State Farm presented Computer Science and Computer Information Technology with a check for $50,000 on November 11 in the Lawson Commons.
Thanks to this gift Purdue Computer Science is able to increase its contribution to a national effort focused on training prospective secondary education teachers in computer science.
The CS4EDU project, started by computer science and education faculty in fall 2009 with funding from the National Science Foundation, will create new pathways for undergraduate education majors to become computationally educated secondary teachers. It plans to create a Computer Science Endorsement program based on the Educational Computing Standards set by the International Society for Technology in Education. In November 2009, CS4EDU will organize a workshop for computer science high school teachers. The workshop will bring together educators and computer scientists and address the challenges and opportunities computer science high school teachers face. This State Farm funded workshop will be crucial in identifying elements a successful endorsement needs to address and it will help build future relationships with computer science high school teachers.
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Professor Wojtek Szpankowski is a 2009 recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. This award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany goes to nominees who have provided significant impact on academics within their discipline, and are expected to continue providing cutting-edge discoveries during their careers. Recipients are to hold leading positions in foreign research institutes, and will collaborate with a research institute in Germany.
Szpankowski is the Saul Rosen Professor of Computer Science at Purdue. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Erskine Fellow, and the Humboldt Fellow. Szpankowski teaches and conducts research in analysis of algorithms, information theory, bioinformatics, analytic combinatorics, random structures, and stability problems of distributed systems.
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Professor Ahmed Elmagarmid is a 2009 recipient of an ACM Distinguished Membership. This honor is bestowed upon members whom have made significant contributions to the computing industry and have had at least 15 years of professional experience. Elmagarmid was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist along with 58 other scientists. With this prestigious distinction members will become part of the ACM Advanced Member Grades Program. They will also receive a certificate, a pin, and an ACM membership card annotating their distinction.
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