Friday, April 10, 2015
2:00-3:30 PM
2nd Floor Schorr Center
The 2015 Members of the Nebraska Hall of Computing will be holding a Roundtable for CSE Students. Find out why they are involved in the computer field and what advice they have for current students!
Please RSVP by Monday, April 6 at: http://goo.gl/forms/9rDzK573fY
The 2015 class includes:
Dr. George Haddix
In recognition of over 50 years of contributions in computer software, services and education, his leadership in the establishment and growth of software and services companies in Nebraska and the midwest as evidenced by his senior executive and founding positions in several publicly traded companies and others, and his support of STEM education initiatives in local secondary and higher education, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln inducts Dr. George F. Haddix into the Nebraska Hall of Computing.
Dr. Joe Inguanzo
José “Joe” Inguanzo was born and raised on the island of Cuba, arriving in the U.S. on July 4, 1962. After high school, Joe took his aptitude for numbers to UNL, where he enrolled as an engineering undergraduate in the fall of 1964. He was soon drawn to the new field of computing and quickly gained enough expertise to work on the mainframe installation in Nebraska Hall. Intrigued by statistical analyses of graduate students’ survey data, he sharpened his skills and chose to focus on statistical applications of computing while earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. After earning his Ph.D., he co-founded Professional Research Consultants, Inc., with his wife, Joyce, also a UNL graduate. Today PRC is the industry’s largest, privately held, minority-owned, healthcare-exclusive custom market research consultancy. It is driven by Joe’s vision of helping hospitals and healthcare systems use custom research surveys and high-level mathematical analyses to become excellent from the perspectives of patients, employees and physicians. PRC now employs nearly 1,000 individuals.
Ron Lockard
Mr. Lockard graduated as Valedictorian from high school and attended UNL as a Regent’s Scholar major- ing in math and physics. He was an initial member of the Nebraska Career Scholars Program for independent studies and is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honorary Society. While doing graduate work in the College of Business, Mr. Lockard worked as a graduate assistant in developing statistical programs for various UNL departments. He developed pattern recognition routines and storage techniques for use in learning programs and developed new linear programming techniques used to create a land use database and model for the entire U.S. He created an information technology company (TMI) which developed one of the first inter- active transaction processing systems for the insurance industry and founded Transaction Application Group (TAG), an insurance third party administration firm (both now owned by DELL). Mr. Lockard is currently founder and CEO of Curazene, a biotech research firm.
Dr. Tom Seevers
In recognition of his role in global technical leadership at IBM, including his contributions to the development and implementation of solution design methods, his contributions to design approaches for complex trans- formational IT solutions, his contributions in the areas of architectural insight and patterns, and for his contributions to the development of the Information Technology Architect profession, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Nebraska– Lincoln proudly inducts Dr. Thomas L. Seevers into the Nebraska Hall of Computing.
Dr. Sharad Seth
In recognition of his research contributions in VLSI testing for improving the quality of manufactured digital devices, for his pioneering work in document image analysis for the understanding of page layout and web tables, for service and teaching contributions during his forty-two year career at UNL, including the leadership of an interdisciplinary research center and devoted mentoring of students and colleagues, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln proudly inducts Dr. Sharad Seth into the Nebraska Hall of Computing.
Dr. Patricia Wirth
In recognition of her research and fundamental contributions in the modeling and analysis of telecommunications and computer systems leading to world-class performance of the global AT&T network for which she was named an AT&T Fellow (the first woman to receive AT&T’s highest technical honor), her leadership in AT&T Labs in building a world renowned team in the areas tele traffic theory, performance analysis and network design, for her leadership of the AT&T Labs program that provided financial and mentoring support to women and minorities pursuing doctorates in the sciences and engineering for which this program was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, and her dedication to personally mentoring and nurturing younger colleagues in technical disciplines, the University of Nebraska proudly inducts Nebraska native and outstanding UNL alumna Dr Patricia E. Wirth into the Nebraska Hall of Computing.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln celebrated 40 years of computing excellence in 2008. As part of the celebration festivities, the “Nebraska Hall of Computing” was created to honor individuals with ties to Nebraska who have made significant contributions to one or more of the fields of computer and information science and engineering, the development and utilization of computing technology, and computing education. Other members of the Nebraska Hall of Computing include:
Class of 2008:
Don Dillon
Dale Jensen
Jay W. Forrester
William C. Norris
Don J. Nelson
Gerald M. (Jerry Weinberg)
Class of 2010:
Dr. P. Anandan
Dr. George Nagy
Dr. William (Bert) Sutherland