"Barr says his two decades of work in software development made him a better writer. 'A piece of software is made up of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of lines of code.

"Professor Shafiq is an outstanding computer scientist, and it is my pleasure to recognize his innovative work with the Dean's Scholar honor," Goddard said. "...

"Dr. Kyle Rector and her research team at University of Iowa took up this challenge.