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Computer science alumni judge senior capstones, provide insight to students – University of Colorado Boulder
On Friday, April 26th, 29 computer science alumni judged current students' senior capstone projects at the Engineering Projects Expo. Spending half an hour with three different groups, the judges provided insight as professionals into the students' presentations, their demos and their underlying code architecture. Ryan Dowell (CompSci'11), who works for industrial textile machine company Melco, said he was impressed by the scale and variety of projects created by the students in partnership with their capstone clients
Calculating the future: Meet 2024 PNW graduate Collin Garmon – Purdue University Northwest
April 29, 2024 Collin Garmons interest and aptitude for math led him to a double major and degrees in both Mathematics and Applied Statistics from the College of Engineering and Sciences at Purdue University Northwest (PNW). Garmon realized in first grade that he was good at math; by third grade he was taking advanced math classes and in middle school and high school was competing in math competitions
Baylor beefs up digital defense programming with new cybersecurity major – The Baylor Lariat
By Josh Siatkowski | Staff Writer An expansion to Baylors major catalog is on the horizon, with a new cybersecurity major set to begin next fall. According to Sean Hutton, a clinical associate professor in computer science and executive director of the Central Texas Cyber Range, the new major will address a huge need for more cybersecurity professionals around the globe
Computer Science Professional Development for Teacher Preparation Faculty – Georgia State University News – Georgia State University News
story by Claire Miller To ensure all students get a quality computer science (CS) education, its important for K-12 teachers and the faculty in teacher education who prepare them to understand how to integrate CS into all classrooms. Assistant Professor Yin-Chan Janet Liao and colleagues at California State University, Dominguez Hills conducted a study to learn how professional development for faculty and staff members in a college of education could affect how they think about CS education and how they could integrate CS concepts and skills into all teacher preparation programs
Lenore Blum Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences – Carnegie Mellon University
Lenore Blum(opens in new window), a foundational researcher in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and a tireless advocate for women in math and science, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences(opens in new window). Blum, who retired from CMU in 2019, was a professor in the School of Computer Science(opens in new window), the founding director of Project Olympus(opens in new window), and co-director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
New book explores gay, queer and feminist community at the heart of early advances in computer science – The UCSB Current
This broader community of collaborators and contemporaries included software engineer Cicely Popplewell, who, Fancher writes, was hired as an assistant to Turing but she had a long career and deep expertise especially with early computer programming. Theres also gay men, such as Christopher Strachey, whose excitement for gaming, artificial intelligence and how computers may someday express emotion kept him up at night
The $8M project bringing computer science teaching to Maine’s rural schools – Bangor Daily News
A new project aims to turn a dozen Maine school districts into regional computer science hubs that will train neighboring districts how to prepare students for the modern workforce. The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliancehas received an $8.2 million grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation to train about 1,000 educators in the state and reach 20,000 students over the next five years. Some of the teachers will tour businesses relying on computer science and find ways to fuse the discipline with their classroom lessons
UCLA Computer Scientist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences – UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Newsroom
Jason Cong, UCLAs Volgenau Professor for Engineering Excellence, was one of five UCLA faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nations most prestigious honorary societies.
BHS student awarded for Aspirations in Computing – Daily Leader – Dailyleader
Published 9:00 am Monday, April 29, 2024 A Brookhaven High School student is one of five high school students to be honored at the Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Award ceremony recently. Makiya Wilson, a senior at BHS, was one of two 2024 NCWIT-Mississippi AiC Award winners. Passionate about technology, Wilson plans to major in computer science and promote diversity and inclusion in STEM fields.
AI should be considered a UCC course | Opinion – PantherNOW
Sim Sitzer | Contributing Writer FIU is a leading institution for artificial intelligence education, however there needs to be more initiative for students to take AI courses. This would fundamentally shift it from being a niche subject to one that is understood university wide