On Friday, April 9, the CS Department will hold a Research Day in the Tate Reception Hall from 12-3 pm. The UGA Computer Science Department has an active and growing program of research, with roughly 120 graduate students, and faculty experts in areas including: Algorithms Distributed information systems Scientific computing Artificial intelligence Evolutionary computing Simulation Bioimaging Human-computer interaction Theory Bioinformatics Parallel & distributed computing Virtual reality Databases Real-time systems Vision & image Processing Computer Science Research Day is designed to showcase the accomplishments and abilities of our thriving graduate program and takes the form of a poster competition among the graduate students. We invite the university community, potential graduate students, alumni, and current and potential industrial affiliates to: Meet our graduate students and view their research posters Cast votes for Best Posterand Best Demo Enjoy some refreshments Identify potential assistants for your research or other funded work Meet our faculty members; find collaborators Poster & Demo competition Prizes: (1st, 2nd, and 3rd for both poster and demo categories) First prize - $500 in travel funds for a student author to present a paper at a conference. Second prize - $250 in travel funds for a student author to present a paper at a conference. Third prize - $100 gift certificate at the University bookstore. Note: travel funds to be used by June 1st, 2011.