2006 Graduate Research Poster Contest

In fall 2006, the CIS department sponsored a graduate research poster contest. Graduate students were invited to submit posters describing their individual or group research conducted in the CIS department. A faculty committee selected the winners and awarded prizes.

The main prizes were awarded by a jury of three faculty judges. The people's choice award was decided by popular vote from the students and staff in the department. Judging Criteria included research content and poster design. All posters are on display in the department hallways. The winning groups are shown below.

Click the title to see a pdf of the poster.

First Place:

Ancestral Reconstruction Tool
Authors: Victor Hanson-Smith and Katie Ray
Advisors: Joe Thornton and Bryan Kolacskowski
Research Group: Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Second Place:

Knowledge Engineering for Model-based Parallel Performance Diagnosis
Author: Li Li
Advisor: Allen D. Malony
Research Group: Tuning and Analysis Utilities

Third Place (tie):

EvoArtist: Creating Abstract Artists using Interactive Evolutionary Computing
Authors: Joel Berghoff

APECS Portal
Authors: Victor Hanson-Smith
Advisors: Allen Malony
Research Group: Neuroinformatics Center

People's Choice Award:

DuckCall: Tackling the First Hundred Yards Problem
Authors: Zebin Chen, Craig Pataky, Andrew Fortier, Jim Allen, Jason Prideaux
Advisor: Stephen Fickas
Research Group: Navigation Assistance Project

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