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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The Department Hosted Ten Alumni at 10th Annual Alumni Symposium, A Decade of Excellence

On Friday, March 18, 2016, the department held the 10th anniversary of the Computer Science Alumni Symposium. Department Chair, Dr. Sebastian van Delden, started the symposium with a warm welcome and presented Symposium Chair, Dr. Jim Bowring, with an award thanking him for his dedication over the years to the alumni symposium series. This year’s…

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Where in the World is CS Faculty: Dr. Olmsted Presenting and Panelist at the Cloud Computing 2016

Dr. Aspen Olmsted will be presenting two papers, and serving as a panelist at the Cloud Computing 2016 conference in Rome, Italy from March 20-24, 2016.  The papers were co-authored with masters students in Dr. Olmsted’s Secure Data Engineering Lab.   Gayathri Santhanakrishnan co-authored “Cloud Data De-Normalization: Investigated Data Modeling in the Cloud” and Santoshi Devata co-authored “Non-Functional Requirements…

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The Department Hosted 20 High School Teams at 34th Annual High School Programming Competition

On February 26, 2016, the Department of Computer Science held the 34th Annual High School Programming Competition at Harbor Walk.  With approximately 80 attendees, including students, coaches, and parents, the competition was comprised of 20 teams from SC, GA, and NC. The competition utilized Python and Java, as teams collaborated to solve eight problems.  The…

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