Category: department news
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They Came, They Saw, and They Were Conquered.
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This past J-Term Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science Choong-Soo Lee hosted a StarCraft II tournament for students . Computer Science Major Cory Ruegg (2012) helped to promote the tournament in the Fall semester and over 20 students signed up for the tournament. 16 players were selected to compete in an elimination bracket over 3…
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The Robots are Coming!!!
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The students in the robotics workshop course have been hard at work this J-Term and they are finally seeing the fruits of their labor. They have spent the past three weeks learning about robotics, computer programming, wiring, and have designed, built, tested, and re-tested their designs and are currently working out any last minute bugs…
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Students in the Fold
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The MCS department can be a busy place during the school year. J-term is no exception. This J-Term the department is offering courses in robotics, C++ programming, Computer Ethics, and Discrete Math, but the course that is really bending the imagination of our students is the Mathematics & Origami class. The department is fortunate to…
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Gusties at the Joint Math Meetings
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Tom LoFaro and John Holte both attended the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, LA January 6-9. While there they visited with two MCS alums who presented papers at the conference. Erik Tou (2002) presented a paper entitled “Relative Accuracy of Quadrilateral Area Measurement in the Ancient World.” Erik is currently an Assistant Professor at…
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International Robotics Comes to G.A.C.
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YanYan Ji, from United International College (UIC) in Zhuhai, China, will be a visitor in the MCS Department during J-term. Yanyan was Mike Hvidsten’s teaching assistant when he was a visiting professor at UIC during the 2009-2010 academic year. She helped Mike create a course in Robotics while at UIC and will be observing and…
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Upcoming Department Seminar
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Come and join speaker Dr. Baili Chen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Gustavus Adolphus College on Wednesday, December 1 at 12:30PM in Olin 321 as she discusses Quasilinear Parabolic Equations with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions Pizza & pop will be served at 12:15PM in Olin 3rd floor lobby.
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MCS Artist Likes Green
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Join MCS Artist in Residence Lois Peterson, along with the Gustavus Department of Art and Art History as they host speaker Sarah Nettleton on Tuesday November 16.. Sarah is the designing architect of the Spear House. She will be giving a lecture/ presentation on architecture and design at 4:30 pm in Wallenberg Auditorium. To learn more…
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Gusties Attend Programming Contest
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Three MCS students went to Macalester this past weekend to participate in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The contest originally started at Texas A & M in 1970. It spread through North America and has branches and chapters throughout the World. “The contest fosters creativity, teamwork, and innovation in building new software programs, and enables…
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Upcoming MCS Seminars
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On Wednesday November 10 the MCS Department will be hosting two seminars. The first will take place at 11:30 in Olin 321. Join Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science Choong-Soo Lee as he presents his research on A Credit-based Home Access Point (CHAP) to Improve Application Quality on IEEE 802.11 Networks. Abstract Refreshments will be served…
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MCS Department to host differential equations conference
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From June 23 through June 26, 2011 the MCS department will be hosting the conference Differential Equations Across the Collegiate Curriculum. This conference will explore the evolving role of the differential equations course in mathematics and across the STEM disciplines. It is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and is a cooperative…