Computer Science and Software Engineering News

Dr. Clark’s Arctic Adventure

January 21, 2010

Why travel to a remote Arctic town . . . in March?

Last year, Chris Clark loaded up on long underwear and headed north, to Longyearbyen, Svalabard, where he contributed his expertise in robot technology to a project that will enlarge our understanding of the far-ranging impacts of climate change.

ACM Partners with Upward Bound

January 21, 2010

Last fall, Cal Poly’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) let local low-income high school students discover the magic of computer programming in order to help open doors to college and foster diversity in computer science.

NSF Sponsors TeachScheme

January 21, 2010

Cal Poly hosted its third year of NSF-sponsored TeachScheme/ReachJava workshops this year. We had a number of our own Cal Poly instructors present at this year's workshop, learning about our innovative first-year computer science curriculum in an intensive five-day workshop.

Celebrating Forty Years of Excellence

January 20, 2010

Wow!!!! Forty years. Forty years of cultivating creativity and outstanding technical expertise. Forty years of visionary leadership that has moved the department and its programs forward. Forty years of excitement, imagination and perseverance, along with fiscal responsibility.

Going Mobile

January 20, 2010

When the Cal Poly bells ring at the top of the hour and students flood the crosswalks, it seems like at least one out of three have cell phones in hand. But they’re not just making a call—they’re also reading email, getting news, looking up restaurants, playing a game, checking the weather, paying bills . . . and more.

Cal Poly Programmers at the Top of Their Algorithms

January 20, 2010

Sixty-four teams. Eight problems. Five hours.

U.S. Congress Targets Computer Science

October 21, 2009

"U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a resolution to raise the profile of computer science as a transforming industry that drives technology innovation and ...