Computing Academy Inducts New Members

The Arkansas Academy of Computing inducted five new members during their fourth annual banquet held in Fayetteville in April.

The academy, which is part of the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Arkansas, recognizes area professionals who have made significant and sustained contributions to the computing profession.

Multiple professionals from Arkansas’ academic world were inducted.

Kyle Parker, a private practice attorney who wrote the first artificial intelligence software ever to be granted a registered copyright for the legal profession, was among those inducted. Parker was joined in the 2009 class by Susan Norton, an information technology manager who helped establish a new state office — the State of Arkansas Office of Information Technology — that had been enacted by the Arkansas Information Systems Act.

Dr. Larry Morell, a professor in the department of Computer and Information Science at Arkansas Tech University, was also inducted along with Dr. Bill Hargrave and Prakash Jalihal.

Dr. Hargrave is founder and director of the RFID Research Center at the UA. Jalihal is senior vice president and managing director of Fidelity Information Services for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The academy now has more than 90 members.