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In Memoriam

Picture of Bonnie Klein

The CSE Department recently mourned the loss of Bonnie Klein. Bonnie passed away October 30, 2009 at her home in Richfield after a long battle with cancer. Bonnie worked in the CSE office helping to administer the graduate program. She was also a friendly face working the front desk. She enjoyed meeting people from different areas and cultures and collecting postage stamps from around the world.

Terveen selected as an ACM Distinguished Member

CSE Associate Professor Loren Terveen has been selected as an ACM Distinguished Member. The Distinguished Member Grade recognizes those ACM members with at least 15 years of professional experience and 5 years of continuous Professional Membership who have achieved significant accomplishments or have made a significant impact on the computing field. Terveen is one of 58 Distinguished Scientists selected for 2009.

Best Paper for Riedl

CSE Professor John Riedl and his student, Michael D. Ekstrand, received a best paper award for their work "rv you're dumb: Identifying Discarded Work in Wiki Article History" at WikiSym 2009, the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration, in Orlando, Florida. Forty-five papers were submitted, of which 16 were accepted (36%), and one named Best Paper.

Best Paper Award for Weissman

CSE Associate Professor Jon Weissman and his colleagues received a best paper award at the 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing (Grid 2009) in Banff, Alberta, for their paper "Critical Perspectives on Large-Scale Distributed Applications and Production Grids." The acceptance rate for the conference was 24%

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