News / Posts from COSC http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/ Reason Carleton College, 2008 Three Rings is a startup company located in San Francisco that produces online games. They are currently looking for developers in both full-time and intern capacities, and they are also looking to hire artists. We've been told that they have a frequently changing list of job options and opportunities, so if you're interested, you should check back often. For more information, visit the list of current openings. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:43:35 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=422138 Come one, come all to the Joint Math Department/CS Department picnic! Let's celebrate the end of the year with a feast of good conversation and picnic food on the Hill of Three Oaks at noon on Tuesday, June 3rd. Enjoy the sunshine. Play games with and against the faculty. Make sure to put your name on the signup page by the glass doors on the second floor of the CMC. That's essential to ensure that we have enough food for everyone. Add your name by 4 pm on Friday, May 30. It's going to be fun; we hope to see you there! Thu, 29 May 2008 16:09:25 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=419602 Next week, Turing Award winner Ron Rivest will be visiting our department as part of the Carleton College Chesley Lecture program. The Turing Award is the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in computer science, so this is a big deal! Prof. Rivest is the "R" in the RSA encryption algorithm, which is used, well, everywhere. For example, it's how your web browser is communicating with secure websites when you see that padlock icon. Prof. Rivest is currently very interested in voting system security. If you've paid any attention at all to the debate that's occurred over the last few years regarding electronic voting systems, you'll really want to hear what he has to say. Click above for more details on his talks. Thu, 22 May 2008 04:31:58 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=416954 FreEner-g is a startup solar energy company that is looking for two computer science summer interns. One of these positions may ultimately lead to a full time job. Click above to see the ad that they sent us; for more information or to apply, contact Laura Cina. Tue, 20 May 2008 16:01:28 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=416548 Questions about CS or Math classes? Your student department advisers (SDAs) are having office hours, with pizza! Meet them on Wednesday, May 21 from 7pm to 9pm, 3rd floor CMC in the Math Skills Center. Also feel free to email the CS SDA Janara (christej) or the Math SDA Jonah (ostroffj) with questions. Tue, 20 May 2008 15:58:06 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=416545 Registration for fall courses is coming up soon: it begins on Monday, May 26. Click above for descriptions of the computer science courses (above Intro to CS) that will be offered this spring. In addition to your own adviser, remember that you can contact our Student Departmental Adviser (Janara Christensen, christej@carleton.edu) if you have questions. Tue, 20 May 2008 10:37:11 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=416394 The Carleton Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge Initiative (QuIRK) is hiring student research assistants to start this fall and also possibly this summer. They are looking for students with statistical training, but they tell us that students with computer science capability and some knowledge of statistics would be fabulous. For more information, including how to apply, visit the program website. Tue, 20 May 2008 09:42:26 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=416340 Epic Systems Corporation in Madison, WI has hired a number of our graduates in the past. They recently contacted us to tell us that they are looking to hire software developers. See this advertisement for more information. Wed, 07 May 2008 06:09:38 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=412043 Pavel Kapinos in the Economics department here at Carleton is looking for some programming help. It would be an official paid student-work job, and he'd like to find someone to complete this work by the end of the term, but some work early in the summer would also be possible. Specifically, he needs someone with knowledge of Excel-based Visual Basic to debug a program. The project should take a small amount of time but a longer assignment may also be available. Contact: pkapinos. Wed, 07 May 2008 06:04:41 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=412041 The CRA-W (Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research) and CDC (Coalition to Diversify Computing) have announced a 2-day workshop focused on computer architecture, with a particular emphasis on the emerging prevalence of parallel computing. The workshop is targeted in particular for undergraduate women and under‐represented minorities currently enrolled as juniors or seniors in computer science or computer engineering programs; however freshman, sophomores, as well as undergrads majoring in other related fields are also welcome to apply. The workshop is to be held on August 20-21 at Brown University, and the application is due June 1. Click above for more information. Wed, 07 May 2008 05:56:38 -0500 http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/cs/news/?story_id=412039