Cherrice Traver, professor
of electrical and computer engineering, presented a paper,
“Generalized Early Evaluation in Self-timed Circuits,” at a
recent conference titled Design, Automation and Test in Europe.
The paper, coauthored by colleagues at Mississippi State University,
is part of an ongoing research project on phased logic
circuit design sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Hilary Tann is a featured composer in the “Freedom Concert”
Hilary Tann, professor of music, is to be a featured
composer on Saturday in the “Freedom Concert” by the
Plymouth (Mich.) Symphony Orchestra at Our Lady of Good
Counsel Church in Plymouth. The program is to open with
her concert overture, The Open Field, written in memoriam of
the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989. It is to be followed
by Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The concert is a memorial tribute
to PSO founder Carl Groschke, who died last year.
Rudy Nydegger participated in State Leadership Conference
Rudy Nydegger, associate professor of psychology
(GMI), participated in the recent State Leadership Conference
sponsored by the American Psychological Association in Washington.
The conference involved state leaders from around the country
and Canada on issues relevant to psychologists and consumers
of psychological services. The program was intended to
help state leaders be more effective in dealing with these issues on
their own turf.
David Hemmendinger commissioned by Encyclopedia Britannica
David Hemmendinger, associate professor of
computer science, has authored two articles commissioned by the
Encyclopedia Britannica. “Programming Languages” was accepted
last year. “Computers,” a long survey article, was accepted
recently. Both are to appear in both the online and printed versions of
the encyclopedia. Also, he recently organized a discussion of
the history of computer software at the annual ACM conference
on computer science education.
Martha Huggins contracted to publish book
Martha Huggins, the Roger Thayer Stone Professor
of Sociology, has contracted with the University of California Press
to publish Violence Workers: Brazilian Torturers and
Murderers Reconstruct Atrocities, which she co-wrote with psychologist
Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University, also president of the
American Psychological Association; and Mika Haritos-Fatouros,
president of the Greek Counseling Association. The book is also
under contract for publication by the University of Brasilia
Press. Huggins also has published an article, “State Violence in
Brazil: The Professional Morality of Torturers,” in
Citizens of Fear: Urban Violence in Latin
America (Rutgers University Press, 2002). Katherine Goldman
'97, a graduate student at Rutgers, is co-editor of the anthology,
and organizer of a conference in Mexico at which Huggins
first presented the paper.