Alumni Relations

Recent CSE Alumni Achievements

The CSE department is very proud to share the recent accomplishments of its alumni.

Arvind (M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1973), founder of Bluespec, Inc., was awarded the distinction of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow. Arvind is a Professor of computer science at MIT and a former CSE department Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.

Charlie Betz (M.S. 2003) has written a book called, Architecture and Patterns for IT Service Management, Resource Planning, and Governance: Making Shoes for the Cobbler’s Children. Betz is currently a Senior Enterprise Architect for Wells Fargo.

Luke Francl (B.S. 2001) co-organized a new tech conference called Minnebar, where the attendees set the agenda for the programming. The St. Paul event took place in April and received a mention in the Pioneer Press newspaper. For more information, visit the MinneBar homepage.

Ananth Grama (Ph.D. 1996, Adv. Vipin Kumar) was promoted to Full Professor at Purdue University.

James P. Held (Ph.D. 1988 Adv. John Carlis) is an Intel Fellow and Director of Many-Core Architecture within the Corporate Technology Group at the Intel Corporation.

Sung W. (S.W.) Kim (M.A. 1974) was promoted to Senior Vice President of QUALCOMM. Kim also serves as the president of QUALCOMM Korea Ltd.

Bonnie Labosky (M.S.), formerly of Medtronic and Welch Allyn, was chosen to serve on the Board of Directors for Biophan Technologies. Labosky currently the CEO of a Twin Cities company called Cardiac Concepts, Inc.

Yingshu Li (M.S. 2003, Ph.D. 2005 Adv. David Du) won the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. Li is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Georgia State University.

Luis Malave (B.A. 1984) was named the new Chief Information Officer at the Insulet Corporation.

Mark Moran (B.S. 1984) was promoted to Chief Engineer at Ciprico.

Kenneth Ng (B.S. 1973, M.S. 1975) was promoted to Senior Vice President of Technologies at GuardianEdge Technologies.

Hui Xiong (Ph.D. 2005), now an Assistant Professor in the Management Science & Information Systems Department at Rutgers University, received the school’s annual Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award.

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Get involved! Mentor a student through the IT Mentor Program

CSE alumni are invited to participate in the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology Mentor Program, in which students are matched with professionals working in science, math, and engineering fields. Matches are made considering factors like common interests and areas of expertise.

Participating alumni will have the chance to introduce students to their business, exchange ideas with a new generation of leaders, and help a promising student succeed. Mentors not only gain personal satisfaction, but they also help their company with recruitment and community service efforts.

The time commitment is approximately two hours per month, October 2007 through April 2008. University staff provides the training, guidance, and invitations to campus activities, including professional meetings, lectures, and sporting events.

Registration begins in September. More information can be found at the IT Mentor Program page. The deadline to register for the 2007-2008 season is September 30. For more information, contact the Institute of Technology Alumni Society at 612-626-8282 or at .

Thank you for supporting IT students!

Alumni Spotlight

Download Alumni Spotlight - an excerpt from the fall|winter 2007-2008 issue of the CSE Soundbyte newsletter. (pdf)

Department Alumni Awards

Awards

• 2005 Donald Krantz
• 2003 Richard Weinberg
• 2001 Arvind
• 1999 Ted Johnson

Contact Us

Alumni, we want to hear from you!

Please send your news about milestones, jobs, promotions and awards to Robyn White at . Submissions will be included in the next newsletter and on the CSE department Web site.