If you intend to major in computer science, computing in the arts, computer information systems or data science, then we encourage you to apply for the Department of Computer Science’s Leading Edge Scholarship, valued up to $20,000 (over four years). The application is now open! With a degree from the Department of Computer Science from the College of Charleston,…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Computer Science Students Win First Place in Recent Mobile App Competition!
“Pick Up” smart phone app developed by two College of Charleston computer science students has won first place in the Charleston Defense Contractors Association Mobile App Competition. Students Tyler Newman and Ben Muldrow won “Best of Summit” as well as first place in the college category for their app called Pickup, a social app that allows users to create and join local…
Undergraduate Projects Fuel Access to Scientific Collections
Undergraduate students in the Computer Sciences Department at the College of Charleston are developing open-source software applications that make it easier to document and register scientific samples in the System for Earth Sample Registration (SESAR) to improve discovery and access to these valuable research resources for future use. The students are working under the direction…
Computer Science students nab another site win at Southeast Programming Competition
Since 2015, the College of Charleston has been a host site for the Association of Computing Machinery’s (ACM) annual International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) in the Southeast region. Eighteen teams visited Charleston for the latest installment of the competition on November 11, 2017. The event is organized locally by Drs. Jim Bowring and Tony Leclerc,…
Plan to Attend One of These Outstanding Research Speaker Series Events!
There is still time to attend one, or all, of the remaining upcoming Computer Science Speaker Series presentations. Between now and November 28th, the Computer Science Department is hosting guest speaker, Dr. Ioannis Karamouzas, Assistant Professor at Clemson University as well as showcasing three faculty members from the College of Charleston as part of the…
Aspen Olmstead Nominated as a 2017 International Academy, Research, and Industry Award Fellow
The IARIA Nominations and Election Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Aspen Olmstead has been nominated for a reward recognizing his continuous contributions in supporting IARIA scientific events. The IARIA Board initiated the Fellowship program in 2007 for a very limited number of outstanding contributors and is intended to recognize: outstanding scientific research results endorsed…
Paul Anderson and Walter Blair Present Paper at 17th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering in Washington, DC
On Monday, October 23, 2017, Professor Paul Anderson and Walter Blair, a student in the Computer Science Master’s program, presented a paper on Streamlining the Genomics Processing Pipeline via Named Pipes and Persistent Spark Datasets with colleagues Leonard de Melo Joao and Larry Davis at the 17th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering in Washington, DC. …
ACM Recognizes Renée McCauley as a 2017 Distinguished Member and Pioneering Innovator
ACM Recognizes 2017 Distinguished Members as Pioneering Innovators that Are Advancing the Digital Age Global Roster Selected for Outstanding Scientific, Engineering and Educational Contributions to Computing NEW YORK, NY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 43 Distinguished Members for outstanding contributions to the field. As a group, the 2017 Distinguished…
Computer Science Students Accompany Dr. X to the 2017 GENI Regional Workshop
On November 3rd and 4th, Professor Xenia Mountrouidou (Professor X) and two students, Nate Smith, a junior in Computer Science, and Blaine Billings, a sophomore in Computer Science and Mathematics, attended the 2017 GENI Regional Workshop (GRW) at the University of Oregon in Eugene. The GRW Regional Workshop serves both a general audience and members…
Dr. Jim Bowring Attending GSA Conference with Four Presenting Students
Dr. Jim Bowring, PhD, and four of his students are traveling to Seattle this week to present at the annual Geological Society of America (GSA) convention. Two of the students will be presenting their papers and the other two will present posters. All four presentations are the result of work done in Dr. Bowring’s CIRDLES.org lab. …