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June 12, 2003 Vol. 13, No. 46
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UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH TAIWAN Carnegie Mellon has reached an agreement with Taiwanese officials establishing new research and educational outreach programs with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and National Chiao-Tung University in Hsinchu, a research-rich area south of Taipei. —Research at the government-sponsored ITRI lab will focus on circuit design and its application in communication, information technology, computer and consumer electronics, and multimedia. "The lab is an important part of our strategy to integrate research in various centers, and it will be funded at about $1 million a year," said Pradeep Khosla, head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department. Other important lab research will include developing security on a chip, a technology now in demand by both consumers and industry sectors. —The new research lab "is designed to contribute significantly to technology developments in Taiwan and Asia," said ECE Professor Tsuhan Chen, who is co-director of the ITRI lab. —The educational component of the agreement begins a long-term relationship with National Chiao-Tung University, a Taiwanese technical university. Future projects include student and faculty exchanges and educational outreach programs. One outreach program will bring five to 10 outstanding Taiwanese students to study at Carnegie Mellon. —Further information: http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases03/030609_taiwan.html SEI DIRECTOR ACCEPTS POSITION AT GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Stephen E. Cross, director and chief executive officer of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), has announced he will be leaving the SEI to become a vice president at Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, effective Sept. 1, 2003. —Cross has been the director of the SEI since 1996. He joined the university in 1994, as a member of the research faculty and director of the Information Technology Center, a department in the School of Computer Science. Under his leadership, the SEI continued to provide leadership in the field of software engineering. —The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the applied research arm of the institute. Some 1,200 employees perform or support approximately $115 million in annual research for more than 200 clients in industry and government. PARKING PERMIT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE Parking Services is accepting permit applications online for the 2003-2004 year. The application deadline is 4 p.m., Friday, June 20. Submit your application through the Parking Services Web site at http://bizservweb.pc.cc.cmu.edu/parking/ —If you do not have Internet access, contact Parking Services at 412-268-2052 to request application materials. —Available parking lots and rates for 2003-2004 are listed on official.cmu-news, June 6. RENOWNED FLUTIST BEGINS MASTER CLASS AT SCHOOL OF MUSIC The School of Music has announced that the Jeanne Baxtresser International Flute Master Class will be held June 21 - 29. Baxtresser, the Vira I. Heinz Professor of Flute, will teach the class. She has held principal positions with three major orchestras, culminating with her tenure as solo flutist with the New York Philharmonic. She is recognized internationally as a leading recording artist, author and teacher. —World-renowned guest artists for the class include Mathieu Dufour, principal flute of the Chicago Symphony; Tim Hutchins, principal flute of the Montreal Symphony; Renée Siebert, flutist with the New York Philharmonic; and Marina Piccinini, winner of the Avery Fisher Prize and leading international flute soloist. —The class will end with a Gala Concert June 27 and 28 at Kresge Recital Hall in the College of Fine Arts Building. Admission is $10 at the door. NEWS BRIEFS —From 5 to 7 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, electric power will be shutdown in CFA, Hunt, GSIA, Posner Hall and Skibo Gym. Power will also be shutdown from 9 to 10 a.m. in housing buildings Donner, Margaret Morrison Apartments and Plaza, Boss, McGill, Hammerschlag House, Scobel and Welsh. Turn off all unnecessary appliances and computers on Tuesday, June 16, before leaving for the day. The shutdown is needed for the Henderson Hall construction project. PERSONAL MENTION —On June 5, Disney's Toontown Online, a Web-based multiplayer game, designed by the Entertainment Technology Center's Jesse Schell, won the People's Voice 2003 "Webby" Award for "Best Kids Website." A free trial of Toontown is available at www.toontown.com/ The Webby Awards are now in their 7th year. —The Mellon College of Science recently honored three members of its faculty. Reha Tutuncu, associate professor of mathematical sciences, received the Julius Ashkin Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has been praised for his consistent attention to individual students' needs and his ability to direct students working on complex projects. Professor of Biological Sciences John Woolford received the Richard Moore Award for his continued contribution to undergraduate education in the college. Woolford has previously received both the Ashkin Award and the Ryan Award, Carnegie Mellon's highest honor for teaching. Ksenija Simic, a fifth-year graduate student in mathematical sciences, received the Hugh D. Young Graduate Teaching Award. Her students have praised her extraordinary dedication and teaching ability. —Linda Argote, the David and Barbara Kirr Professor of Organizational Behavior at GSIA, has been named editor of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences. —Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate students Shelley Chen and Padmini Gopalakrishnan received a Master's Scholarship and a Graduate Fellowship from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) for outstanding academic achievement and microelectronics research. Their awards include tuition, a living stipend of $1,800/month, an annual gift of $2,000 to the ECE Department, networking opportunities, and travel expenses to the Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP) Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas. Chen's advisor is Babak Falsafi, assistant professor of ECE and CS; Larry Pileggi, professor of ECE and director, Center for Silicon System Implementation, advises Gopalakrishnan. —Diana Marculescu, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a Technical Leadership Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group in Design Automation (ACM-SIGDA) for her work on the organizing committee of the SIGDA Ph.D. Forum at the Design Automation Conference on June 3. Marculescu will have a tutorial on "Partially Asynchronous Microprocessors" at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture, the premier conference in computer architecture research, in San Diego, California, June 9 - 11. CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS —Saturday, June 21: Dell is supporting the Environmental Protection Agency¹s "Plug-In To eCycling" campaign by organizing a free computer recycling event with Carnegie Mellon. Drop off your unwanted computer equipment at the Morewood Gardens parking lot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for recycling. Accepted items include any brand of computer-related equipment‹computers, computer monitors, keyboards, mice, printers and other peripherals. Remove all data from your computer's hard drive and any removable media such as floppy disks or PC cards. If you would like to volunteer to work at the event, send email to bk11@andrew.cmu.edu or call 412-268-7858. Further information: www.dell.com/recyclingtour —Wednesday, June 25: Master of Public Management Program: Information session for Master of Science in Information Technology. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Hamburg Hall, Room 2503. RSVP to ageorge@andrew.cmu.edu or call 412-268-2164. Snacks will be provided. |
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