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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

Interested in Combining Computing with Communication? Announcing a New Computing in the Arts Concentration, Digital Media!

The Department of Computer Science at the College of Charleston is excited to announce the new Digital Media concentration in Computing in the Arts (CITA). Starting in the Fall 2016 semester, students can enroll in the Digital Media concentration to study how to synthesize computing with visual art and communication.  Students will obtain knowledge in…

Read More

Dr. Aspen Olmsted Appointed General Chair for World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS) Conference

Dr. Aspen Olmsted was appointed as General Chair for the 2016 World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS) Conference. The World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS) is Co-Sponsored by the IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter. The WorldCIS is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of security on the Internet and Computer Networks. The…

Read More