The Department of Computer Science at the College of Charleston is excited to announce the Fall 2018 Computer Science Research Speaker Series Each week, a featured CofC faculty or guest speaker will discuss professional, ethical, legal, and social issues and responsibilities in computing. Events are held on Thursday at 4:30PM in SSMB 129 * * * Aug…
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CS@COFC Student Receives Honorable Mention, Scholarship for Data Challenge
The Computer Science Department at the College of Charleston wishes to congratulate student Xandre Clementsmith who competed with teams from 45 universities in the 2018 Data Challenge, Spring 2018. For the Data Challenge competition, all student teams were provided with the same multiple data sets and questions from a non-profit partner, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS). Teams then…
International Computer Science Students Visit, Study at CS@CofC
On June 22nd, three international students visiting from the University of La Rochelle in La Rochelle France, will present their research presentations based on their summer work here at the College of Charleston. Jia Jun Chai, Maël Gaonach, and Meven Turmel, arrived on April 8 to begin their respective 12-week study abroad programs here and…
CS Student, Faculty attend Global Environment for Network Innovation Regional Workshop and Summer Camp
Lancie Affonso and Jody Mullinax received funding from the NSF to attended a week long Global Environment for Network Innovations GENI Regional Workshop (GRW) and Summer Camp 2018 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, which took place May 14-18, 2019, to develop virtual cybersecurity labs to be used in the College’s Introduction to Cybersecurity courses (CSCI…
CofC Student Presents Research at the 2018 New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference
Pangur Brougham-Cook, an undergraduate research student in the Acoustics and Music Interaction lab, and Dr. Bill Manaris (director of Computing in the Arts) just presented their research with JythonMusic (http://jythonmusic.org) at the New Interfaces for Musical Express (NIME) 2018 conference (http://nime2018.org). JythonMusic is an environment for music making and creative programming and is meant for use by…
Dr. Jim Bowring’s “TheVaccinator” Certified by HIMSS
Healthercare IT News announced in March that TheVaccinator, a computer program designed by Dr. Jim Bowring, Professor of Computer Science at the College of Charleston, has been certified by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Immunization Integration Program. The initiative, according the HIMSS website, is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approved…
Senior Projects, Posters, and Capstone Demonstrations Featured During 2018 Harbor Walk After 5 Event.
On April 25th, the Department of Computer Science faculty, staff, and students participated in Harbor Walk After Five, an annual event that wraps up the spring semester and centers on senior capstone projects, poster sessions, demonstrations and ‘industry projects’ presentations. The event, which took place in Harbor Walk West, Rooms 213, 211, and 217 and Harbor Walk East…
CS@CofC Cyber Security Team Competes in 2018 Annual Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition (PCDC), Brings Home Award!
April 14-16, the CofC Computer Science Cyber Security Team competed in the annual Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition (PCDC), a state-wide event hosted by Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) in collaboration with the South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). The competition was held at Trident Technical College in North Charleston and included both high school…
CSatCofC Students Win Big at Annual Hackathon
Congratulations to CofC Computer Science majors Shefali Emmanuel and Jasmine Randolph whose team won “Best Beginner Hack” in the Empowerment Track at the Fifth Annual Hackathon hosted by the University of Virginia. The overnight event, which took place March 24-25, requires teams of programmers to work collaboratively to create a web or mobile application/platform from…
CS Student Blaine Billings Wins First Place in Poster Session
Congratulations to Computer Science Sophomore Blaine Billings whose poster won first place in the ACM SIGSCE undergraduate poster session at last week’s Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Billings’ poster presentation, Modeling Correct Operation of Webcams for Security Purposes, was delivered Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM…