computer science
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Leadership focus draws Johnson to Berkeley computing program
Kevin Johnson ’13 is set to begin an intensive one-year master’s program in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He was particularly drawn by the programs’s emphasis on leadership development.
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Leader of the (geek) pack
Harper Reed ’01 spent most of the past two years as chief technology officer for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Reed’s team of 40 engineers included two other Cornellians, Derek Brooks ’03 and Ian Dees ’06.
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McKenna pursues doctorate in data visualization
Summer research at the Space Telescope Science Institute helped Sean McKenna land a graduate position at the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute.
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“Modeling Anatomical Surfaces from Medical Image Data Using Nonparallel Contours” by Ross Sowell
Ross Sowell, instructor of computer science, will speak this Feb 23rd on “Modeling Anatomical Surfaces from Medical Image Data Using Nonparallel Contours.”
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“Literate Programming” by Leon Tabak
Leon Tabak, professor of computer science, will discuss “Literate Programming.” Computer scientists write for two audiences. They write for machines and so must write instructions in a form that a machine can interpret. And they also write for human beings
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Alum hired as CTO of Obama 2012 campaign
Chicago alum Harper Reed ’01 is serving as chief technology officer of the Obama 2012 campaign.
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High Altitude Balloon Launch
The Cornell College Computing Club will use a weather balloon with upwards of 100 ft^3 of helium to lift a digital camera to an altitude of 100,000 feet to take pictures of campus and the curvature of the earth. Come watch the launch on May 10th!
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Student creates Facebook location app
Luke Korth, a junior, was mentioned on the PC World website for his Facebook application, “Where are my friends?”
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Internship leads to job offer for computer science major McMillin
When The Meredith Corporation created a new technical position in their human resources department, they made a call to former intern Brian McMillin ’06. McMillin now works for the company remotely from South Dakota where his wife attends graduate school, and the couple plans to move to Des Moines when she graduates.
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Dimitrov lands software job through fellowship
Dimo Dimitrov’s 2007 fellowship at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids wasn’t simply preparation for his future. It is his future.
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Bowen combines biology and math interests into award-winning genetics research
Danielle Bowen came to Cornell with interests in math and biology and left with a prestigious scholarship and solid grounding in the cutting-edge area of statistical genetics. She says her eyes were first opened to the burgeoning field in Bioinformatics, a computer science course taught by Andy Wildenberg.
Leadership focus draws Johnson to Berkeley computing program 
Leader of the (geek) pack 
McKenna pursues doctorate in data visualization