You're invited.

We're hosting our 

Fifth Annual Computer Science Department Alumni-Student Event

on

Thursday, April 12th, 2012
6 PM - 8 PM
Room A102
St. Albert's Hall

Yes, this we'll be our fifth year!  It's always a lot of fun. A great chance to connect and reconnect with others who went to USF (or College of St. Francis).  Once again we're asking our alumni to talk about the interview and resume process for those who are looking for programming or IT jobs.   Their experiences are invaluable.  

It's always a fun evening.

Some topics we'll cover in our meeting are:

• What works on a technical resume.
• What should a candidate emphasize on a resume
• What should be in a cover letter.
• Questions that interviewers ask.
• Questions candidates should ask.
• Information that a candidate should have about the company before an interview.
• Anything else students want to ask or alumni want to offer is also welcome.

This is an informal discussion, a sharing of insights and tips, so we'll provide some snacks and beverages.

It will be a fun, interactive experience and a chance to see old friends and make new ones.  

We'll have a robot on display from our first ever Robotics class being taught by Tim Archer, USF Computer Science, 1998 

                                   
and hear about the success of our first 

Programming for the Droid class, taught last fall by T.J. Eakle, USF Mathematics/Computer Science, 2009.  

We'll talk about upcoming new classes - 

C#  & .Net Programming which will be taught by Scott Walton, USF Computer Science, 1993, 

as well as our nine week seminar series on 

Cloud Computing and Virtualization 

that we're offering in conjunction with ACCA - Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area.  

We'll announce the Joan Nahas Ramuta Award winner and our department winner for Meritorious Service.  We'll induct our newest members of Epsilon Delta Pi (EDP) Honor Society.

Please let Ruth know if you can join us.

Game Making - an inside look

 

USF Computer Science and Information Technology students are invited to attend a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Indie Game: The Movie at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on Tuesday, April 17th.

The 96 min film follows the dramatic journeys of game developers as they create and release their games to the world. The screening includes an in-person Q&A with the filmmakers and Adobe® prizes.
Indie Game: The Movie
2012 Sundance Official Selection World Documentary Competition
2012 Sundance Winner for Best Editing in World Cinema
2012 South by Southwest Official Selection

Transportation and tickets will be provided by Student Life. We will be leaving campus at 5:00 PM and returning at approximately 10:30 PM.

Tickets are limited, so if you are interested in attending please contact Prof. Ruth Weldon (Rweldon@stfrancis.edu) or lab assistant Kevin Healy (kevinhealy@stfrancis.edu) ASAP.

There is an APP for that.

         
Our mobile event was a great success.  It was well attended and the presenters did a great job introducing the audience to the ins and outs of developing on different mobile platforms.

Ross McCallister - Computer Science and IT, Jarrod Cupps-IT, and Nick Bond -Computer Science and IT provided a great deal of knowledge and insight into the mobile app development process. Comments from the attendees were overwhelmingly positive.

L-R, Scott Walton, Jarrod Cupps, Nick Bond, Ross McCallister

The event was not only informative but it highlighted what a talented and knowledgeable group of students we have in the USF Computer Science Department.  The students organized, ran and presented at the meeting.   They were ably aided in their presentations by alumnus Scott Walton, Computer Science 1993

Excellent work to all involved.

    

Creating Mobile Apps Event

We're going to have a discussion evening about developing in Android and other platforms such as IOS (iPhone) and Windows Mobile.
So mark the date:

    Creating Mobile Apps Event
    Tuesday, Feb 21,
    6:30 PM
    A102 - St. Albert's Hall.

Ross McCallister (Computer Science & IT Senior) will be showing how to begin developing apps for Android Smartphones. Nick Bond (Computer Science & IT Freshman) will cover the Apple iPhoneTM platform and Scott Walton (Computer Science 1993) will cover the MS WindowsTM platform. Jarrod Cupps (Web Application Development Senior) and TJ Eakle  (Mathematics/Computer Science 2009) will be discussing web tool integration in the new mobile market.   Learn how you can get started in this cutting edge field.

Our first Android course was a success with TJ Eakle at the helm.   As we reviewed the course we determined that a Java course would be a good pre-req for the Android class, so we'll be offering Java in the Fall, and Programming for the Android in the Spring for the coming Academic year.

If our Mobile App Development night inspires you to get creating, please keep that in mind.

Life long learning is an integral part of Computer Science at USF

   

Top Secret Rosies

      

How did WWII change our world of technology?

Who were the first programmers? 

What did the ENIAC look like?

These are great questions.  The answers to some of  these questions have been classified until recently.  Now Top Secret Rosies reveals the story in a one hour documentary.   AfterMath & the Computer Science Department are working together to sponsor two showings of this entertaining program.  

Tuesday, Feb 7

2 PM & 4 PM

Room A124
St. Albert's Hall

There will be refreshments and a free T-Shirt raffle at each showing. 
           
We're celebrating e day (2.7) with the Math department.
We hope to see you there.
       

Congratulations to 2011 Computer Science graduates

It's Winter graduation time!

We want to offer our congratulations to our latest graduates in Computer Science:  Joel Perez, Alexander Schmid, (Magna cum laude) and Nicholas Zelinski (Cum laude).   We're very proud of you.

Pictured are Alex and Nick.  Unfortunately, Joel was unable to attend the ceremony.  Alex starts his new job with CA Technologies on Jan 17th.  Nick is starting his new job on Jan 23rd.

Everyone in the Computer Science department wishes them both the very best of luck.   We look forward to hearing from you.

       

From Classroom to Marketplace

Computer Science senior, Alex Schmid, decided to put his newly learned Android programming skills to a real test.  As he was completing Comp 494 Programming for the Droid, taught by USF Computer Science alumnus, TJ Eakle, he took his final project, put his own twist on it and then made it available on the Android Marketplace.

After publishing his new app, Ocarina of Time - Song Helper, based upon the music in the game Legends of Zelda, he had over 100 downloads and had covered 50 countries.  His app has a early rating of 4.5 stars.     When downloaded the app is named SongHelper


 If you wish to check out his app, here's the link: 

https://market.android.com/details?id=edu.stfrancis.alexschmid.SongHelper&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImVkdS5zdGZyYW5jaXMuYWxleHNjaG1pZC5Tb25nSGVscGVyIl0

Congratulations, Alex, on showing how to take your skills from the classroom to the world!