CSC News

November 06, 2012

Faculty Receive 2012 IBM Faculty Awards

The NC State Department of Computer Science is very proud to announce that five members of its faculty have been selected to receive 2012 IBM Faculty Awards totaling over $126,000.
 
Winners of these highly competitive and selective awards include:
 
Dr. Rada Chirkova – associate professor of computer science, with an award of $36,000
Dr. Vince Freeh – associate professor of computer science, with an award of $20,000
Dr. Christopher Healey - associate professor of computer science, with an award of $20,000
Dr. Mladen Vouk - professor of computer science and department head, with an award of $30,000
Dr. Laurie Williams –professor of computer science, with an award of $20,000
  
Other winners from the College of Engineering include Drs. Greg Byrd ($40,000), Mike Devetsikiotis ($30,000), Mike Kowalenko ($20,000), Sarah Stein ($20,000), Sarah Stein/Henry Schaffer ($15,000), and Yannis Viniotis ($27,000).
 
IBM Faculty Awards recognize outstanding faculty achievement and are renewable annually. But in keeping with the competitive spirit of the program, renewal nominations must be submitted and supported by an IBM technical sponsor and evaluated in the same process and criteria as the first award.
 
IBM is a valued Super ePartner with the department and is actively collaborating with our faculty and students on numerous programs and initiatives. NC State University is one of IBM’s top suppliers of new graduate talent, worldwide.
 
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