Alumni News from Drexel's Computer Science Department

Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Drexel University

Spring 2010

Welcome to the e-newsletter from Drexel's CS Department. Every quarter we plan to keep in touch with our alumni by sending student, faculty and alumni news and achievements. For more information about alumni events and activities, please visit our new Alumni Website.

Where are they now?

Mu "Cathy" Yang

Class Year: 2002

Degree: Bachelors in Computer Science

Currently: Cathy works as an intellectual property attorney with Woodcock Washburn, LLP. Cathy's practice focuses on preparation and prosecution of patent applications, related to the computer software and hardware, telecommunication and business methods. Her clients include Microsoft, AT&T and Drexel University.

George Lang

Class Year: 1992

Degrees: Bachelors in CS

Currently: George provides trading solutions utilizing a variety of Microsoft and Adobe technologies for financial services clients in the New York and Boston area. He is eagerly anticipating the summer season to fully enjoy newly purchased LandRoller skates and get his scooter out on the road.

Todd Rimmer

Class Year: 1985

Degrees: Bachelors in CS

Currently: Todd is currently Chief Product Architect for QLogic and is responsible for the design of high speed InfiniBand networking products for use in building world leading High Performance Computing clusters. In his spare time he's involved with Habitat for Humanity, golf and restoring and collecting muscle cars. Read more about Todd's job here.

Richard Pedersen

Class Year: 1983 (BS, EE) and 1995 (MS, CS)

Degree: Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Computer Science

Currently: Richard is an engineer at Lockheed Martin (Moorestown, Pa.), working as a systems architect on the US Navy's DDG-1000 guided missile destroyer designing command and control software. Lockheed has filed patent applications for several of Richard's inventions. Richard and his wife, Robin, have four daughters and two grandsons. Read more about Lockheed's pending patents and Richard's extra activities here.

Where are you now?

The CS Department wants to hear from you. What have you been up to since graduating from Drexel? Take a few minutes to fill out our questionnaire and tell us about your life. We're interested and so are your fellow graduates.

CS celebrates Alumni Weekend with Phillies game and reception

During Drexel's Alumni Weekend, April 28-May 1, 2010, the Department of Computer Science invited its alumni back for two events, a Phillies vs. Mets game and a lunch reception. Both events were extremely successful and well attended. Thank you to everyone who participated and we hope you'll return next year. To view the pictures from both events, visit the CS Facebook page here. Visit the CS Alumni events page for all upcoming events.

Dr. Shafrira Goldwasser honored at Theoretical CS Symposium

Shafrira Goldwasser

The Department of Computer Science hosted the Theoretical Computer Science Symposium, April 29, 2010, featuring Dr. Shafrira Goldwasser, recipient of The 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. Dr. Goldwasser was honored by The Franklin Institute for her key contributions in provable security; in particular, for interactive and zero-knowledge proofs and their application to cryptography and complexity theory. This symposium, held in conjunction with The Franklin Institute Awards, celebrated key ideas in theoretical computer science and their application to cryptography. Click here to read more.

Senior Design team MVP wins CS Final Competition

Team Mashup Visual Programming (MVP) Environment won the Department of Computer Science's Eighth Annual Outstanding Senior Project Competition, May 25, 2010. MVP team members Tim Cheeseman, Dan DeSousa, Jordan Osecki, Martin Piecyk and Ngoc Nguyen, created a visual programming environment that allows users to quickly create, compile, and run "mashups" (electronic files that combine data from multiple media sources). The graphical user interface provides the option for multi-touch input. Team MVP competed in the College of Engineering's Senior Design Competition, Wednesday, June 2, joining seven groups representing their respective departments, and received an honorable mention. Read more here. Information about the 2009-2010 projects can be found on the Senior Design Website.

Note from the Department Head

This second Alumni e-Newsletter continues our efforts to connect and inform our alumni. Recent highlights from the Department include hosting a symposium honoring Shafi Goldwasser, co-inventor of zero-knowledge proofs and a major contributor to cryptography and complexity theory, and the 3rd ranked gaming program in North America by The Princeton Review. This is the time of the year where we congratulate a new graduating class (Commencement is Friday, June 11) and introduce our newest alumni. This year's Commencement includes the first graduating class from our off-campus degree completion program at Burlington County College. The accomplishments of our seniors can be seen in their recently completed senior design project.