Heath Nielson received his bachelors and masters degrees from the Computer Science Department at BYU, studying computer graphics and image processing under Dr. William A. Barrett. He is now a software engineer for the LDS Church's FamilySearch program. He is the developer of a new digitizing process, which makes it possible for FamilySearch technicians to digitize the Church's 2.4 million genealogical records in 8-10 years, a process which was originally estimated to take over a century to complete.
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Dr. Tom Sederberg, professor in the BYU Computer Science Department and Associate Dean in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has been awarded the prestigious 2008 John Gregory Memorial Award in Geometric Design.
After serving as chair of the Computer Science Department for nine years, Dr. Tony Martinez is stepping down to pursue other duties in the department and his research in the department's Neural Networks and Machine Learning Laboratory. In a faculty meeting with the Dean and Assistant Deans from the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dr. Parris Egbert was named the new department chair, effective June 1, 2008.

