...
GPU Computing

GPU Computing

University of Delaware named an NVIDIA GPU Education Center The University of Delaware has been named a GPU Education Center by NVIDIA, a computer technology company that has pioneered GPU-accelerated computing. GPU Education Centers are institutions recognized for...
SPARC-ing Ideas

SPARC-ing Ideas

New space for computer science students aimed at facilitating teamwork Students in Terry Harvey’s software engineering class at the University of Delaware spend a lot of time designing their projects for course client, Maggie Pletta of Delaware’s Department of Natural...
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,...