Upcoming Events
Vadim Parizher on “Developing a Career in Information Services for Computer Science or Engineering Majors”
Tuesday, April 15, 5pm in JD4440
CSUN alumnus Vadim Parizher will be giving a presentation as part of the Professor for a Day Series, sponsored by CSUN ACM and the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Refreshments will be served.
Vadim Parizher graduated from CSUN with BS (‘95) and MS (‘97) in Computer Science and received MBA from Pepperdine in 2006. He started a professional career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena first as an Honor’s Co-Op intern, later as a Software Engineer. Since then, he moved into Information Systems related jobs and has worked as a Systems Analyst, Technical Lead, Project Manager, Software Architect, and Manager. His industry experience spans Airspace, Retail, Delivery, Finance, Pharmaceutical. Vadim’s present role is Director of Solutions Development at Amgen, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies, where he oversees enterprise software development and integration efforts.
Previous Events
Annual ACM Regional Programming Contest
Saturday, November 10 at Riverside Community College
We sent a team of three members to the regional programming competition in Riverside. This is a great opportunity for learning how to find programming solutions on a time limit, while representing CSUN at a contest with participants from many colleges. In addition, if you participate you are eligible for a year of free national ACM membership. Last year participants carpooled and stayed in a hotel room provided by CSUN ACM on Friday night, so something similar might be able to be arranged this year if desired. More information about the contest, including sample problems, can be found at the contest website. If interested, please check the eligibility diagram to see if you are eligible to participate. Update: The results are in: CSUN placed 11th out of 63, beating out teams from UCLA and many other colleges.
Professor Barnes on Games && Computer Science @ CSUN
Tuesday, November 6, 5pm in JD4440
Overview of courses in the Computer Science major related to game design and implementation
Description and demonstrations of game development environments taught / used in CS @ CSUN:
- Comp 465: OpenGL using C++, JOGL (Java bindings), SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer)
- Comp 565: Managed DirectX 9 using C# with the Microsoft .NET 2005 Framework
- Comp 565: Game Creator Studio (“XNA”) development for Windows & Xbox 360 using freely available Visual C# Express and Game Creator Studio
CSUN ACM Kick-Off Event
Tuesday, September 4, 5pm in JD4440
- Meet the Computer Science faculty, the ACM officers and other ACM members
- Learn what ACM is all about
- See what ACM is planning this semester
- Eat free pizza & drinks
Weekly Programming Contests
We were hosting weekly programming contests, on Tuesdays at 5pm in JD1602. Open to all students! These contests will resume sometime during the year, so check back later if interested.
Professor Gabrovsky on AI at CSUN
Thursday, December 7, 5pm in JD4440
This Thursday, Professor Gabrovsky will be giving a presentation on AI at CSUN. He will discuss the history, state of the art, and future directions of Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, and Logic Programming. If you are interested in learning about any of these topics, this is the event to come to. Food and drinks are okay.
Tour of CECS Server Room & the NSP Lab: “Come see a million-dollar supercomputer!”
Thursday, November 30, 5–6pm in JD2217 and JD1602.
Tour of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) Server Room. See the servers hosting the Z: drives, k200 server, and other computers serving infrastructure services that are the backbone of the CECS. Also, see the supercomputer-class machines (HP with 24-CPU's and a SUN with 12 CPU's) that are available for student use.
After the computer facility tour, Professor Wiegley will give a tour of the NSP lab, which is used for the Advanced Network Security Projects class. He will discuss:
- Research capabilities of such a lab.
- Course Curriculum possible in such a lab.
- On-going research efforts for investigating and demonstrating scalable e-mail handling capabilities for large corporations.
- Answer any questions students may have about such a lab, related corporate environments or Computer Science in general.
Perry Kass on “Computer Science in the Visual Effects Industry”
Thursday, November 16, 3:30–5pm in JD1618
Guest speaker from Rhythm and Hues, makers of the movie Babe. Learn and ask questions about how CS is used in the visual effects industry.
Programming Contest Practice
Some Saturdays, 11am in JD2214
Practice for the ACM regional programming contest, which was held on November 11 at Riverside Community College. Practices may resume later this year in preparation for next year's contest, so contact us if you're interested.
Professor Barnes on Graphics, Games, and VR in CS @ CSUN
Thursday, September 28, 4:50pm in JD4440
- Demonstrations of VR goggles & gloves
- About the graphics program at CSUN
CSUN ACM Kick-Off Event
Thursday, September 14, 5pm in JD4440
- Meet the Computer Science faculty
- See what ACM is planning this semester
- Eat free pizza & drinks
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