September 26th, 2010
Vim Tips and TricksWhat: A brief introduction to a number of the more advanced features of the Vim text editor
When: Wednesday, September 29 @ 4:30pm
Where: King 135 (Downstairs CS Lab)
It will be good if you’ve used vi or vim previously (at least having worked through the tutorial). I’ll try and give you a taste of many features that I find useful/interesting and try to answer any questions you might have.
September 14th, 2010
New to the CS labs? Want to learn more about Unix and the lab machines? Want to meet more people in CS while eating pizza and having fun?
If so, join the CSMC on Thursday (9/16) for Unix/Games night!
We’ll be meeting in the downstairs CS lab (King 135) at 8pm.
Unix/Games night!
September 1st, 2010
There are pictures and movies from the 25th anniversary celebration available at OCCS 25th Anniversary and on the new OCCS FaceBook page.
July 30th, 2010
On July 23, 2010, three CS students (along with their research advisors) travelled down to Ohio Wesleyan University to present their summer research as part of the 2010 Five Colleges of Ohio Summer Science Research Symposium.
L to R in front are the student presenters Garrett Robinson, Jason Kimmel, and Becky Punch. Back row has the faculty advisors Ben Kuperman, Rich Salter, and John Donaldson.
March 9th, 2010
Our 25th Anniversary Symposium will be held April 23-25, 2010. We’re inviting all our CS alumni and other interested folks to join us. You’ll have a chance to meet with the current faculty and students and catch up with your old friends. All events will take place on the Oberlin College campus.
If you’re thinking of joining us, please register by filling out the following form: OCCS 25th Anniversary Registration.
To celebrate our 25th anniversary, the Department is establishing an endowed fund to support Oberlin student / faculty research, and to fund visits by outside speakers to campus.
If you’d like to contribute to our departmental development fund, you can submit a pledge here, or just view the pledges so far.
March 4th, 2010
Professor Kuperman is looking for students interested in doing paid, on-campus research work in CS this summer. Funding is for 8-10 weeks of work, up to 40 hours per week, with some flexibility as to scheduling.
I have 3 different projects I’ll be working on this summer. They are all systems or security related:
1. Testing and releasing a security monitoring tool as an open-source project
2. Refining an isolated virtual network lab environment for the security course
3. Network measurement and troubleshooting (in conjunction w. Case Western)
Useful background could include C/systems programming, Linux/Unix experience, Python programming, shell scripting, security topics, system administration, and/or computer networking. Each project has different needs, and you only need a subset of these topics and motivation to learn more to be able to help.
If you are interested in any of these projects send me an email (Benjamin.Kuperman@oberlin.edu) letting me know which projects you are interested in and your relevant background. Also email me if you have questions or just want more info. Graduating seniors are eligible to participate.
February 11th, 2010
I Voted!
Come to vote and see the candidates for CSMC (the Computer Science Majors’ Committee) on Wednesday, Feb 17th, at noon, in King 135.
Yes, CSMC is holding elections for this spring and the coming year. It is an exciting time to get involved, particularly as it is the 25th anniversary of the Computer Science department, and much input from the students is wanted and needed.
Online nominations will be accepted until Wednesday, Feb. 17th. Candidate statements and official voting session will be held then (the 17th) during lunchtime in the downstairs lab!
See https://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~csmc/elections.php for information and an online nomination form.
December 4th, 2009
Katie Kuksenok
Congratulations to Katie Kuksenok for being selected for an Honorable Mention in the Computing Research Association’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award competition for 2010!
Katie worked with Oberlin CS alum, Professor Jennifer Mankoff at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Their project explored how individuals with chronic illness, and their caregivers, use online resources such as social websites.
More information can be found at the Research on Chronic Illness on the Web website and on Katie’s Summer 2009 DREU Research Journal.
May 25th, 2009
CSCI Class of 2009
Join us in wishing congratulations and best of luck to the Oberlin College Class of 2009. Pictured to the right are graduating students who majored in Computer Science at our departmental open house this past Sunday.
From left to right they are the following: Tom Wilson, Rebecca Linick, and Clayton Thurmer.
April 21st, 2009
Join us on Thursday, April 23rd to hear Antonio Garcia Castaneda (Oberlin Class of 2001) give a talk on “Everything you ever wanted to know about the games industry* … but had no one to ask.”
Antonio has worked in the video game industry for 8 years, most recently for Sony. He is currently a graduate student at the University of London.
Reception at 4:00pm in King 223, Talk follows at 4:30pm in King 221.