New $400,000 Collaborative NSF Grant with Spelman College, Data Science eXtension (DSX)

The Department of Computer Science is at the forefront of big data and offers the first undergraduate data science program of its kind.  Dr. Paul Anderson, Assistant Professor and Data Science Program Director, is working to incorporate data science fundamentals in computing curriculum, beyond the College of Charleston.   Led by Primary Investigator Brandeis Marshall at Spelman…

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Where in the World is CS Faculty: Dr. Bill Manaris and Students Present at NIME 2016 in Brisbane, Australia

Computing in the Arts (CITA) program director Dr. Bill Manaris and CITA students, Chris Benson and Seth Stoudenmier, presented at the 16th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2016) in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.  NIME 2016 is the premier academic conference in designing human-computer interfaces and interactions for musical…

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Spring 2016 Research Hypothesis Course Results in 11 Student IEEE Publications

The department is excited to announce that eleven student research papers were chosen for presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Information Society (i-Society-2016) in Dublin, Ireland in October. Publications can be found on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. In the Spring 2016 semester, Dr. Aspen Olmsted taught CSIS 690, a special topics course on developing…

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Student Spotlight: Elaina Cole Receives NCWIT Collegiate Award Honorable Mention

Congratulations to Elaina Cole, CS student ambassador and undergraduate researcher at CIRDLES, on receiving the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Collegiate Award Honorable Mention for her research project, “Engineering an Open Source Coordinate System Converter.”   The NCWIT Collegiate Award, sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Qualcomm, honors the outstanding technical accomplishments of…

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Student Spotlight: Eliza Starr, First Freshman Computer Science Intern at Boeing

Eliza Starr has accepted a summer 2016 internship with Boeing’s Charleston IT group. The first freshman intern hired by the IT group, Starr will be involved in web development and several projects throughout the summer. Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space, and security systems, frequently partners…

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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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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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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…

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