Congratulations to Hijung (Valentina) Shin and Patrick Wendell, two of the three winners of the 2011 Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. Congratulations to Kay Ousterhout and Michael Ty who were selected for Honorable Mention.

In 2001 archaeologists in Peru found 20 conch shell trumpets in an ancient ceremonial center. Researchers used software to characterize the acoustic properties of each shell, reconstruct the shell's interior, and study how the shape of the stone ceremonial chamber where they were found would alter the sound.

Professor Ed Felten has been named the first chief technologist to the Federal Trade Commission. He will advise the agency on issues relating to technology and help guide related government policy.

Need to Know on PBS interview Professors Andrew Appel and Ed Felten on the problems and vulnerabilities of electronic voting machines.

Results from the Oct 24th Greater New York Regional ACM Programming Competition, placed Princeton's five 3-person teams, coached by Jarett Schwartz (COS '11), in 1st, 2nd, 6th, 8th, and 13th out of 48 teams.

Princeton computer scientists David Blei and Sean Garrish have developed a new method to search academic journals and other collections of documents, such as websites, to trace the origins and spread of ideas.

Princeton researchers join nationwide project to boost energy efficiency of buildings

Congratulations to CS graduate student Chong Wang, for winning a Google PhD fellowship!

Congratulations to Sanjeev Arora for winning the 2010 Goedel Prize for his breakthrough approximation algorithm for Euclidean TSP that set off a slew of developments in geometric optimization.

MohammadHossein Bateni has been awarded a Charlotte Elizabeth Proctor Fellowship for the 2010-11 academic year. The Proctor is one of the University's Honorific Fellowships, awarded by the Graduate School to recognize outstanding academic performance and professional promise.

Professor Larry Peterson elected to National Academy of Engineering

David Blei and Brent Waters have been awarded Alfred P. Sloan Fellowships, given to "early-career scientists and researchers whose distinguished performance marks a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their fields."