Computer Science STANFORD
<p>Nov 13, 2009 8:54 AM</p>
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As of Jan 2009 Jennifer Widom is now CHAIR per her newsletter of Fall 2009.
Her husband is Alex Aiken (also CS faculty here).</p>
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Rajeev Motwani died in his swimming pool in Atherton... database and theory guy and
lots of industry connex.</p>
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Gary Bradski is Consulting prof at Stfd.</p>
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They will add 10 faculty positions to CSD... each position costs $4M in endowment
(say 3% * 4M = 120k per year + indirects)</p>
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See Yoav Shohams Billiards Program 2008 that won the virtual competition in China.</p>
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Prof Gill Bejerano figuring how Human Genome...
he says " Imagine trying to comprehend an elaborate software system by looking only at
the variable assignments. We need the genomes control flow = the ifs, the fors, and the go tos.
There is a vast regulatory landscape. His group discovered ultraconservation ... DNA that
have been maintained exactly identical in divergent species like humans and chickens. Why??</p>
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RAMCloud keep all archival data in fast DRAM all the time... provides 1000X faster latency and
1000X faster thruput.</p>
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Bill Dally is ON LEAVE from CSD as Chief Scientist at NVIDIA.
New CS Curric... Core CS + specific tracks that undergrads may take.</p>
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