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Professor Carl Gutwin has been inducted to the CHI Academy, joining a select group of less than 100 researchers (as of this writing), including Stuart Card, James Foley, Ben Shneiderman, Bill Buxton, and Alan Newell, all scholars considered among the brightest lights in computer science generally.
The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction. These are the principal leaders of the field, whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in human-computer interaction. The criteria for election to the CHI Academy are:
This is not Carl’s first distinction. He held the position of Canada Research Chair in our Department for the previous five years. The U of S has been allocated about 30 CRC Chair since the program was set up in 2000 to make Canada one of the top five countries in the world for research and development.
Check out some of the research in Carl’s lab here.
Enjoy solving problems, eating pizza and getting prizes? Then come out for the Spring Programming Contest! It's a fun, local and free contest that is open to all students. Come out and claim the title of best problem solver. Novice and Intermediate levels are offered. You can register as a team or solo. When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013The Spring Programming Contest is back!
The Department of Computer Science Professional Internship Program allows undergraduate students to obtain 12 or 16 months of practical "on-the-job" experience with a sponsoring company prior to completing the final year of their undergraduate degree program. The existence of a formally recognized internship program offers significant benefits to the students, to the industrial sponsors, to the department, and to the university as a whole. These benefits include: practical training and work experience for the students; technology transfer, productive work contribution, and prospective employee evaluation for the employer; and increased university-industry interaction for the department and the university. We are now accepting applications from companies and students interested in partcipating in the program. Interns will be placed in May/Sept 2013.
