News Department of Computer Science at LSU

The Department of Computer Science 2006 Scholars were recognized at the 31st Annual Dean Arthur R.Choppin Memorial Honors Convocation that was held on March 13,2006.

Students being honored have earned a minimum of 60 hours in college credit and have maintained 3.7 or higher overall and LSu Grade point averages or rank in the top 10% of their major. These students were enrolled in the college full-time in the Fall 05 Semester and are currently pursuing full- time course loads this semester.

The list of 2006 Scholars from the Computer Science Department are listed below:

Joseph Dominic Cali
Razvan Cornelius Carbunescu
Eric Han Chen
Kevin Anthony Cherry
Abhishek Debchoudhury
Matthew Hyland Hess
Karen Elizabeth Jones
Karyn Elizabeth Klien
Ruchi Kumar
Yance Dale Matherne, Jr.
Marc Mouton Noel
Svetlozar Yordanov Petrov
Ryan Brant Rousseau
Anshul Tandon
Blake Michael Tregre
Yuebing Zhou

Special Awards: The Department of Computer Science gave special awards to the following four distinguished students:

Joseph Dominic Cali - Outstanding Student Award
Notable in all efforts Consistent
Best all-round student
Strength in software and hardware areas

Majors: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Graduation: May 2007
Research Interests:
Innovative computer devices, low-power devices, alternative energy resources

Karyn Elizabeth Klien - Award of Distinction
Distinction both in scientific as well as business fields

Majors: Computer Science Major/Minor in Business Administration
Graduation: May 2006
Interests: Providing technical expertise and support for curriculum development and support

Ryan Brant Rousseau - Award of Excellence
3rd Year Student

Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
Work Experience: Center for Computation and Technology
Interests: Active in Association for Computing Machinery(ACM), competitor in ACM programming contest, recently has begun a sig group in Programming Languages