August 27 (Tue), 2019 Administrative information: syllabus, grading policy; there is no textbook for this course. Use of iClicker in the course. Introduction of the student chapter of the ACM (by Mr. Kenneth Johnson) and of the Cybersecurity Club (by Mr. Lewis Baez). The first meeting of the ACM Student Chapter is tomorrow (Wednesday, August 28) at 7pm in SWGN 2A17; this should remain the weekly meeting time and place for the rest of the semester. Computing curricula, as described in the CC2005 report.
September 3 (Tue), 2019 Introduction of the Computing Advisors: Laura Nix and Bill Brown. Introduction of the IEEE student chapter (by Mr. Graham McDonald; first meeting will be on September 12 at 1630, see tinyurl.com/uscieee), the Women in Computing Group (by Ms. Samyu Comandur, firts meeting on Wednesday at 1800 in INNOVA 2267), and the Carolina Gamers' Club (by Mr. James Thompson, first meeting from 1930-2230 on Thursday in 300 Main B101). Presentation: "Trends in the Infrastructure of Computing," prepared by Prof. Jason Bakos and delivered by the course instructor: first 18 slides.
September 10 (Tue), 2019 Welcome by the chair of the department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prof. Matt Thatcher. Presentation "Trends in the Infrastructure of Computing" prepared by Prof. Jason Bakos and delivered by the course instructor, ctd.
September 17 (Tue), 2019 Presentation by Mr. Chris Lewandowski, Assistant Director of the UofSC Engineering and Computing Career Center: Overview of Career Center Services and Preparing for the Career Fair (confirmed)
September 24 (Tue), 2019 Presentation by Mr. Chris King, co-founder of IDV, Inc. on the SpeedTree modeling software system.
October 1 (Tue), 2019 Presentation by Prof. Duncan Buell, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina: "Is Technology the Answer? Software Quality Issues in Electronic Voting Systems."
October 8 (Tue), 2019 Presentation by Mr. Stephen Lariviere of NIWC.
October 15 (Tue), 2019 Introduction of the (new!) Garnet Game Jammers Club by Mr. Xavier Sidney. Presentation by the First-Year Computing Advisors: Laura Nix and Bill Brown.
October 22 (Tue), 2019 "Computing Careers in the Real World," a presentation by Dr. Jerrold Heyman of edgybeesus.com.
October 29 (Tue), 2019 Presentation by Mr. Paul Sagona, University of South Carolina Executive Director of Research Computing, and Mr. Ben Torkian, University of South Carolina Senior Scientist: "Support for Research Computing: the University of South Carolina Research Computing Program."
November 5 (Tue), 2019 "Applied Analytics in Healthcare and Benefits Management," a presentation by Mr. Seth Gregorie of Benefitfocus.
November 12 (Tue), 2019 "Ethical Dilemmas in Engineering Design," a presentation by Mr. Chris Gintz, Chief Operating Officer at TUBZ LLC/ Zeta Energy.
November 19 (Tue), 2019 "Applications of Artificial Intelligence," a presentation by Dr. Sergey Razin, Chief Technology Officer, Swampfox Technologies.
November 26 (Tue), 2019 "Socially Assistive Robotics," a presentation by Dr. Laura Boccanfuso, founder of Van Robotics.
December 3 (Tue), 2019 "Robotics: Enabling Autonomy in Challenging Environments," a presentation by Ms. Nare Karapetyan of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina. End of course survey. End of course.