Each year, the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB; http:// www.iscb.org) makes two major awards to recognize excellence in the field of bioinformatics. The ISCB Awards Committee, composed of current and past directors of the Society and previous award winners, has announced that the 2009 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award will be given to Webb Miller (Image 1) of...

Franklin A. Davis was born in Des Moines. Iowa. He recelved his B.S. degree in 1962 from the University of WiScOnsln and was granted e Ph.D. degree in 1966 from Syracuse University working under Donald C. Dimer. After two years with Michael J. S. Dewar as a Welch PoSMoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas he joined the facuity at Drexel University in 1968 where he is currently the George S. ...

Published by the IEEE Computer Society 0018-9162/10/$26.00 © 2010 IEEE Society Honors Five Top Computing Professionals T he IEEE Computer Society recently presented its prestigious Technical Achievement Award to fi ve noted computing experts. The award recognizes outstanding and innovative contributions to the fi elds of computer and information science and engineering or computer technology, u...

On 12 September 2010, the computer graphics community suffered a tremendous loss when Andy Witkin died suddenly while scuba diving off the coast of Monterey, California, at the age of 58. Teacher, mentor, friend, and colleague to many, his impact on the fi eld has been both wide and deep. He will be sorely missed. Andy began his career in computer vision, then became interested in problems on t...

Grace Xingxin Gao is an assistant professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and her M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2003, both at Tsinghua University, China. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University in 2008. Before joining Illinois ...

Effective art integration in K-12 curricula has clear benefits for classroom teachers (i.e. student achievement on standardized tests, student engagement, improving critical thinking). This paper proposes a framework based off of Claudia Cornett's levels of art integration. Teaching With About and In Through (WAIT) the arts can serve as a model for teachers who want to transform their science l...

Foreword William Pollin Plenary Session Presentation to Kay Croker of J. Michael Morrison Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Administration in the Drug Field Martin W. Adler Introduction of Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award Recipient--1984 Louis S. Harris The Analgesic Connection: The Nathan 8. Eddy Memorial Lecture Raymond W. Houde Symposium Opiate and Opioid Modulation of Reproductive E...