Articles from May 2011

Dr. Hourcade interviewed by fyi

Friday, May 6, 2011
Professor Juan Pablo Hourcade was interviewed by fyi as a part of its "Get To Know" series. He discusses his free, open source software projects: Open Autism Software and PointAssist.

Dr. Segre interviewed by DI

Friday, May 6, 2011
Department Chair Alberto Segre was interviewed by the The Daily Iowan about the increase in Informatics majors.

Hansen and Hourcade win award at MexIHC 2010

Friday, May 6, 2011
Doctoral student Thomas Hansen and Professor Juan Pablo Hourcade won the Best Paper Award at the Mexican HCI Conference (MexIHC 2010) for their paper titled "...

Jensen and Laugesen win Android App Challenge

Friday, May 6, 2011
MCS student Tyler Jensen and undergrad Austin Laugesen won the Android (TM) App Challenge.

Signorini launches software company

Friday, May 6, 2011
PhD student Alessio Signorini has just launched Immersive (Acquired by Kairos AR on April 6, 2015), an early stage company headquartered in Boulder, Co.

Brenneman promoted to System Engineer at VA

Friday, May 6, 2011
Graduate student Tiffany Brenneman has been promoted to System Engineer within the Operating Systems Group at the VA Hospital in Iowa City.

Atkinson named 2011 SIAM Fellow

Friday, May 6, 2011
Kendall Atkinson, Professor Emeritus, was named a 2011 SIAM Fellow for contributions to the numerical analysis of integral equations and to the teaching of numerical analysis.

Padmini Srinivasan honored by The University of Iowa Graduate College

Friday, May 6, 2011
Padmini Srinivasan earned top recognition from The University of Iowa Graduate College for excellence in mentoring graduate students. She was honored during a ceremony Dec. 7, 2010.

David Naylor has been named the recipient of the Sanxay Prize for the 2011-12 academic year.

Friday, May 6, 2011
David Naylor, a computer science senior, has been named the recipient of the Sanxay Prize for the 2011-12 academic year.