CS Student Organization: Cybersecurity Club

As the department continues to celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), this week’s blog will feature the Cyber Security Club.  Officially sanctioned on November 11th, 2014, the cyber security club is a student-led, student-run group that focuses on the security and privacy within all realms of information technology.  With Dr. Xenia Mountrouidou as the…

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New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Xenia Mountrouidou

  Kicking off National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the Department of Computer Science is excited to welcome a new faculty member with a specialization in cyber security, Dr. Xenia Mountrouidou.  Dr. X, as she prefers, brings with her a wealth of knowledge and academic experience, along with a $300k NSF grant to integrate cyber security…

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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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What You Need To Know About CS Graduate Program

• The Department of Computer Science is excited to announce Dr. Aspen Olmsted as the new Graduate Program Director. • Thank you to Dr. Anthony Leclerc for his dedicated service as Graduate Program Director from 2014 to 2016. • The program is a joint cooperation with The Graduate School of the University of Charleston, South…

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Professors Receive NSF Award to Investigate Boot Camp vs University Classroom

Congratulations to Dr. James Bowring, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and Dr. Quinn Burke, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, on receiving an award funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their research proposal, “Collaborative Proposal: Boot Camp or University Classroom? Investigating the Effectiveness of Coding Boot Camps in Developing a Diverse Software Development Workforce.” The proposal…

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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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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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