Context A few years ago I went through the process of an application to be recognized as one of the inspirational professors so I know what this process is about. I was not selected and recognize […]
Rod Olafson
Letting Go This is my first blog post since November 21st when I gave a keynote about stimulating innovation in faculty in Querétaro. That was a great experience and as usual I leave a post […]
Remembering Kristen Nygaard
Remembering Pioneers I find myself in Vancouver at SIGGRAPH 2014. This was the same location of my first conference back at OOPSLA 1992. I was still an undergraduate student in Computer Science at the University […]
Alumni are Important
Never forget your Alumni This past weekend I attended a reunion for graduates of our program from 1998 and 2003. It has been over 15 and 10 years respectively since these students left our halls […]
Remembering John Vlissides
John Matthew Vlissides Born August 2, 1961. Died: November 24, 2005 Gone but not forgotten. It was eight years ago today that we lost a colleague and good friend John Vlissides during Thanksgiving. John was […]