CDC Programs
Sending Students and Mentors to Conferences (Previous Conferences)
2002-2003
We are elated to announce that the first awards have been made. In particular awards were made to the following:
- University of South Carolina: Heather Wake, who currently is pursuing her B.S. in Computer Engineering; Dr. Duncan Buell, Professor and Chair is her mentor. They will attend IEEE FCCM (Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines) Conference in April.
Heather Wake with the Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM) conference organizers, Ken Pocek (left) and Jeff Arnold (right) 
- City University of New York: Omar Santiago, who currently is pursuing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Damian Rouson, Assistant Professor, is his mentor; Dr. Rouson also is receiving an award. They will attend SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE03) in February.
"Pat [Teller], soon after we applied for this funding, Omar decided to join my research group and pursue his Ph.D. He applied, was accepted and is now a Ph.D. student!"
--Damian Rouson (Omar Santiago's mentor)
Assistant Professor
City University of New York
Department of Mechanical Engineering"Dr. Teller, we're at the conference (SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE03), February 2003) now and it has been great so far. I gave a talk on our work on Monday. I received several useful questions and the talk was attended by the editor of a journal to which we (Dr. Rouson and Omar Santiago) plan to submit soon. He was very interested in our work and I am hopeful this will lead to a publication."
--Damian Rouson (Omar Santiago's mentor)
- Auburn University: Dale-Marie Wilson and Sherri Frizell, both of whom are pursuing Ph.D.s in Computer Science and Software Engineering; Dr. Juan Gilbert, Assistant Professor, is their mentor; Dr. Gilbert also is receiving an award. They will attend ACM CHI 2003: New Horizons Conference in April.
Submitted Student and Mentor Trip Reports
Each student and mentor chosen to participate in and attend leading
technical conferences submits a trip report. Below are links to some of the
previously completed trip reports:
- Mentor Report: Juan E. Gilbert
- Mentor Report: Damian Rouson
- Mentor Report: Miguel Argaez
- Student Report: Pranav Patel
- Student Report: Heather Anne Wake
- Student Report: Dale-Marie Wilson
- Student Report: Peter Tarasewich
- Student Report: Samuel Rodriguez
- Student Report: Lydia Tapia
- Student Report: Brenda Bueno