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Alum Connections Spring 2010

John Cavazos (Ph.D. '05), Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware, was selected a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award. With his CAREER project, he will develop adaptive compilers for multi-core computer environments, freeing software developers from laborious and time-consuming hand-tuning of compilers and helping machines make fuller use of their performance capabilities.

Matthew Cornell (M.S.'91), published his time management guide to daily planning, "Where the !@#% did my day go? The ultimate guide to making every day a great workday." This is his second PDF, and joins his popular "You Did WHAT? 99 Playful experiments to live a healthier and happier life." More at matthewcornell.org.

Adam Williams (M.S. '09) is the creator of the "Christmas Gifts List" application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that helps holiday shoppers to create shopping lists and budgets. His App has been ranked 15th on the Top Paid Apps list at the iTunes App Store. Williams is President of Adamcode.com, a company founded in 2008 in Amherst, MA. Another of William's Apps, Spend, a personal budget manager, was one of the 500 applications available in the iTunes App Store on its opening day and became one of the Top 20 finance apps.