Spring 2008 Dean's List

Congratulations to the following Computer Science students who were named to the Dean List for Spring 2008.

Hyojoo Ahn, Vahid Anthony Kame Ajimine, Amber Natasha Reiko Arakaki, Aja Cornella, Stephanie Faith Dinkins, Vladimir Kirilov Ivanov, Yekaterina Konstantinovna Kharitonova, Joon Hyun Kim, Joshua Keala Loving, DongHee Park, Christopher Robin Usher, Joel Micah Weis, Noah Kent Woodden, Tyler T. Yoshiyama, Andrew Paul Zdyrski.

Daniel G. Fox Prize for Excellence in Computer Science

The winner for 2008-2009 is Vlady Ivanov.  Congratulations!   Everyone enjoyed the party!

Daniel G. Fox was a UH Hilo Computer Science major who would have graduated in December, 1990. The Fox prize was established in his memory, and is given annually to the most outstanding senior in Computer Science, as demonstrated by academic excellence and involvement in department activities. The award consists of a full tuition waiver for the senior year and $500 cash. In addition, the winner's name is inscribed on a plaque that hangs in the College Hall 11 computer science lab. Past winners of the Daniel G. Fox Prize for Excellence in Computer Science:

• Peter Harnisch, 2006-2007
• Robert Puckett 2005-2006
• Andrew Wong. 2004-2005
• Takeshi Inagaki, 2003-2004
• Tony Commendador 2002-2003
• Arya Irani, 2001-2002
• Miranda Hawarden-Ogata, 2000-2001
• Jennifer Okada, 1999-2000
• Ron Viloria, 1998-1999
• Hawi Stecher, 1997-1998
• Marlea Steelman, 1996-1997
• Ricky Sharp, 1995-1996
• Christopher Webster, 1994-1995
• Emiko Tsang, 1993-1994
• J.J. Wassell, 1992-1993
• Jay Morison, 1991-1992
• Kelvin Foster, 1990-1991

Addison-Wesley Book Award for Outstanding First Year Computer Science

The Addison-Wesley Book Award for Outstanding First Year Computer Science student for 2008-2009 went to Joshua Loving. Congratulations!

Major Field Achievement Test - 21 years and counting

Junior and Senior CS majors in 2008 continued the spring tradition of taking the Major Field Achievement Test in Computer Science. During the 21 year period we have participated in this testing process, UHH students have performed at or above national norms on the test overall and on each of the subareas in every year except one.  This year's students put UHH in the 60th percentile of the 129 institutional scores making up the national norm. Good job!!!

IMILOA Tour

Students and faculty get a behind the scenes tour of the impressive computing and projection facilities for the 3-D planetarium at Imiloa. 

ACM Programming Contest

In November 2007 the department sent two teams of 3 students each to participate in the Oahu site for the Pacific Northwest Regional ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest, the fourth year of our participation in this event.  We are very proud that, under the dedicated coaching of Dr. Keith Edwards, the teams placed first and second in the state. 

   Leslie Fife presents plaque to team coach Dr. Keith Edwards. 
   Winning Team Anonymous members are Jahrain Jackson, Yekaterina Kharitonova, and Chris Usher) 

Second place Team Decepticons prepare for battle.  Team members are Vladimir Ivanov, Collin Schrandt, Andrew Zdryski)

LAN Party Fundraising

Students held several LAN parties as fundraising events for the ACM programming contest.  Concentration reigns supreme!

Summer Internships 2007

This was a great summer for student intern experiences:

Stephanie Dinkins - Colorado State University, Ft Collins CO
Agustus Elias - Pacific Disaster Center, Maui
Vladimir Ivanov - Oceanit, Maui
Yekaterina Kharitonova - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Travis Prose - Gemini Ground Facility, Hilo
Donald Tripp - Maui High Performance Computing Center, Maui
Claire Yi - Maui High Performance Computing Center, Maui
Noah Woodden - Maui High Performance Computing Center, Maui
Andrew Zdyrski - Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, Alaska