[ Pacemakers vulnerable to hackers - Assistant Professor Kevin Fu and U. of Washington's T. Kohno led the research demonstrating that patient's private medical information could be extracted from the implantable devices.

[ Towsley receives ACM SIGMETRICS Award - Distinguished Professor Don Towsley received the prestigious ACM award this year.

[ Croft receives Conti Fellowship - Distinguished Professor Bruce Croft stepped down as Chair after serving in the position for six years.

[ Verizon Rising Stars - This year's Verizon Rising Stars Fellows are Benessa Defend (left) and Megan Olsen.

[ Corner and Jensen named - DARPA named Professors Mark Corner and David Jensen to two of its highly selective research study groups this fall.

[ McCallum selected to CCC; receives faculty awards - Prof. Andrew McCallum was appointed to the CRA Council for the Computing Community Consortium. He also recieved an NSM Outstanding Faculty Award and and IBM Faculty Award.

[ LASER and ISCAS join forces - A joint ISCAS (China)/LASER research lab was established.

[ New initiatives - From helping the blind to probling the ocean floor, the Department's faculty are embarking on many exciting new projects.

[ EMC Exec. VP visits CS -Arthur W. Coviello, Jr., EMC Corporation's Exec. VP and President of RSA spoke to a full house in CS.

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[ Top 20 Best Graduate Schools - According to the 2009 U.S. News & World Report Rankings of the Best Graduate Schools, UMass Amherst is ranked 20th for Computer Science Programs; 10th for Artificial Intelligence and 18th for Systems.

[ Krainin a Goldwater Recipient - Undergraduate Michael Krainin received a 2008 Goldwater Scholarship, the premier award for undergraduates in the fields of science, math, and engineering.

[ Computerized tutors sense emotions - Research Professor Beverly Woolf and colleagues are developing interactive computerized tutors that sense a student’s emotional and motivational state of mind.

[ Rosenberg feted at ArnyFest - A day long celebration to honor Distinguished Univeristy Professor Arnold Rosenberg was held on October 19th.

[ Corner a Lilly Fellow - The Center for Teaching named Professor Mark Corner as a Lilly Fellow for 2007-08.

[ Levine accepts Outstanding Teacher Award - Professor Brian Levine received the NSM Outstanding Teacher Award this fall.

[ Top quality research: rankings and best papers - Dept. received a number of best paper awards and high rankings for its graduate program.

[ Making the world safe for concurrency - Professor Eliot Moss is working on research that shifts to higher concurrency.

[ Spotlight on Megan Olsen - CS grad student Megan Olsen's research and general interests are highlighted.

[ Spotlight on Ashley Prudden - CS undergrad Ashley Prudden's research and general interests are highlighted.

- [ Kumar's and Sawhney's vision - CS Ph.D. alums Teddy Kumar (left) and Harpreet Sawhney discuss their vision technology research.

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