Oberlin College Computer Science

Wearable Electronics Demos – Wednesday the 18th, 6pm – 7pm in King 235

Interested in electronics and wearable art? The Soft Circuits Seminar has been spending all semester playing with LEDs, arduinos, soldering irons and more. Come see what they’ve made this Wednesday at 6pm! Students will be showing off their wearable electronic art pieces. Snacks will be provided.

Click here to see the projects!

Featuring websites for co-opers, adventure seekers, free food lovers, scientists and more. The HCI students have spent all semester working on how to make programs easy for people to use and understand. Come see what they’ve made! Snacks provided.

Introducing CSCI 345: Social Networks a new course for Spring 2013 by Visiting Assistant Professor Steven Crain.  MWF 1:30-2:20

This is a course on the analysis of data gathered from social networks.  It will focus on algorithms for efficient strange and analysis of “big data,” which is commonly associated with social networks.  It will also survey applications of social network data, especially applications that support decisions based on such data.

Prerequisite: CSCI 241 or consent of the instructor.

“2010 – May – 18 – NodeXL – twitter social graph” by Mark Smith

The CS department will be hosting a winter term meeting on Tuesday, Nov 6 @ 4:30pm in King 237.

The purpose of this meeting is for students and faculty to come together to talk about possible group WT projects and see if any groups coalesce.  Last year’s meeting led to Prestissimo… what will this year bring?

CSCI 356-01Visualization  will be taught this Spring by Matthew Boggus.

Tues & Thurs 9:30-10:45 CRN 15803.

This course introduces students to the topic of visual display of data. Primary focus is on using Processing (a Java-like programming language) to create images and design practices used to create effective visualizations. Other topics include interaction techniques, human perception and mental modeling, data analysis, and case studies in information visualization research.  Prerequisites: CSCI 150 and CSCI 151 or consent of instructor.