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Sequel to Paul Kay's Book Is Being Published

February 1, 2010
A sequel to Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's then-controversial 1969 book Basic Color Terms is being published by CSLI Publications and is expected to be available in mid-February 2010. The new book, World Color Survey, is authored by Paul Kay, Brent Berlin, Luisa Maffi, William R. Merrifield, and Richard S. Cook. Kay and Cook are members of the AI Group at ICSI. Basic Color Terms, together with subsequent research published in numerous journals and conference proceedings over the last 40 years, has shaped our understanding of the relation of color language to color perception and has influenced current thought on the broad question of linguistic relativity.

Netalyzr is Released, Christian Kreibich Quoted in The Register

January 22, 2010
Networking Group scientists have released a complete version of Netalyzer, a tool that detects when your ISP (Internet Service Provider) is interfering with your connection in some way. Cade Metz reported on Netalyzer for The Register, a United Kingdom news publication, in an article titled "Boffins Birth Uber 'Net Neutrality' Dowser: Eye on Your ISP."

Eran Halperin Receives 2010 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research

January 15, 2010
Professor Eran Halperin of the Algorithms Group and Tel Aviv University in Israel received one of six 2010 Krill Prizes for Excellence in Scientific Research. The prizes are given annually to faculty members at universities in Israel, and come with a $10,000 award. More about the Krill Prize >>

Jerry Feldman Receives a 2009 Berkeley Citation

January 1, 2010
Professor Jerome Feldman of the AI Group received a 2009 Berkeley Citation, given for academic achievement and service to UC Berkeley. He was cited for work in computational cognition and neural networks, leadership in interdisciplinary research, and support of the Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology (BFOIT), an ICSI program that supports underrepresented minorities and women in science and engineering. More about the award >>

ICSI Board Member to Be First TZS Scientific Advisory Board Chairman

December 7, 2009
ICSI Board of Trustees member Wolfgang Walhlster will be the first chairman of the TZS Scientific Advisory Board. TZS is a new German company using data analysis to address urban management challenges. More >>

Brazilian Visitor Program Call for Applications

November 14, 2009
ICSI's Brazilian visitor program has issued its first annual call for applications, and is set to begin in 2010 as soon as participants have been selected from the pool of applicants. The program offers exciting opportunities to expand the horizons of ICSI scientists' worldwide collaborative research.

ICSI Speech Group Wins ACM Grand Challenge

October 26, 2009
The ICSI team led by Dr. Gerald Friedland of the Speech Group has won the Grand Challenge at the Beijing ACM multimedia meeting. Their project, Joke-o-mat, was a response to the Yahoo! video challenge. Joke-o-mat is designed to parse sitcoms by identifying main characters, the best jokes (signaled by the loudest and longest laughs) and scene changes. It was developed by Friedland, Luke Gottlieb, and Adam Janin. More >>

Charles Fillmore to Speak at TLT8

October 20, 2009
Professor Charles Fillmore of the AI Group has been invited to speak at a Framenet Masterclass and Workshop at the Eighth International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT8) hosted by The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan Italy. The masterclass takes place on December 3rd, 2009 with the general conference on the 4th and 5th. More information about the class and conference >>

Böhme et al. Win Gordon Prize

October 14, 2009
Rainer Böhme, a visitor with ICSI's Networking Group, was selected as a co-winner (with Tyler Moore of Harvard University) of the first Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources by the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. The prize is named after Lawrence A. Gordon, a cybersecurity expert at the school. Read more about the prize and the winning essay by Böhme and Moore >>

Liz Shriberg Selected as ISCA Fellow

October 11, 2009
Liz Shriberg of the Speech Group has been selected as one of six fellows for 2009 of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) for her significant contributions to the field of speech communication science and technology. ISCA's Fellows Program began in 2007 to honor the contributions of outstanding members.

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