The Department of Computer Science is excited to announce Dr. Xenia Mountrouidou’s research on “Raising Flags: Detecting Covert Storage Channels Using Relative Entropy” has been selected for presentation at the IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference. The conference will be held July 22-24, 2017 in Beijing, China. Her research was co-authored with Dr. Josephine Chow…
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Eric Hofesmann Captures ‘Best of the Best’ at SSM Undergraduate Research Poster Session
Congratulations to Eric Hofesmann for receiving the ‘Best of the Best’ award at the School of Sciences and Mathematics Undergraduate Research Poster Session! Hofesmann presented his research, “Individual Fingerprints Using the Brain Connectome: A Deep Learning Approach,“ with the guidance of Dr. Brent Munsell and his research lab, Machine Learning and Medical Image Analysis. Also,…
Cyber Club Hacked to Top Prize at Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition
When it comes to cyber security, no other university in South Carolina hacked it as well as the College of Charleston last weekend. That’s because students in the College’s Cybersecurity Club took home the top prize at the Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition on Sunday, April 10, 2017, at Trident Technical College in North Charleston…
Department Hosted Seven Alumni for 11th Annual Alumni Symposium
On Friday, March 24th, 2017, the Department of Computer Science held the 11th Annual Computer Science Alumni Symposium. Department Chair, Dr. Sebastian van Delden, started the symposium with a warm welcome and presented Master of Ceremonies, Husna Siddiqui. Presenters highlighted where they are working and their responsibilities, showcasing the variety of opportunities that a degree in…
Dr. Jim Bowring’s Research Selected for Publication in Quaternary Geochronology
The Department of Computer Science is excited to announce Dr. Jim Bowring’s research, “Data Reporting Standards for Publication of U-series data for Geochronology and Timescale Assessment in the Earth Sciences,” was selected for publication in the science journal, Quaternary Geochronology. ABSTRACT Uranium-series data provide essential dating and tracer tools for a broad spectrum of…
Student Spotlight: Sarah Wiegreffe, Research Accepted to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Translational Bioinformatics Summit
Congratulations to Sarah Wiegreffe for the acceptance of her research, “Can Classifications of Publications into Translational Categories be Automated?” at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Translational Bioinformatics Summit, which will take place March 27-30, 2017 in San Francisco, CA. Wiegreffe’s research is a collaborative effort between Dr. Paul Anderson’s data science research lab at…
Students Gain Valuable Insight at Women in Data Science Conference
By Rachel McNeely Every semester Dr. Anderson’s Data 101 class participates in a Kaggle data science competition to compete for a trip to a data science conference. As the winners of the Fall 2016 semester competition, my teammates, Mackenzie Schaich and Allison Hansen, and I were flown to Washington, D.C. to attend the annual nationwide…
Student Spotlight: Luis Mejia Ricart Caba
The Department of Computer Science is excited to welcome Luis Mejia Ricart Caba, one of two international students enrolled in the Spring 2017 semester for the Master of Science in Computer and Information Sciences degree program. A joint program with the Citadel, international students comprise approximately 30% of the student body. Luis, a software engineer…
Department Hosted 18 High School Teams at 35th Annual High School Programming Competition
On February 10, 2017, the Department of Computer Science held the 35th Annual High School Programming Competition at Harbor Walk. With over 70 attendees, including students, coaches, and parents, the competition comprised of 18 teams throughout North Carolina and South Carolina, with new teams participating from Wando High School, Bishop England High School, and Charlotte…
We’re Celebrating Give To What You Love for the Month of February
For the whole month of February, we’re celebrating #GiveToWhatYouLove. The month-long campaign will allow you to enhance student outcomes by making a gift to support the “corner” of the School that was most significant to you. Show your support and make a gift to the Department of Computer Science! Help us reach our goal…