Jerome Espino, a communication networks and security major in Loyola University Chicago’s Department of Computer Science, was selected to participate in the SC11 Student Volunteer Program. SC is the annual International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, to be held November 12-18 in Seattle, Washington.
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Alumnus Seiya Kawashima (MS Software Technology 2008) is a programmer at the University of Chicago’s radiology department. His CTA Social app is one of only twelve winning entries in the recent City of Chicago’s Apps for Metro Chicago software development challenge. Congratulations, Seiya!!
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Computer Science students Ashton Kemerling and George Vasels were awarded the LUROP Provost Fellowship for Undergraduate Research .Ashton and George will work during their senior year (2011—2012) with their faculty mentor Dr. Ronald Greenberg on development of improved tools that departments/universities can use to create, archive, and visualize scheduling and other information about courses.
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Alumnus Plamen Petrov (MS in computer science, 1992) will be speaking on the topics of software architecture and service-oriented architecture at the upcoming meeting of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) Chicago chapter this coming Thursday at 6:00pm at the Illinois Technology Association (ITA), 200 S Wacker, Chicago, Illinois 60606 (15th floor). Plamen is Chief Enterprise Architect at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and an Adjunct Professor at Loyola’s Department of Computer Science.
Attendance is free. There will be free pizza.
Everybody who is interested in software architecture, enterprise architecture, IT architecture and is willing to participate in the establishment of a professional architecture community is encouraged to attend.
We’ve slowed on the “weekly” announcements, partly due to winding down the semester and partly due to new initiatives for online communication (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). This may be the last of sending announcements in this form as we all start getting used to these new avenues; you should have gotten email about these things, and please be sure to sign up for our departmental groups. Have a good summer and keep others posted on your interesting activities.
Meanwhile, a few other notes here:
(1) Remember to look into the Loyola’s new STARS Leadership Corps (SLC), a Loyola chapter under the framework of the STARS Alliance that seeks to broaden participation in computing. Please see http://www.cs.luc.edu/news/2011-news-items/slc for additional information, and let Dr. Greenberg (rig@cs.luc.edu) know if you are interested in receiving a stipend of $500 per semester and whether you want to sign up for COMP 390-002 (M 2:45—3:35) run by Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Harrington, which is now in Locus but requires departmental permission for the signup. Graduate students can sign up for COMP 490-002 or 490-003. (That is, you have options for credit and/or pay under the SLC, but pay can only go to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.)
(2) The next ACM/Loyola computer science talk is Wednesday 5/11/11:
http://www.cs.luc.edu/events/2011-other-events/web2py
I know that’s after our semester is over, but with no finals hanging over your head any more, this could be a good time to come to an interesting talk.
(3) Lots of job opportunities have been getting posted. Among the latest titles are: Customer Care Rep and Entry Level Management Internships, Lead Developer, IT Summer Inter, Python Programmer Internship.
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Computer Science senior Patrick Gombert was awarded the LUROP Provost Fellowship for Undergraduate Research for his interdisciplinary research project entitled
Using FUSE and REST to Integrate Remote and Local Data Sources
Patrick will be working on this project during the fall 2011 semester with his faculty mentors Dr. Konstantin Läufer and Dr. George K. Thiruvathukal.
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The main news this week is that it will be helpful for any
undergraduate or graduate students to express soon that they are
interested in being a member of the new STARS Leadership Corps (SLC),
a Loyola chapter under the framework of the STARS Alliance that seeks
to broaden participation in computing.
Please see http://www.cs.luc.edu/news/2011-news-items/slc for
additional information, and let Dr. Greenberg (rig at cs) know if
you are interested in receiving a stipend of $500 per semester and
whether you want to sign up for COMP 390-002 (M 2:45—3:35) run by Dr.
Greenberg and Dr. Harrington, which should be in Locus soon. Graduate
students can sign up for COMP 490-002 or 490-003.
Also express interest this week if you are interested in free travel,
accomodations, and food for the STARS celebration
(http://www.starsalliance.org/celebration) in Raleigh, NC (dinner
August 7 to lunch August 10 and with pre-conference workshops starting
the night of August 6). You do not need to make your full plans yet,
but you’ll need an estimate of your travel costs to and from Raleigh
(with an indication of how you’re getting it: where travelling from,
airfare, car rental, local transportation, and/or personal vehicle at
40 cents per mile). Send information to Dr. Greenberg.
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Fall 2011 registration is now open for graduate students and opens
Monday for undergraduates. (Apologies that an erroneous date had
appeared on the department web site.) The first two news items on the
department web site now provide some supplemental information about
Fall course opportunities. Especially hot news is the recent
selection of Loyola University to be able to participate in the STARS
Leadership Corps (SLC) of the STARS Alliance that seeks to broaden
participation in computing. As noted at
http://www.cs.luc.edu/news/2011-news-items/slc , students may request
SLC membership/stipends with or without a corresponding course
registration, but we expect to soon institute a new course section
COMP 390-002 that we hope to establish as satisfying the Core
Curriculum values requirement of “Promoting Civic Engagement or
Leadership”. This approval has not yet been obtained, and 390-002
isn’t even in Locus yet, but students should keep in mind this
opportunity and periodically check back for further information.
April 13: Brian Fitzpatrick (Loyola alum and head of Google
Chicago) speaking at 6:30 in Beane Hall. RSVP as soon as possible at
http://chicagoacm.org .
ASAP and definitely by June 24: Register for a multicore
programming summer school July 25—29. On site at U. of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign or free online. More information at
http://www.upcrc.illinois.edu/summer/2011 .
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April 7: Chicago chapter of the International Association of
Software Architects (IASA)
kick-off meeting 5:30pm at 200 S. Wacker.
More info at http://www.iasaglobal.org/iasa/Chicago.asp?SnID=1053495377 .
April 12: (If you get yourself on the panel discussed here,
contact rig at cs about getting paid for your time from a grant
that can support such outreach efforts.) From 3:00-4:00pm, Harold
Washington College is hosting a Physics, GIS, and Computer Science
Transfer/Career Seminar panel session. Undergraduate computer science
majors from four-year institutions are needed. Being a panelist would
include saying a little bit about your journey in your field of study
and what professional experience you have obtained as well as career
options you know or believe are viable after you graduate. Then after
each panelist speaks (approximately 6 to 8 panelists will be present),
the floor will be opened up for student questions. Basically, the
whole process is really informal. If you would like to participate and
be a panelist, please email Whitney M. Marks at wmarks at luc for
more information.
April 13: Brian Fitzpatrick (Loyola alum and head of Google
Chicago) speaking at 6:30 in Beane Hall. RSVP as soon as possible at
http://chicagoacm.org .
ASAP and definitely by June 24: Register for a multicore
programming summer school July 25—29. On site at U. of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign or free online. More information at
http://www.upcrc.illinois.edu/summer/2011 .
Job postings keep coming in.
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