Seth Cooper wins the world's best computer science thesis award

[zoran]

Seth Cooper's PhD thesis wins the 2011 ACM Dissertation Award with his design and development of the Foldit scientific discovery platform.

http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2012/service-awards-2011

This is an amazing achievement for Seth. But more importantly, Seth, as well as the entire Foldit team, know that this is really your award because it is exactly the Foldit community and the expertise development that evolved over the past 4 years within the community that produced all exciting results.

Congratulations to you all,
Zoran

[Tlaloc]

Congratulations Seth…that's quite an accomplishment!

[Tlaloc]

Is there a link to the dissertation?

[Seth Cooper]

Thanks! Here's a link:

cs.washington.edu

uwthesis.pdf

[Steven Pletsch]

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

Way to go ! That is awesome

[CharlieFortsConscience]

Congrats Seth. Now you CAN buy a new server :)

[LennStar]

Congrats Seth!

[Rav3n_pl]

WTG!

[Bletchley Park]

Landmark application.

[Dixie2]

Congratulations Seth!!! And thanks to the whole Fold.it team for this amazing game!