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April 2008
Engineering students John French,
Kelly Anne Shuster and
Mark Versteeg Jr.
were recently named recipients of the 2008 Domino Award.
The Domino Award
is given annually to Computer Science students for an outstanding essay
honoring the impact that other computer scientists have made on modern society.
Essays were judged for their ability to clearly communicate how the honoree's
work set in motion a "series of dominos" that changed the world. The award is
based on Domino Theory:
... a framework that helps people understand that no matter how large or small
your hopes and dreams are, you can meet them by seeing the world around you as
a set of dominos. Sometimes the dominos need to be "set up", other times the
dominos are just waiting to be tipped over. Either way, one tip leads to the
next, and before long something big is happening. No longer will you be saying
to yourself, "Oh, I just can't make a difference so why try." All it takes
is one small strategic action to Set Big Things In Motion!
The Domino Award was created by
Computer Science Professor Clayton Lewis
and serial entrepreneur and CU Computer Science alumnus
Herbert Morreale (BS 1991).
This year's awards were sponsored by
Applied Trust Engineering,
Rally Software Development Corporation,
Stratom, Inc.
and
Tendril Networks, Inc.
Winners receive a $500 cash award and an all expenses paid trip to the next
Telluride Tech Festival,
a "Celebration of the Past, Present and Future of Technology".
The winning essays were
The awards were presented April 14, 2008 at a ceremony held in the
Department's Computer Science Education Lab.
The ceremony featured a keynote by Bill Coleman,
CEO of Cassatt Corporation
and founding donor of the
Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.
In addition to remarks by Lewis and Morreale,
attendees heard brief comments from
Trent Hein (Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Trust Engineering),
Benjamin Whaley (2003 Domino Award recipient)
and
John Conley (Deputy Chief Information Officer, State of Colorado).
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