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…
RPM Healthcare and Toptix, LTD Awarded Grants to Dr. Olmsted for Research in #CSatCofC Courses
Dr. Aspen Olmsted was awarded two grants from RPM Healthcare and Toptix, LTD to support student research in CSCI 360, Software Architecture and Design, and CSCI 690, Special Topics: Applied Software Penetration Testing. Students will select research topics from the coursework, propose and test a hypothesis, and deliver a presentation of the results. Each grant…
Announcing Speakers for Spring 2016 Research Speaker Series
The Department of Computer Science is excited to announce the Spring 2016 Research Speaker Series. Starting in February, the series will be held at Harbor Walk West Room 217 on Mondays from 3:35-4:40PM. Please note the first speaker, Dr. Roger Dannenberg from Carnegie Mellon University, will present at Beatty Room 115 followed by a musical performance…
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…
DATA 101 Students Compete in Wells Fargo Campus Analytic Challenge and the Inaugural CofC Data Science and Analytics Competition
The department’s Data Science program, directed by Dr. Paul Anderson, was invited to compete in the Wells Fargo Campus Analytic Challenge from November 9th through November 30th. Students from thirteen top rated college and universities competed to develop a solution for a real-world business question posed by Well Fargo’s Enterprise Social Media and Enterprise Data and…
Where in the World is CS Faculty: Dr. Olmsted Presenting at 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2015)
Dr. Aspen Olmsted will be giving a keynote address at The 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2015) in London next Tuesday, December 15, 2015. His presentation will discuss “Secure Software Engineering Curriculum”. In his talk, Dr Olmsted will investigate the problem of teaching the secure development of cloud-based enterprise applications. He…
Graduate Student, Clinton Medbery, Presenting At ICITST; Receives Grant From Graduate Student Association
Congratulations to Clinton Medbery for the acceptance of his graduate project, “HeartSync: Mobile Pacemaker Failure Detector,” to be presented at the 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST). Medbery was awarded a Graduate Student Presentation Grant to conduct his presentation. ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of theory…
Interested In Getting Your Masters In Analytics And Data Science? Announcing A Joint 4+1 Program In Data Science And Analytics With The University Of San Francisco
The College of Charleston, School of Sciences and Mathematics, is honored to announce a cooperation agreement with the University of San Francisco (USF), College of Arts and Sciences, to offer a joint 4+1 program featuring data science and analytics. The 4+1 program will provide The College of Charleston Data Science graduates priority admission into…
We’re Expanding!!!
To meet the growing needs of the department, the College acquired additional space on the first floor of Harbor Walk East. Construction started in early November with plans to be completed by the 2016 Spring semester. The new space will include a lobby with a sitting area and research labs for Dr. Munsell, Dr…