Alumni Series: Nick Ferrara ’08

October 26th, 2020

Case Studies in Software Disputes. Wed. Oct 28 4:45p.m.

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https://www.oberlin.edu/events/csci_alumni_lecture_series_presents_nick_ferrara_08

Eight summer research fellows collaborate on Cleveland Environmental Dashboard Project

October 26th, 2020

https://www.oberlin.edu/news/eight-summer-research-fellows-collaborate-cleveland-environmental-dashboard-project

Two Tenure Track CSCI Faculty Positions available.

October 8th, 2020

The Computer Science Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences to begin Fall 2021. We seek candidates with teaching and research interests in any area of Computer Science. To be assured of consideration, submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, teaching and research statements, graduate academic transcripts, and at least three recent letters of reference, with one of those letters addressing teaching, submitted electronically to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/17109 by December 7, 2020.

The Computer Science Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences to begin Fall 2021. We seek candidates with teaching and research interests in any area of Computer Science. Candidates who work in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or related areas are particularly encouraged to apply. To be assured of consideration, submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, teaching and research statements, graduate academic transcripts, and at least three recent letters of reference, with one of those letters addressing teaching, submitted electronically to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/17108  by December 7, 2020.



CSCI Oberlin alum, Nathan Klein, improves traveling salesperson approximations.

October 8th, 2020

In a paper posted online in July, Nathan Klein and his advisers at the University of Washington, Anna Karlin and Shayan Oveis Gharan, have finally achieved a goal computer scientists have pursued for nearly half a century: a better way to find approximate solutions to the traveling salesperson problem. https://www.quantamagazine.org/computer-scientists-break-traveling-salesperson-record-20201008/

Twine, a Student Life App, Announces Launch

October 2nd, 2020

Congratulations to our CSCI Majors, T. Colton Potter ’21, Minh Lam ’21, Khang Nguyen ’21, and Osama Hussein ’23, who developed the app. Twine, a student-created app designed to increase access to events, student life, and organizations on campus, launches today. Instagram and Facebook pages  Read More…