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…

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Department Gearing Up For New Signature Spring Event, #CSatCofC After Five

On Thursday, April 21, 2016, the department will host local industry leaders for our new signature Spring event, #CSatCofC After Five.  The event will showcase presentations by student groups that have teamed with up with tech companies to solve a company problem.  The participating companies that collaborated with our students comprise our Joint Industrial Advisory Board.  The department…

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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…

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