Computer Vision - SportVu

October 2014

SF’s Computer Science Department welcomed Jennifer Piane, a Senior Systems Architect from STATS, who gave us a behind the scenes look at STATS' SportVu, player tracking software. 

Ms Piane provided insight into the technology and the statistics it can provide.  In addition she discussed how SportVu has been used for soccer matches.   It was a fascinating presentation.

The NBA began using SportVu at the start of the 2013-2014 basketball season. Using six cameras installed at every stadium, SportVu uses innovative computer vision software, developed by STATS, to track the movement of players and the ball.

Congratulations Seniors - May 2014

May 2014

Steve Jensen, Max Thurner, Dana Hill, Kyle Loughran

Congratulations to this semesters graduates:   Dana Hill (Information Technology), Steve Jensen (Computer Science), Kyle Loughran (Computer Science),  Maximilian Thurner (Computer Science), Daniel Weltmeyer(Information Technology).

We're very proud of you!

Alumni Student Event, Another Fun Time

On April 8th 2014 Computer Science Department alumni and students gathered together for a most enjoyable and productive evening.

Students brought resumes with them so the alumni could give them individual advice.  Suggestions helped the students gain confidence for interviews.

We celebrated our award winning students and inducted three students into the Epsilon Delta Pi Honor society.

Max Thurner was our 2014 Joan Nahas Ramuta Award winner.  While Max has worked this past year as a lab assistant, prior to that he was always willing to tutor students, encouraging them in their work and letting them know that they could succeed just as he has. Max is often found lending a hand as others prepare or present, adding technical background, a critical ear to help them smooth things out, and enthusiastic encouragement when the event takes place.His work on technical problems helped improve the processes used to keep an environment where students could work efficiently.  His spirit and welcoming manner made the lab a warm and welcoming environment.

Steven Jensen was our 2014 Meritorious Service Winner for his great work as a lab assistant for these past two years, providing tutoring to students and problem solving when there’s a problem in the lab.  Steve also has presented twice at our Tech Talks, a new initiative to give students a chance to talk about topics that others students are interested in.   His first talk was on hacking.  His second talk was on using Ruby on Rails and the importance of internships.

Nickolas Bond, Zachary Hunter, and Michelle Stefanich were inducted into the Epsilon Delta Pi Honor Society.  To be a member you must have a 3.2 GPA, have completed 3 upper division in Computer Science totaling at least 9 hours, and have earned 75 credit hours overall.

Congratulations to our new inductees and award winners.

A grateful thanks to our outstanding alumni!

Tech Talk - Ruby on Rails

Join us for another Tech Talk 

on 

Wednesday, March 26th, 

Noon in 

A119 - The CompSci Computer Lab.

 

Steve Jensen, Computer Science Senior, will talk about Ruby on Rails, an open source language used for web development.  He will talk about learning the language, how he uses it at his internship at Argonne National Labs.  You'll get insight into why Rails is so very popular.

Sustainability Website

Thank you to Dan Burke, Computer Science junior, and Jordan Drane, Information Technology junior, who have stepped up to the challenge to update and redesign the website for the University of St Francis' Sustainability Committee.   

The site is currently the Greening of the Campus website, Greening of the Campus, but as the commitment to sustainability has grown as part of our Franciscan mission, the website will reflect the broader focus of the efforts from all parts of the university. 

Keep an eye on the site for improvements and updates.
Thank you, Dan and Jordan, for your work.

Tech Talk - Linux

Want to know more about Linux?  Do you want to learn how it can help you and how you can run the programs you need on Linux, even if they are Windows programs?  

Dan Burke, Computer Science Junior, will lead a discussion on the Linux platform at our next Tech Talk, Feb 26 at noon in the Computer Science Lab, A119.   Dan will have a system to demonstrate at his talk.

Congratulations - Augustus Tolton Honor Society Members

L-R, Dana Hill, Chelsea Long, Bryona (BJ) Johnson

Please congratulate these outstanding members of the Computer Science Department:

• Dana Hill, Information Technology Senior
• Chelsea Long, Information Technology Sophomore
• Bryona Johnson, Information Technology Sophomore

They are being inducted into the Augustus Tolton Honor Society on Feb 28, 2014.

The society is named after the first recognized African American priest in the United States and honors the spirit of scholarship, leadership, and identity for high-achieving African American students at USF.  The society exists to nurture intellectual ability, to promote leadership development, to foster knowledge of self, and to provide service to the community while upholding the university’s values of respect, compassion, service and integrity. 

Dana, Chelsea, and Bryona, we're all very proud of you!   Congratulations!