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...
Up in the cloud

Up in the cloud

Computer science alumna named IBM Fellow for container cloud research While she was still an intern at IBM, University of Delaware alumna Gosia Steinder published a paper about an early version of cloud computing technology  —  well before it was called “cloud.” Now,...
Getting from here to there

Getting from here to there

UD team reports new approach to data reduction for intelligent transportation systems Intelligent transportation systems enable people to make smart travel choices, whether it’s selecting an alternate route to avoid a minor traffic backup or figuring out the safest...
Inspiring computer scientists

Inspiring computer scientists

Pollock wins influential educator award for work as mentor, innovator Lori Pollock is determined to challenge the perception that software engineers merely interact with their programming environment on their computers. “The most effective software engineers are those...