MCS

Author: max

  • Three Honors Theses Presented

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      Three students in Gustavus’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science presented their honors thesis research recently. The photo shows Josh Knutson at the college-wide Celebration of Creative Inquiry presenting his work on the use of subdivision surfaces for three-dimensional graphics. Knutson also presented the work to the department, earning honors in both mathematics and…

  • Which one of these majors is not like the others?

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    The Star Tribune interviewed a bunch of Gustie seniors. Who was the only one with a job lined up? Computer Science major Tom Wick. Of course, you have to take anecdotal evidence with a grain of salt. But broader evidence suggests some points consonant with Tom’s experience. Computer science majors are subject to booms and…

  • MCS Alum’s Engagement Makes the News

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    Congratulations and best wishes to Javen and Obadiah.

  • Trip to Federated Insurance to Learn About Math/CS Careers

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    Attention students: We have an excellent opportunity to tour a company that employs many mathematics and computer science majors and talk with Gustavus alumni working there about their careers.

  • Jefferson and the Internet

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    I just finished reading a delightful, trim, recently published book, In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace, by David G. Post.  This book uses Thomas Jefferson as a guide for thinking about the Internet: both what it is like and how it ought to be governed.  The resulting mix of Jeffersoniana…

  • The time for mere “deliberate speed” has run out

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    Today’s news concerning web security made me think about a 1964 school desegregation decision from the Supreme Court of the United States; the title of this blog post is taken from Justice Black’s opinion.  But before I can explain the connection, I need to provide some security background.

  • Rosoff Donates Time, Talent to Dancing With the Profs

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    This weekend was Gustavus’s third annual “Dancing With the Profs” show, benefiting the St. Peter United Way.  Five teams coupling a student with a member of the faculty or staff showed their stuff; the MCS Department was represented by Professor Jeff Rosoff, shown here with partner Alicia Cameron.

  • Milt Brostrom Entering Hall of Fame

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    Today’s St. Peter Herald has a nice article reporting that Milt Brostrom (class of 1949), Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science, will enter the Gustavus Athletics Hall of Fame this Saturday, October 25th.  Although the article mentions Brostrom’s earlier work in determining athletic eligibility, the focus is on his 40 years as the timekeeper…

  • Examples of Integrating the China Theme

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    This year, Gustavus will be starting a new campus-wide program, Gustavus Global Insight, in which we try to focus on a particular international theme each year and integrate that theme as broadly as possible in our curriculum and co-curricular activities.  This first year (2008-2009) will be focused on China.  I thought it would be interesting…

  • Winning Poems

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    At Francis Su’s lecture this evening the three finalists in the Fibonacci poetry contest read their poems.  Below is the winning poem, followed by the two other finalists.