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Spring 2008
Attention Graduating Seniors
If you are interested in continuing
your education at UNLV for a M.S. degree in either Computer Science or
Informatics, there may be funding opportunities available to cover the
cost of your tuition plus a stipend. We are currently looking for a
student that has an interest in web application development. If you are
interested, please contact Professor Bryce (reneebryce [at] cs.unlv.edu).
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Fall 2007
ABET Accreditation Visit
The School of Computer Science was visited by an ABET accreditation
team in late October. The visit went well and the school is awaiting
a final report.
Spring 2007
ABET Preparations
Dr Gewali has been preparing the documentation for the ABET visit this Fall.
Click here to view the ABET Documentation
Dr. Pinelle Receives Award
Dr. David Pinelle received an honorable mention award at the Computer/Human
Interaction 2007 Conference for "Improving Recognition and Characterization
in Groupware with Rich Embodiments" which he co-authored with T. Stach,
C. Gutwin, and P. Irani.
Fall 2006
Dr. Pedersen Authors Best Paper
Dr. Matt Pedersen received a best paper award for "Approximating the Buffer
Allocation Problem Using Epochs" which he co-authored with A. Brodsky at
the Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems 2006 Conference.
Congratulations
John Minor has been appointed Director and welcome to Renee Bryce, who has been hired as an Assistant Professor.
Summer 2006
JT3 Summer Internships
JT3, an EG&G and Raytheon Company, is offering
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Internships beginning May 15, 2006,
starting at $16.00/hour. For more details go to the SCS Work Opportunities
page.
Fall - 2005
CS Major Wins Math Competition!
David Hannasch, a sophomore majoring in Computer Science, won 1st place in the 7th Annual Mathematics Competition held on October 8, 2005. Congratulations David!
Welcome, Mr. Jorgensen
The School of Computer Science welcomes Ed Jorgensen as a Visiting Lecturer for the 2005-06 academic year.
Congratulations Dr. Berghel!
Effective Fall 2005, Dr. Hal Berghel, former director of the School of Computer Science, assumes the position of Associate Dean of New Programs for the College of Engineering.
Summer - 2005
SCS purchases new hardware
The School of Computer Science purchases new hardware, including:
- Bobby.cs.unlv.edu: General Purpose Login Machine : Fedora Core 3 IBM xSeries 440: 4 X 2.4 GHz Xeon CPUs with Hyperthreading, 4GB Ram
- Cardiac.cs.unlv.edu: General Purpose Login Machine, Network and Operating Systems programming specific: : Fedora Core 3 IBM xSeries 440: 2 X 1.9GHz Xeon CPUs with Hyperthreading, 2GB Ram
- Csfs01.cs.unlv.edu: NFS and Samba Fileserver: : Fedora Core 3 Supermicro 7044HTR: 2 X 3.0GHz Xeon CPUs with Hyperthreading, 2GB Ram, 8 X 200GB SATA Raid 5 filesystem
- Csfs02.cs.unlv.edu: NFS and Samba Redundant Fileserver: : Fedora Core 3 Supermicro 7044HTR: 2 X 3.0GHz Xeon CPUs with Hyperthreading, 2GB Ram, 8 X 200GB SATA Raid 5 filesystem
- MS.cs.unlv.edu: Authentication Server: Microsoft Advanced Server 2003 Gateway 960: 2 X 2.4GHz P4 CPUs with Hyperthreading, 2GB Ram, 4 X 200GB SATA Raid 5 filesystem
- MS2.cs.unlv.edu: Secondary Authentication Server: Microsoft Advanced Server 2003 Adamant 530 3.0GHz P4 CPU with Hyperthreading, 1GB Ram
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Minor Appointed Interim Director
Effective July 1st, Dr. John T. Minor was appointed to Interium Director for a one year term. At the end of that time, a new Director of the School of Computer Science will be selected. Congratulations Dr. Minor!
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Cooper Retires
At the end of Spring Semester, Dr. Nina Cooper announced that she is retiring. Best of luck in your future endeavors, Dr. Cooper. We will miss you.
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Office Relocation
Dr. Yoohwaan Kim is now in TBE B382 and Dr. Matt Pedersen is in TBE B384.
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