Computer Science alumni, Steve Tolopka (MS, 1976; PhD, 1981) and Janet Tolopka (MS, 1978), will perform at the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Parade on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The couple will perform as part of the Get a Life (GAL) adult marching band of Portland, Oregon. GAL Founder and Executive Director Bob Pulido notes the three things all members have in common. "We were all in high school or college marching bands; we still haven't gotten over it; and we'd rather miss a note than a meal!".
GAL was chosen by the Presidential Inaugural Committee from over 1300 applications.
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The "Purdue Cheburashka" programming team is going to Stockholm! Nathan Claus, Zhanibek Datbayev, and Arman Suleimenov are going to Stockholm, Sweden in April to compete in the 2009 ACM ICPC World Finals.
Consistent with past years, Purdue was represented by two teams at the 2008, ACM East Central North America (ECNA) Regional Programming Contest in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 1. Both teams ended up in the prize ranks. "Purdue Cheburashka" earned their place in the World Finals when they took 3rd place in the regional competition.
Prof. Patrick Eugster, ACM programming team advisor, enthuses, "This is an extraordinary achievement. It will have been 27 years since Purdue University last got to attend the world finals."
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CS undergraduate students Brian Burg and Robert Gevers have been selected for Honorable Mentions in the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Award. The CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research.
Burg is a junior in the Computer Science Honors and Mathematics programs. He is also pursuing a minor in Japanese. Gevers is a senior in the Computer Science program with a minor in Philosophy.
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