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Krste Asanović Quoted in InfoWorld

August 4, 2008
Professor Krste Asanović, head of the Architecture Group, is quoted in this InfoWorld article on parallel processing. Asanovic is an expert on this new technology, and advises programmers to be cautious in their choice of programming language for parallel programming. Because the technology is so new, there isn't yet an industry standard programming platform, so many of the existing platforms may become obsolete.

ICSI Transfers XORP Technology to XORP, Inc.

July 24, 2008
The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) announced today that it has transferred its eXtensible Open Router Platform (XORP) technology to XORP, Inc. (http://xorp.net), a startup founded by the leaders of the XORP.org project (http://xorp.org) and backed by two top-tier VC's, Onset Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. XORP, Inc. is led by network industry veteran and seasoned entrepreneur, Vivek Ragavan.

Architecture and Vision Research Groups Created at ICSI

July 15, 2008
Two new research groups were formed in the summer of 2008. Professor Krste Asanovic, a former ICSI graduate student researcher and frequent visitor, is heading the new Architecture Group. Professor Trevor Darrell, formerly of MIT, is heading a new Vision Group.

Chris Bregler and Jitendra Malik Win the 2008 Longuet-Higgins Prize

June 30, 2008
ICSI alum Chris Bregler and Emeritus Trustee Jitendra Malik have won the 2008 Longuet-Higgins prize for "Fundamental Contributions in Computer Vision That have Stood the Test of Time."

Richard Karp Receives Kyoto Prize

June 24, 2008
Professor Richard M. Karp, Head of the Algorithms Group at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley, has received the 2008 Kyoto Prize in the Advanced Technology Category, Information Sciences Field. The Kyoto Prize is sometimes referred to as the "Japanese Nobel", and is one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.

Eero Silvennoinen Joins ICSI's Board of Trustees

June 1, 2008
Dr. Eero Silvennoinen of Tekes joined ICSI's Board of Trustees in June 2008. Dr. Silvennoinen is Director of Software and Telecommunications Technologies at Tekes, and has been at Tekes since 1988. He replaced Mr. Jouko Salo as the Finnish representative to ICSI's Board.

Universal Parallel Computing Research Center Featured in the New York Times

March 19, 2008
ICSI's Krste Asanovic is working to set up the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center (or ParLab) at UC Berkeley, which was featured in the March 19 New York Times article "Industry Giants Try to Break Computing's Dead End." For more information on Professor Asanovic's work with Par Lab, please see here.

Paul Kay Featured in Nature News

March 3, 2008
Paul Kay of ICSI's AI group was featured in a March 3 Nature News article by Kerri Smith entitled "Perception Coloured by Language." The piece highlights findings from two of Dr. Kay's studies, suggesting language may constrain color perception.

Vern Paxson Receives 2007 Grace Murray Hopper Award

February 21, 2008
Vern Paxson, Senior Scientist with the Networking Group and a UC Berkeley Professor, is the recipient of the 2007 Grace Murray Hopper Award from ACM for outstanding young computer professional of the year. Paxson was selected for work he did on measuring Internet behavior. ACM issued a press release about Paxson's award on February 21. Last year's winner, Dan Klein, is an ICSI Faculty Associate working with the Speech Group on machine translation.

Genome Study Results Published in the American Journal of Human Genetics

February 7, 2008
A new study by Dr. Eran Halperin of ICSI and colleagues provides a means of pinpointing the ancestry of each position on an individual's genome. This information can be used to reconstruct ancestral history, which can then be used in studies of complex genetic diseases. Results of the study are published in the February issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Large-scale genotyping of SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms, mutations that occurred once in history and then were passed on through heredity and became prevalent in a population) has been used extensively to identify markers that are associated with diseases. There are about 10 million SNPs in the human genome that differ between individuals.

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