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Jon Finke, senior systems programmer, presented
two papers at the Large Installation Systems Administration (LISA)
2002 conference in Philadelphia Nov. 3-8. The papers were titled
"Embracing and Extending Windows 2000" and "Process
Monitor: Detecting Events That Didn't Happen." For more,
go to http://www.rpi.edu/~finkej/Papers.html.
11/18/02
Joe Johnson '06 has been named the 2002
Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA) Men's Soccer Rookie
of the Year. A freshman defender, Johnson has also been selected
to the All-UCAA First Team. Johnson played all 14 games, tallying
one goal and two points this season. Defensively, he helped the
Red Hawks post a 1.25 goals against average and six shutouts.
Rensselaer ended the season with a 7-5-2 overall record. 11/18/02
Frank Lee, assistant professor of cognitive
science, received a three-year, $266,000 grant from the Office
of Naval Research. He will use the grant to develop a computer
model of how people perceive and process time. The research will
be useful for, among other things, intelligent tutoring systems
and to simulate human behavior in computer games. 11/18/02
Leik Myrabo, associate professor of mechanical,
aerospace, and nuclear engineering, attended the recent International
Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion at the University of Alabama
in Huntsville. Myrabo presented a special award from Rensselaer
to Arthur Kantrowitz, the retired chairman of Avco Everett Research
Laboratory. 11/18/02
Mark Rea, director of the Lighting Research
Center, was the keynote speaker at the Fifth International Lighting
Research Symposium Nov. 3-5 in Orlando, Fla. Rea's address led
the way for presentations by internationally known speakers, authors,
lighting and medical researchers, and technical experts, including
LRC lighting researcher Mariana Figueiro, who discussed her pilot
study into the effects of light exposure on the behavior of Alzheimer's
patients. Figueiro also presented a poster titled "Daylight
and Productivity: A Possible Link to Circadian Regulation."
11/18/02
Wayne Gray, professor of cognitive sciences,
spoke in September at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio
on "Soft Constraints on Interactive Behavior: Perspective,
Recent Research and Future Directions." 11/11/02
William Luddy Jr., clinical professor in
the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer at
Hartford, has received two new appointments to the American Bar
Association (ABA). The ABA's Section of Science and Technology
Law named Luddy as one of four members to its new International
Policy Coordinating Council. Additionally, Luddy was named vice
chair of the Science and Technology Section's Computer Law Division.
The International Policy Coordinating Council serves as the primary
link between the Section of Science & Technology Law and international
policymakers. 11/11/02
Carl McDaniel, professor of biology, delivered
the keynote address at the 107th annual conference and meeting
of the Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS)
Nov. 3-5. McDaniel's address was titled "Hopefulness in a
Time of Peril." 11/11/02
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