Alumni Series: Nick Ferrara ’08

October 26th, 2020

Case Studies in Software Disputes. Wed. Oct 28 4:45p.m.

Join Zoom Meeting https://oberlin.zoom.us/j/87833437054?pwd=b0J3WlJ5OVltVmZ0RVF0cGN6VFZ4Zz09 Meeting ID: 878 3343 7054 Passcode: 345763

https://www.oberlin.edu/events/csci_alumni_lecture_series_presents_nick_ferrara_08

Grace Hopper 2018

October 3rd, 2018

Professor Hoyle and Professor Taylor along with 11 of our CSCI Majors attended Grace Hopper 2018 in Houston.The Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists, and has been held annually since 1994.

 

Christine Antonsen ’15 GEICO, IT Team Leader

October 2nd, 2018

Join us in Welcoming Christine Antonsen ’15 on Friday, Oct 5, 3:30 King 101.

Christine will discuss her path to GEICO after OBERLIN.

  •  GEICO IT – Working in tech at a non traditional tech company
  • what I love about GEICO and why it’s a good place to work
  • GEICO opportunities (intern, full time, tech areas etc)

Christine is a 2015 graduate of Oberlin College with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. After graduation she joined GEICO in their Emerging Leaders program, and is now an IT Team Lead overseeing two scrum teams working on the big data platform. Her teams leverage big data to personalize customer experiences and make GEICO’s business more efficient.  Christine founded and serves as a co-leader for InPower, an internal group dedicated to supporting women’s growth and development in IT.  She’s also on GEICO’s planning committee for activities at the Grace Hopper Conference. In the evenings, Christine has been pursuing her MBA from the University of Maryland and graduated this September. Recently, Christine won the Women In Technology’s 2018 Rising Star Leadership Award. 

Friday, Oct 5, 2018   King 101  3:30p.m.     Refreshments 3:00pm King 225

Congratulations Class of 2018

May 15th, 2018

Congratulations to our CSCI 2018 Grads.  A special congratulations to Maria Stull, who was the recipient of the R.J. Thomas Award, for outstanding CSCI Student 2018

Oberlin Dominates 2018 Denison Spring Programming Contest

February 26th, 2018

This year, 16 teams from 6 schools (Baldwin-Wallace, Denison, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, U of Akron, and Wooster) competed in this 4-hour contest.

The “Oberlin ‘);DROP TABLE Teams;–” from Oberlin won the contest, solving five problems. Coming in second was “Black IDE Peas” from Oberlin, also with five problems solved. Congratulations to Adam Cooper, Anders Cornell, Jakob Cornell, and Helen He on a strong showing! Congratulations to all the students who participated. 

Final Standings with breakdown of problems submitted and solved for each team.

The problem set and judge’s data can be found in the contest archives.

 

DU Spring Contest Homepage

OBIEHACK ver.2 Dec. 2

November 29th, 2017

JOIN US this Saturday, Dec. 2 9am-9pm Wilder 101

Come Join us! It’s that time of year! Two weeks before finals! You have sweet final projects to complete. Dreadful NP-complete proofs? Coding interviews to prepare for? Do not Fear! Do it with us!  Drop in anytime between 9am-9pm with your buddies and get that final project completed!  You also get FREE FOOD and wait, there is more!  FREE FLASH DRIVES from ADACORE

RSVP NOW https://obiehack.splashthat.com

 

Winter Term Organizational Meeting Oct 30 Noon

October 27th, 2017

Join Us Monday, Oct 30 Noon King 323

WINTER TERM

 Informational Meeting

Individual projects, Group projects

Have a great idea for a Winter Term project, and want to recruit people?  Have no idea what to do for Winter Term, but think you might like it to involve Computer Science somehow?  We’ll be having an organizational meeting to allow people to come together and talk about what they would like to do for Winter Term, and see if any project groups coalesce.  

Monday, Oct 30

Noon King 323

Senior Symposium 2017 Friday, April 28 2017

April 27th, 2017

CSCI Graduating Seniors, Sam Goree and Andres Cuervo will present their research on Friday april 28 1:30-2:50 King 321

Sam  Goree – Towards a Relative-Pitch Neural Network System for Chorale  Composition and Harmonization.

Andres Cuervo – Imagine Trees Like These – virtual Reality Narrative Concerning Forests, Futurity, and Ephemerality.

For a complete list of presentations go to : Senior Symposium 2017

 

 

Graduate School vs. Industry. Questions and Answers

April 7th, 2017

CSCI Majors are invited to join us for Pizza on Tuesday, April 11 12:15 King 239.

We will discuss Applying to Graduate Schools. Deciding between grad school and working in industry.

Bring your questions!

Google: What, When, Where?

March 16th, 2017

Are you a student pursuing a technical degree and interested in Google for your tech career? Come gain some tips and info from Google engineers! See event details below.

Who is invited? All Computer Science and Engineering students but anyone with an interest in software development is welcome!

What, when, where?

  • Preparing for Tech Interview: 3/30, 5:00 – 6:30pm, King 239
  • Mock Interviews: 3/30 & 3/31, morning and afternoon
    • If you’d like a mock interview, complete the form linked below by 3/23

What to do next?: Register for events and Mock interviews here: https://goo.gl/qvQhII

Make sure your resume and LinkedIn profiles are up to date (you can link both in the form above).