WPI Computer Science 1995-1999

Milestones

Sep 1995: The department celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
Oct 1995: A CS Minor is added.
Jul 1996: Prof. Mary Hardell retires.
Apr 1997: Prof. David Brown is awarded the 1997 WPI Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship.
Apr 1998: Prof. Michael Gennert is named Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Academic Advisor.
Jul 1998: Prof. Micha Hofri appointed as Department Head.

Number of Faculty, BS Degrees and MS Degrees


Number of Faculty	Number of BS Degrees	Number of MS Degrees

Faculty

Robert Kinicki, Dept Head
Micha Hofri, Dept Head
Mary Hardell
David Brown
Stanley Selkow
Karen Lemone
Lee Becker
Matt Ward
Mike Gennert
David Finkel
Nabil Hachem
Roy Rubinstein
Craig Wills
Glynis Hamel
Kathy Merck
Jeff McWhirter
Elke Rundensteiner
George Heineman
Gabor Sarkozy
Carolina Ruiz
Mark Claypool
Isabel Cruz
Soraya Rana
Mark Stevens
Mike Ciaraldi

Staff

Deborah Hazzard(McDonald)
Roberta Baker
Doris DeProspo
Kathy Durand
Sharon Demaine
Phyllis Hanlon
Michael Fotiades
Jesse Banning
Michael Voorhis

PhDs

1995 Stephen Taylor (Hachem/Selkow)
1999 Marton Balazs (Brown)

Faculty and Alums Share Memories

"I was a teaching assistant while working on my degree. I appeared around 1985 after a 10 year stretch as a mechanical engineer. So I was a little older than my fellow teaching assistants and closer to the faculty ages. It was a nice friendly environment. Enjoyed the people I met and the learning experience. My thesis advisor was Stan Selkow, I was never very good at finishing a thesis; and it dragged on for close to 10 years so my official graduation date was long after I started. But I got to know Stan ad Debbie pretty well during that period. At the end of my 2nd year I got a summer internship with DEC in Maynard. It was good insight into what a large corporation was like; and not especially to my taste; so I stayed with small companies and fairly soon became an independent consultant." -- '95

"I remember being present for the birth of the World Wide Web, and that WPI was one of the first places to host a web server! We ran NCSA Mosaic on DECstations in the CCC. I also remember "LAN party" gaming in the basement of Fuller; where we (unofficially) installed Quake and Unreal in the PC labs and played all night long." -- '96

"The walk up and down the hill in all seasons from Highland Ave direction where I lived." -- '97

"I had 2+ years of weekly meetings with my thesis advisor, prof Finkel; where he never once uttered a discouraging word. despite nothing ever working as planned. Just before graduation; with the thesis done and the IEEE papers published; he fessed up that was once concerned I would never make it... He was glowing with pride." -- '98

"I remember:* The collegiality found in our department, which has remained strong to this day.* Taking graduate students to a local dive bar/diner after final exams were over. * How I take videos of the students in my classes so I can more quickly learn their names (hey; seven week terms are short!)* Lunch in the wedge between 12 and 12:30 because afternoon classes met on the half hour; and everyone had this time off* Getting sun-burned while sitting on the quad for my first graduation ceremony; afterwards I always resorted to SPF-70 to survive* Holding departmental bowling parties on campus; because why not?* The successful ACM sponsored music performances; a tradition which still continues* Colleagues who passed away far too soon (Lee Becker; Matt Ward)* Advising my first PhD student; Alok Mehta; to a successful degree" -- '96

"I came to WPI fresh out of grad school in 1997, with my eldest son only 1 1/2 and my wife pregnant with my youngest. Since that time; WPI has been a big part of all of our lives." -- '97

Faculty and Alums Identify WPI People Who Made a Personal Impact

"Professor Matthew Ward -- amazing collaborator and generous friend." -- '96

"Stan Selkow comes to mind first" -- '95

"Bob Kinicki hired me in 1996, which was the best thing that happened to me professionally! He also set a standard for excellence in service as an active faculty member within our department and in the wider campus." -- '96

Photos

Click on image for larger photo.


Brown Wins Outstanding Scholarship Award	Karen Lemone	CS Faculty Standing	CS Faculty Sitting

Mary Hardell Retirement	Bob Kinicki	Dmitri Lisin	Aparna Varde

Marton Balazs	Grad Student	Debbie McDonald	Roberta Baker

Craig Wills	David Finkel	Elke Rundensteiner	Gabor Sarkozy

George Heineman	Mike Voorhis	Glynis Hamel