The National Research Council graduate program rankings of 2010 show all of USC's Engineering programs, and Computer Science, ranked higher than Clemson in all dimensions. In the charts below the y-axis is the relative ranking, so lower numbers are better.
IBM's Smarter Planet tour will be here in 4/5/2011, starting at 3:30pm. Free t-shirt and free food if you sign up. Video below.
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This is your last chance to register for POSSCON, the Palmetto Open Source Conference. This is a huge conference on software, with talks by many famous people from the software industry, and it is right here in Columbia. Also, students can attend for free.
You might want to hear from one of our successful alumni, Chris King. He will be speaking on Monday evening, 5:30PM, February 21st, at an event called "Midnight Innovation - Celebrating Engineering, Computing, and Entrepreneurship" as part of our Engineer's Week celebrations. Mr. King, along with his partner Michael Sechrest, have been described as the classic innovator in video gaming, and more recently Avatar-like visual effects (see here). He has created in the ten years since graduating a very successful company in the video game middleware industry, which is now moving into cinema special effects with resounding accolades. Chris will share his and Michael's adventures with our students and faculty in this session.
Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.
Chris will be joined by Jeff McElroy, Al Quick, and James Clark (from Bang Technologies, Inc.) who have served on USC's Research Foundation Board and have been long-time supporters of USC CEC. They will also be joined by Dean Kress and Richard Robinson, both builders of the Faber Entrepreneurship Center @ USC.
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Here in Columbia there is a new initiative called IT-oLogy. Their goals are to
The have a job bank which lists open jobs, check it out.
You can also give a link to the website to your family and friends who are wondering what the various computer-related careers are.
Below are some quotes from our (Computer majors) students who attended the SET Fair. "...I learned that computer scientists and engineers are essential to most other career choices." "There was one thing that really stuck out in my mind before I even arrived at the fair: thank God I am in Computer Science. As I scanned the list of employers and what majors I was looking to hire, I noticed that nearly all of them were hiring majors that related somehow to computers." "Attending the career fair was a very new and interesting experience that I'm not sure I would have done had it not been for class." "Because I went to the career fair, I was offered an internship right on the spot." "Even though I did not go there for a job, I learned a lot which will greatly help me in my future." "It was also good to see that many companies were looking for Computer Information Systems students, which was great for me since that is my major." "Seeing all the potentially great places I could work for made me excited to be a CIS major. I'm confident that when I graduate, I will take great pleasure working in the computer field." "[Student describes being called by BMW and asked to apply after last semester's fair, and continues:] This was probably the best feeling of my life." "I have about seven companies to contact about possible internships." "From the whole event, I took away several lessons, the main one being, I can't ever stop learning" [from a student who has an internship and spent part of the time at the booth of the company he interns in].
These terms simply reflect that traditional science, engineering, technology distinction we see in all fields. That is:
Science | Engineering | Technology |
---|---|---|
Biology (human) | Medical Doctor | Medical Technologist, X-Ray Technician, Nurse |
Physics (electrical) | Electrical Engineer | Electrician |
Phyics (materials, mechanical) | Civil Engineer | General Contractor, Construction Worker |
Chemistry | Chemical Engineer | Factory worker at a chemical plant |
Computer Science | Software Engineer | Information Technology worker, network admin, computer admin |
We would like to make you and your undergraduate students aware of the Blue Waters undergraduate internship program. The NSF Blue Waters project will be funding 17 undergraduate research internships again this year. This program provides for: 1) a $5000 stipend for the student over the course of the year; 2) travel, accommodations, meals and participation in a two-week intensive Petascale Institute at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA); 3) travel to the SC11 conference in Seattle in November.
Because this program is run nationally NCSI is soliciting student applications from across the country, in addition they are seeking faculty with research or educational projects involving high performance computing to post intern positions through our site. Positions can be created for a particular student, or open to qualified applicants.
To learn more about the Blue Waters Undergraduate Petascale Education Program (BW-UPEP), and for information on how you can become involved, please visit our website here. Questions can be sent to jeffk@shodor.org.
I came across the paper below on this reddit thread. If you are considering a career in computers, please read this honest and realistic account of what that might be like and how it might compare with the other alternatives.
I especially don't get the "must spend all my time in front of the computer" complaint since the average teenage girl spends more time on facebook than the average developer spends on his computer.
Two upcoming informations sessions: Microsoft Date: Mon, Feb 7 Time: 6:30PM Location: B201, 300 Main Building CGI Technologies Date: Tues, Feb 15 Time: 5:30PM Location: Amoco Hall, Swearingen