April 14-16, the CofC Computer Science Cyber Security Team competed in the annual Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition (PCDC), a state-wide event hosted by Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) in collaboration with the South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). The competition was held at Trident Technical College in North Charleston and included both high school…
CSatCofC Students Win Big at Annual Hackathon
Congratulations to CofC Computer Science majors Shefali Emmanuel and Jasmine Randolph whose team won “Best Beginner Hack” in the Empowerment Track at the Fifth Annual Hackathon hosted by the University of Virginia. The overnight event, which took place March 24-25, requires teams of programmers to work collaboratively to create a web or mobile application/platform from…
CS Student Blaine Billings Wins First Place in Poster Session
Congratulations to Computer Science Sophomore Blaine Billings whose poster won first place in the ACM SIGSCE undergraduate poster session at last week’s Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Billings’ poster presentation, Modeling Correct Operation of Webcams for Security Purposes, was delivered Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM…
36th Annual High School Programming Competition Held at CS at CofC
The Department of Computer Science at the College of Charleston is pleased to have hosted the 36th Annual High School Programming Competition on Friday, February 23rd from 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM, finishing with an awards ceremony. Prizes and swag were supplied by Soteria and NodeSC. This year boasted the highest number of registered teams, 35…
Cyber Security Infused Computer Science Program
On Tuesday, February 12th, 2018, the Faculty Senate at the College of Charleston cast the final vote to approve significant changes to the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree program. “Instead of creating a separate, niche cyber security degree, we instead want all of our computer science majors to have an understanding of the…
CSatCofC Staff Produce Scholarly work in 2017-2018
Marilee Henry (Program Coordinator) and Lisa Hase-Jackson (Communications and Administrative Assistant) in the Computer Science Department at the College of Charleston both had scholarly and creative works accepted for publication during the 2017-2018 academic year. Marilee Henry was a Panel Member at the 41st National Academic Advising Association Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Her panel…
Computer Science Undergraduate Students Developing Software
Undergraduate Projects Improve Analysis of Geochronological Data Feb 2018. Undergraduate students in the Computer Sciences Department at the College of Charleston are developing open-source software applications and infrastructure aimed at improving access to and analysis of geochronological and other earth-science data. The students are working under the direction of Dr. Jim Bowring at the Cyber Infrastructure Research…
Blaine Billings Awarded the Naval Research Enterprise Internship
The Computer Science Department would like to congratulate Blaine Billings who has been awarded the Naval Research Enterprise Internship (NRIEP) 10-week summer internship at SPAWAR, San Diego, CA. NREIP provides an opportunity for students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The goals of NREIP are to encourage…
12th Annual Computer Science Alumni Symposium: “Charleston Stories”
The Department of Computer Science invites you to the 12th Annual Computer Science Alumni Symposium, Charleston Stories, on Friday, March 9, 2018 at 4:30pm in the School of Sciences and Mathematics Building, Room 129 (Auditorium). The event will feature seven Computer Science Alumni working in the Charleston region. These Alumni will share their insights and advice on topics including career opportunities, graduate school,…
CSatCofC Students Win 2017 Wells Fargo Campus Analytics Challenge!
This March, Xandre Clementsmith, a freshman double majoring in data science and math, and Jacob Mattox, a junior double majoring in computer and data sciences, will head to California to claim their cash prize for winning the 2017 Wells Fargo Campus Analytics Challenge! During the competition, each team of students was provided with a large…