The Department of Computer Science is at the forefront of big data and offers the first undergraduate data science program of its kind. Dr. Paul Anderson, Assistant Professor and Data Science Program Director, is working to incorporate data science fundamentals in computing curriculum, beyond the College of Charleston. Led by Primary Investigator Brandeis Marshall at Spelman…
Category Archives: Accomplishments
Where in the World is CS Faculty: Dr. Bill Manaris and Students Present at NIME 2016 in Brisbane, Australia
Computing in the Arts (CITA) program director Dr. Bill Manaris and CITA students, Chris Benson and Seth Stoudenmier, presented at the 16th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2016) in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. NIME 2016 is the premier academic conference in designing human-computer interfaces and interactions for musical…
Spring 2016 Research Hypothesis Course Results in 11 Student IEEE Publications
The department is excited to announce that eleven student research papers were chosen for presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Information Society (i-Society-2016) in Dublin, Ireland in October. Publications can be found on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. In the Spring 2016 semester, Dr. Aspen Olmsted taught CSIS 690, a special topics course on developing…
Student Spotlight: Elaina Cole Receives NCWIT Collegiate Award Honorable Mention
Congratulations to Elaina Cole, CS student ambassador and undergraduate researcher at CIRDLES, on receiving the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Collegiate Award Honorable Mention for her research project, “Engineering an Open Source Coordinate System Converter.” The NCWIT Collegiate Award, sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Qualcomm, honors the outstanding technical accomplishments of…
Student Spotlight: Eliza Starr, First Freshman Computer Science Intern at Boeing
Eliza Starr has accepted a summer 2016 internship with Boeing’s Charleston IT group. The first freshman intern hired by the IT group, Starr will be involved in web development and several projects throughout the summer. Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space, and security systems, frequently partners…
CofC At Forefront of Big Data Education
NetworkWorld.com has listed the Data Science Program at the College of Charleston as one of eight universities currently at the forefront of big data education. Data science is consistently ranked as one of the top fields to watch in the next decade. The undergraduate program offers opportunities for research, internships, and study abroad experiences. Our recent graduates have…
Dr. Olmsted and Master’s Student Selected “Best Paper” at 2016 Cloud Computing Conference
Professor Aspen Olmsted and master’s student, Gayathri Santhanakrishnan, were selected as “Best Paper” for “Cloud Data Denormalization of Anonymous Transactions.” Selection was based on reviews of the original submission, camera-ready version, and presentation during the 2016 Cloud Computing Conference in Rome, Italy. In the paper, Dr. Olmsted and Santhanakrishnan investigated the problem of representing transaction data in PAAS…
ACM Holds First Competitive Programming Jam Session! Join Us Next Time!
On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, the ACM Club at the Department of Computer Science at the College of Charleston held its first Competitive Programming Jam Session. “Coming off of our 1st place victory in the big ACM Southeast Regional ICPC (Division II) event in November, we hope that these Jam Sessions further increase the interest…
Data 101 Students Win $2,000 and a Trip to San Francisco for the Wells Fargo Analytics Challenge
Congratulations to Jake Schwarztrauber, Katie Hane Balcewicz, and Danielle Joy Schwartz! After rigorous judging by experts in the field of Data Science, the Data 101 students were selected as one of five winners in the Wells Fargo Campus Analytics Challenge to receive a prize package. The package includes $2,000 cash and a 3-day/2-night trip for…
Congratulations to 35 Years and To Our Fall 2015 Graduates
Richard Crosby started the Department of Computer Science in 1980, and 2015 was the department’s 35th anniversary! 2015 was a big year of accomplishments for the department: 13% increase of Fall enrollment from 2014 to 2015 31% of student body consisting of females Dr. Sebastian van Delden joins the department as Chair Two Assistant Professors…
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