The Computer Science Department wishes a heartfelt congratulations to the 2020 Computer Science graduates! Since we cannot celebrate with you in person this year, we compiled our well-wishes in the folloqing video:
https://app.vidhug.com/HkHdacSjI/hug
Enjoy, & good luck as you change the world!
If you would like to view our Computer Science virtual graduation celebration that was held on Friday, May 22, 2020, please see the link below. We wish all of our Computer Science 2020 graduates the best of luck!
https://rensselaer.webex.com/rensselaer/lsr.php?RCID=532b90156cdd4d838d5...
As part of the inaugural class participating in The Arch at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Alex Christoforides ’21, a computer science major, completed his fall semester away internship opportunity at MathWorks in the Natick, Massachusetts, Lakeside Campus.
Deborah McGuinness, the Tetherless World Senior Constellation Chair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will provide insights into Artificial Intelligence alongside other leading experts during an upcoming public panel discussion titled “A.I. The Future of Climate, Clean Energy and Cybersecurity in the Capital Region.”
Multi-disciplinary teams get together to develop solutions to a specified problem or along a specified theme. Hackathons are typically short, running anywhere from a 8 hours to 1-2 days, and have prizes for participants based on the quality and/or uniqueness of their contributions. Competitions are more variable, and can range from a Hackathon level event up to a semester long event with multiple round and presentations.
During their thesis defense, PhD candidates introduce and motivate the problems they attacked during their course of studies, defend the novelty and significance of their research, and contextualize their contributions within their field. This is the final step in the process of obtaining a PhD, and a successful defense indicates the acknowledgment of the doctoral #committee that the candidate is an expert in their field. The defense talks are open to all members of the RPI community, and we welcome those interested to attend.
The Department of Computer Science is pleased to have welcomed Alex Gittens as a new Assistant Professor in the Department. Professor Gittens earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering as well as in Mathematics at the University of Houston and his Ph.D.
Computer Science graduate student Salles Viana Gomes de Magalhães won the First Place Overall Award in the 2016 TripAdvisor programming challenge September 17, 2016. Salles talks about his experience in this programming challenge in an interview with The Approach at http://approach.rpi.edu/2016/10/17/the-winning-algorithm/.
