SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Bill Dally, the chairman of Stanford University's computer science department, will join the company as Chief Scientist and Vice President of NVIDIA Research.

New computer company Convey Computer Corporation today announced that industry notable and company co-founder Steven Wallach will be awarded the prestigious Seymour Cray Computer Science and Engineering Award.

By Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Mar. 22--How do you build the next Yahoo or Google? Perhaps the best way is to get admitted to the graduate program at Stanford University's department of computer science, or be invited to join the department's faculty.

PortalPlayer, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY), a leading supplier of semiconductor, firmware and software solutions for personal media players and secondary display-enabled notebook computers, today announced the appointment of William J.