September 20, 2006
Carl Chang, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University, has received the prestigious 2006 IBM Faculty Award of $30,000. The award "recognizes the quality of Chang's program and its importance to the computer industry." Chang was among the few individuals who received the highly-competitive global award in software engineering.
As a global competition, the IBM Faculty Award is intended to recognize outstanding faculty, and to promote innovative, collaborative research in disciplines of mutual interest to IBM and the researcher.