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Posts Tagged: UNM

Qforma Awards Computational Thesis Honor 2012

Picture taken by Qforma’s own Tony Giancola On May 4th, Roger Jones, Qforma’s Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, presented the Qforma award for outstanding computational thesis or dissertation to Kurt Brian Ferreira. Kurt, a graduate from the University of New Mexico, was honored for his dissertation titled, “Keeping Checkpoint/Restart Viable for Exascale Systems.” His dissertation evaluates “extreme computers” and details …

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Interview with Navid Sakhavand

Quarks was able to catch up with Navid Sakhavand, recipient of Qforma’s Prize for Most Outstanding Computational Thesis in School of Engineering, to discover more about his thesis, time at University of New Mexico, and his plans for the future.

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Conversation with Jed Crandall

Congratulations to Jed Crandall on becoming the second recipient of the Qforma Lectureship Award. Jed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico where he teaches and does research regarding privacy and security for personal computers. He landed at the University of New Mexico because of his love for the Southwest and …

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First $5,000 Qforma Dissertation Award Presented to University of New Mexico Graduate Student

Qforma, today announced its first-ever Qforma Computational Thesis / Dissertation Award, in the amount of $5,000, has been presented to Nicholas Dylan Pattengale, who received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque at commencement ceremonies on May 15.

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Cancer Treatment Advances Honored

By Kallie Red-Horse – DailyLobo, UNM professor Shaung Luan has received the first-ever Qforma Lectureship award for making technological advances in radiology treatment that reduce the amount of time cancer patients spend in the hospital.

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First $5,000 Qforma Lectureship Awarded to UNM Professor

Qforma has awarded its first-ever Qforma Lectureship, in the amount of $5,000, to Shuang Luan, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and assistant joint professor of radiology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque. The Qforma Lectureship is awarded to a UNM Computer Science Professor who exhibits momentum toward building an internationally-recognized research program and who demonstrates great …

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