Colloquium

Welcome Back Colloquium 9/9 @ 2:35pm

Computer Science Colloquium Friday, September 9th @ 2:35pm in TCL 123 Find out what’s in store for this semester, nominate CoSSAC members, and hear short talks from new professors Jim Bern, Katie Keith and Mark Hopkins. Colloquium credit awarded for attendance! Jim Bern: Creating Robotic Art and… Continue reading »

Ward Prize Presentations – Tuesday, May 17

Computer Science Colloquium Ward Prize Presentations Tuesday, May 17 1:30-3:00pm Wege, TCL 123 A presentation by students nominated for the 2022 Rich Ward Prize for Best Student Project in Computer Science. CS colloquium credit will be awarded for attending. Featuring: Jonathan Gellar – “Baba is… Continue reading »

Thesis Defenses – 5/16 in Wege Auditorium

Computer Science Thesis Defenses Monday, May 16 Wege Auditorium – TCL 123 *Colloquium credits offered for attendance: 2 credits for morning session & 2 credits for the afternoon.* 9.30 am:  Maddie Burbage – “A Private, Associative Memory Alternative for RISC Systems” 10.10  am:   Chris Chung – “B-epsilon tree Query Scheduling”… Continue reading »

Colloquium April 29: Brian Brubach, Wellesley

Computer Science Colloquium Friday, April 29 @ 2:35pm Wege (TCL 123)   Gerrymandering, redistricting, and the quest for fairer representative democracy Partisan gerrymandering in the United States is an old problem. However, our most effective tools for measuring and regulating it are fairly new and still not well-understood. This… Continue reading »

Colloquium April 22: Seth Cooper, Northeastern

Friday, April 22 2:35pm in Wege Crowdsourcing with Video Games People and computers working together can solve problems neither could solve alone. To support this, video games provide a compelling approach: they are a natural space for problem solving and can foster the engagement necessary for people to make a… Continue reading »

Colloquium April 08, 2022: Jordan Crouser, Smith

Friday, April 08 @ 2:35pm Wege Hall – TCL 123 Perception and Context in Data Visualization Visual analytics is the science of combining interactive visual interfaces and information visualization techniques with automatic algorithms to support analytical reasoning through human-computer interaction. People use visual analytics tools and techniques to synthesize information… Continue reading »