CS News http://eas.uccs.edu/eas CS News The Department of Computer Science welcomes three new tenure-track faculty members, Dr. Qing Yi, Dr. Kristen Walcott-Justice and Dr. Jia Rao, Fall 2012. They bring in excellent research in Compiler Optimization for High-Performance Computing, Software Testing and Engineering, and Cloud Computing. Sat, 1 Sep 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas Prof. Xiaobo Zhou received NSF research award for sustainable computing: Autonomic Performance and Power Control on Virtualized Servers; (Sponsor: NSF Computer Network Systems, 2012 - 2015). http://www.cs.uccs.edu/~xzhou/DISCO/ Due to the dynamic nature and unprecedented scale of the Internet, Internet services pose challenges including scalability, reliability, and availability to underlying networked systems. This CAREER project concentrates on building Internet services that are resilient to those challenges with machine learning and control techniques. Sat, 1 Sep 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas Prof. Qing Yi joined the Department with three NSF research grants including the prestigious CAREER award. August 22, 2012. Wen, 22 Aug 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas University of Colorado, Colorado Springs was designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE) http://www.uccs.edu/cs/programs/graduate-programs/pecs_overview.html The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE). Thr, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas University of Colorado at Colorado Springs courseware was approved by IACE Program http://www.uccs.edu/cs/programs/graduate-programs/pecs_overview.html The NSA (National Security Agency) Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) Program has validated that University of Colorado at Colorado Springs courseware meets all of the elements of the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) National Training Standards NSTISSI No. 4011 and CNSSI No. 4013 Entry Level. Thr, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas Jugal Kalita and Terrence Boult received a research contract ($325k) for artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and related fields. Drs. Jugal Kalita and Terrence Boult received a $325,000 grant from the National Science Foundation in June 2009 to support undergraduate research internships in artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision and related fields. We request strong undergraduates at UCCS or any other college within driving distance write to Drs. Kalita Boult. Thr, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas AFOSR-SBIR for "XL-CITR: Accelerated Learning for Cyber Insider Threat Reduction", by Edward Chow http://www.uccs.edu/cs/Research/CSResearchAbs.html#EChow#1 Edward Chow, Professor, received a research contract ($17.8k) from AFOSR SBIR Phase I subcontract through Tier 1 Performance Solutions. Thr, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas TNUA sponsored "Phase 3 of International cooperation on Human Body Movement Analysis Project", by Edward Chow http://www.uccs.edu/cs/Research/CSResearchAbs.html#EChow#2 Edward Chow, Professor, received a research contract ($23.6k) from TNUA for improving sensor based tracking systems of a smart rotating exercise chair, evaluating its effectiveness at high tech nursing centers of Palesides at Broadmoor Park, and enhancing the LabanDancer Animation software. Thr, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:57 GMT http://eas.uccs.edu/eas