The CSE department is happy to announce that Prof. Bing Wang has been selected as one of the 2016 Women of Innovation honorees by the Connecticut Technology Council. The selection was made by a panel of judges from over 200 nominees. The Women of Innovation® Awards recognizes women accomplished in science, technology, engineering and math and […]
Month: April 2016
CSE Student Ashley Dumaine Runner-Up as Top Intern of the Year
Our congratulations to Ashley Dumaine (’16) for being recognized as the runner up for the top intern of the year. Ashley interned at Google in New York City and she also had the opportunity to spend time at Google’s Mountain View California headquarters. Dumaine has been acknowledged for her work with Google as a software/site reliability […]
ME Student Minoring in Computer Science Designs Prosthetic Limb
Stephen Hawes ’17 (Mechanical Engineering) had started working with Arduino kits in an introductory computer science and engineering class taught by Professor Jeffrey Meunier. Arduino boards are small circuit boards that can be programmed to control things – like turning a light on and off – based on input received from sensors. Hawes, who is […]
Google offers Women in Tech travel grants to 2 EUR conferences
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to encourage women to excel in computing and technology, we are pleased to offer Women in Tech Travel and Conference Grants to attend HITBSECCONF2016 – AMSTERDAM http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2016ams/ We are offering 3 grants, which include: Free registration for the conference Up to 1000 EUR towards travel costs (to […]
Mukul Bansal Receives NSF CAREER Award
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Dr. Bansal was […]
Translating DNA Information to Help Predict Risk of Disease
Knowing how our bodies are genetically composed is extremely important to keeping ourselves healthy. The ability to translate DNA information into a quantitative prediction of the risk to disease or observed phenotype is critical. Professor Jinbo Bi is currently leading a project collaborating with Professor Sanguthevar Rajasekaran entitled A High Performance Computing Foundation to Whole-Genome […]