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COMPUTER SOCIETY CONNECTION<br />
Microsoft and IEEE have announced<br />
a collaboration that aims to<br />
increase the number of students<br />
engaged in technical pursuits. The IEEE<br />
Computer Society, which has long<br />
očered its student members access to<br />
free Microsoft software, is participating<br />
in the collaboration.<br />
“As an information provider to technical<br />
professionals, this collaboration<br />
with Microsoft will give us an expanded<br />
ability to introduce students to more<br />
internships, scholarships, and contests,”<br />
said Violet Doan, the Computer Society’s<br />
membership director.<br />
“Engineers make tremendous contributions<br />
to society by creating technologies<br />
that drive global economic<br />
growth,” said Walid Abu-Hadba, vice<br />
president of developer and platform<br />
evangelism at Microsoft. “The Microsoft-IEEE<br />
collaboration will provide<br />
aspiring engineers around the world<br />
undergraduate education through<br />
teaching and the organization of<br />
programs to promote excellence in<br />
undergraduate teaching.” Burd is<br />
the leader of Durham’s Technology<br />
Enhanced Learning Research Group.<br />
Her most recent grant, supported by<br />
the Teaching and Learning Research<br />
Program, focuses on investigating<br />
the use of multitouch software in<br />
classrooms.<br />
Call for Papers | General Interest<br />
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EEE Micro seeks general-interest submissions<br />
for publication in upcoming issues. These<br />
works should discuss the design, performance,<br />
or application of microcomputer and microprocessor<br />
systems. Of special interest are articles on<br />
performance evaluation ion and<br />
workload character-<br />
COMPUTER<br />
MICROSOFT AND IEEE COOPERATE<br />
TO SUPPORT STUDENTS<br />
with tools and resources to convert their<br />
innovative thinking into marketplace<br />
innovation by equipping today’s technical<br />
students for tomorrow’s jobs.”<br />
Microsoft and IEEE will work together<br />
to provide IEEE student members<br />
with access to Microsoft servers,<br />
development tools, and eLearning,<br />
including privileged access to more<br />
than 300 software titles as part of the<br />
MSDN Academic Alliance, a subscription<br />
service traditionally available only<br />
through educational institutions. An<br />
added benećt is the opportunity for<br />
science, technology, engineering, and<br />
math students to explore job opportunities<br />
with Microsoft partners and<br />
customers through the Microsoft Students<br />
to Business program.<br />
Learn more about IEEE Computer Society<br />
student activities at www.computer.<br />
org/portal/web/studentactivities/<br />
____ home.<br />
TAYLOR L. BOOTH<br />
AWARD<br />
Recipients of the Taylor L. Booth<br />
Award are presented with a bronze<br />
medal and $5,000 honorarium in<br />
recognition of an outstanding record<br />
in computer science and engineering<br />
education. A successful candidate<br />
must meet at least two of the following<br />
criteria in the computer science<br />
and engineering field:<br />
ization. Summaries of work in progress and descriptions<br />
of recently completed works are most<br />
welcome, as are tutorials. Micro does not accept<br />
previously published material.<br />
Check our author center (www.computer.org/mc/<br />
_________<br />
mi cro/author.htm) for word, fi gure, and reference<br />
limits. All submissions pass through peer review<br />
co consistent istent with<br />
other professional-level technical<br />
pu publications, ublications, and eediting<br />
for clarity, readability, and<br />
co conciseness. Contac Contact IEEE Micro at _____ micro-ma@<br />
computer.org with aany<br />
questions.<br />
Achieving recognition as a<br />
teacher of renown.<br />
Writing an influential text.<br />
Leading, inspiring, or providing<br />
significant education content<br />
during the creation of a curriculum<br />
in the field.<br />
Inspiring others to a career in<br />
computer science and engineering<br />
education.<br />
Michael Heath<br />
Michael Heath, chair of computer<br />
science at the University of Illinois<br />
at Urbana-Champaign, was selected<br />
in 2009 “for contributions to computational<br />
science and engineering<br />
education, curriculum and scholarship.”<br />
Heath is director of both the<br />
computational science and engineering<br />
program and the Center for<br />
Simulation of Advanced Rockets at<br />
UIUC. He was named an ACM Fellow<br />
in 2000.<br />
James P. Cohoon<br />
and Jack W. Davidson<br />
James P. Cohoon and Jack W.<br />
Davidson of the University of<br />
Virginia were recognized as winners<br />
in 2008 “for sustained effort<br />
to transform introductory computer<br />
science education through<br />
lab-based multimedia pedagogy<br />
coupled with examples that attract<br />
a diverse student body.” Cohoon’s<br />
research involves algorithms, probabilistic<br />
search, genetic algorithms,<br />
simulated annealing, and diversity<br />
in computer science education.<br />
Davidson performs research in<br />
programming languages, computer<br />
security, embedded systems, and<br />
computer architecture.<br />
Taylor L. Booth founded the<br />
University of Connecticut’s<br />
Booth Engineering Center<br />
for Advanced Technology and was a<br />
candidate for IEEE Computer Society<br />
president at the time of his death in<br />
1986. For more information on Computer<br />
Society awards, visit ____<br />
www.<br />
computer.org/portal/web/awards.<br />
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