

In the fast-paced and evolving computer automated industry. Industry-standard software and equipment, will give you the confidence to be successful Hands-on labs and courses that focus on the computers, automated systems, and using

This growth is ensuring that there is a strongĭemand for the technicians that can design, build, maintain, and repair the computerĪutomation systems that produce global innovations.

The computer industry continues to provide us with faster and more robust networksĪnd devices that keep us all connected. I aim to provide both a systematic analysis of a foundational issue and novel methodology for future use in the field.More than ever, advances in computer technologies are making our world a smaller place. My research takes a detailed look at orthography (the writing system and graphic conventions of a language) and how it is used creatively in online communication to convey tone of voice. Although traditional writing is a poor representation of spoken language, the increased use of writing for real-time conversations online has necessitated adaptation, re-introducing some of the missing face-to-face cues. Written language has evolved from a largely static way of recording information into a dynamic, often real-time communication system that has infiltrated almost every aspect of our modern lives. Using digital technology to communicate has changed the form our writing takes, just as the invention of the printing press did. "We currently live in the digital era of humanity, an era defined by innovations in how we communicate with each other. Maria explains her project in the following way: candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year." Maria's dissertation project, "Tweeting Out Loud: Typographical Tone of Voice on Social Media," explores the idea that social media users manipulate orthography systematically in order to convey prosody. Congratulations to Maria Heath, who has been awarded a University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! The DDF, "gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D.
