Youngstown Programming Contest

October 31st, 2016

This past weekend, 5 teams of Oberlin students competed at the Youngstown ACM programming contest.  All of our teams performed well, and our top team — Oberlin Prime — was ranked third at our site.

Oberlin Prime

Oberlin Prime (Nathan Paige, Bobby Dorwood, Sage Jenson)

Congratulations to everyone!

Youngstown ACM Programming Contest team 2016

The whole team, plus Tom, plus creepy little girl statue.

Programming contest teams take first and second

April 4th, 2016

This past weekend (April 2nd) was the 10th Annual Ohio Wesleyan Programming Contest. We sent 4 teams, all of whom did great, solving at least half the problems.  Oberlin Alpha and Oberlin Prime took first and second place respectively, out of 12 teams total.  Congratulations to our teams!

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Systems

October 23rd, 2015

The Department of Computer Science at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position starting in the Fall of 2016 with teaching and research interests specific to Software Systems (Compilers, Operating Systems, Networks, Databases, or a related field). For additional information, see the full posting at https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/1175

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Completed applications received by November 13, 2015 will be guaranteed full consideration.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Machine Learning

September 23rd, 2015

The Department of Computer Science at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position starting in the Fall of 2016 with a specialization in Machine Learning or a related area. For additional information, see the full posting at https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/37

Review of applications will begin on November 6, 2015, and will continue until the position is filled. Completed applications received by the deadline will be guaranteed full consideration.

CS Art Show 2015

April 5th, 2015

Hey, ARTISTS (that’s you!)
Wanna show off your awesome song / dance / drawing / poem / Java program / robot ???
Then submit it to the Computer Science Community Art Show!
All art forms welcome!
and
ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 10th
ART SHOW is on APRIL 17th 8-10pm, Harkness
Questions/Comments/Concerns? email us:
Sam Mater <smater@oberlin.edu>,
Paul Buser <pbuser@oberlin.edu>

Grad School Info Session

April 4th, 2015

Are you considering going to graduate school to continue studying computer science?  Thinking you’d like to know more about the process and get some info from others about it?  Then come to our Q&A session on Tuesday, April 7 at 12:15pm for a PIZZA LUNCH and more info.

Topics to be covered include:

  • What CS grad school is like — the first two years and beyond
  • What is CS research like?
  • Is grad school right for me?
  • Masters or PhD?
  • How do you apply?
  • How to choose schools/advisors?
  • Getting good letters of recommendation
  • Things you can do now to improve your chances of being accepted
  • and any other questions you might have

RSVP required! Sign up in the CS office (King 223) by Monday to attend.

Visiting Assistant Professor Position

March 31st, 2015

The Department of Computer Science at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time, non-continuing faculty position starting in the Fall of 2015.  The area of specialization within Computer Science is open.  For additional information see the full posting on AcademicJobsOnline.org or http://new.oberlin.edu/home/jobs/ 

Applicants must apply online at Academic Jobs Online

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5477

Talk with Bryan Alexander

March 9th, 2015

The CS Department will be hosting a talk for majors with Bryan Alexander (http://bryanalexander.org/) this Friday, March 13 on “The future of Gaming and Mobile Technologies, and the Effect on CS Education”

Bryan Alexander

CS Community Art Show – Call For Submissions

February 25th, 2015

The CSMC is organizing a CS Community Art Show. For more information, see the attached flyer or visit bit.do/csart15

art_show_poster.doc

OCWiC 2015

February 24th, 2015

Last weekend 6 students (Christine Antonsen, Elizabeth Bentivegna, Ilona Brand, Nora Hayes, Sam Mater, and Amanda Strominger) as well as professor Cynthia Taylor attended the 2015 Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing in Sandusky, OH.

Christine Antonsen’s poster on “Dynamic Selfish Routing” was a winner for the poster session.  Sam Mater’s poster on “The Use and Misuse of Disposable Email” received an honorable mention.  Congratulations to them all!

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