CIS Department Head Featured in UO CASCADE Magazine
The Winter 2015 edition of UO CASCADE Magazine featured a profile article on the CIS Department Head, Joe Sventek. Here is a sample of the article:
Computing For the Rest of Us
Creating Networks for "Folks Who Aren't Geeks"
The Internet was still a research project when Joe Sventek (pictured) realized that moving electrons through circuit boards might be more interesting than splitting atoms.
Although the revelation came halfway through a doctoral program in nuclear physics, Sventek decided to reboot his academic plan and embrace what was then the new field of computer science. He never looked back.
Now, after more than 30 years of investigating how to make computer networks faster and smarter, Sventek is the new head of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Oregon. He moved into his new office in Deschutes Hall recently and believe it or not, he’s looking forward to a Northwest winter...
Check out the rest of the article, Computing for the Rest of Us, under the "Online Extras" section in the Winter 2015 edition of CASCADE Magazine.