Posted: June 24th, 2009 | Author: septork@cs.cofc.edu | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: academy award, computer science, creative, visual effects | No Comments »
What is computer science at CofC?
For one example, read this blurb from a feature story in the latest College of Charleston Magazine:
“Though it’s one of the smaller departments at the College, with 15 to 30 graduates each year, and its cutting-edge culture may seem at odds with a campus that prides itself on history, it was a perfect fit for Nafees. The computer lab became a second home. There, the upperclassmen were inviting, and the professors friendly. Classes were small and intimate. ‘It was like getting coffee,’ Nafees says of lectures.”
As if you need another reason to see where a degree in computer science (and specifically one from the College of Charleston) can get you, check out this story on CS graduate Nafees Bin Zafar.
Posted: March 18th, 2009 | Author: septork@cs.cofc.edu | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2020, computer science, future, visions | 3 Comments »
Computer Science at the College of Charleston will be…
–Add a comment to share your visions!–
Posted: March 16th, 2009 | Author: septork@cs.cofc.edu | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: CLforJava, college of charleston, computer science | 2 Comments »
CLforJava:
What:
A multi-year, capstone project to create a product combining two powerful programming languages: Java and Common Lisp. Java is routinely used in most industries. Evolved from AI research, Common Lisp encourages people to think differently about highly complex problems such as bioinformatics, airline reservations, cell phone billing, Web 3.0, and space station maintenance.
This marriage creates a software meta-tool enabling people to build new tools for tackling the current and future hyper-complex problems.
Outcomes:
Over 6 years, approximately 150 students have experienced working in an open-source project as large, complex and intense as they will encounter in industry. They must learn to integrate all of the skills they have learned, as a combination of the sciences and liberal arts, thereby stimulating the critical thinking skills they will require to succeed in their careers. The final product may place the College on the map of the Open Source software community.
In celebration of the project, look for balloons with blurbs – in the halls of the CS Department! Also, don’t forget that on Tuesday, March 17, Jerry Boetje (project developer) will be speaking about the project at the ACM meeting: JC Long Room 221, at 12:15pm.
