Registration for winter courses is coming up soon: it begins on Monday, November 3. Click above for descriptions of the computer science courses (above Intro to CS) that will be offered this winter. In addition to your own adviser, remember that you can contact our Student Departmental Advisers Reid Gilman (gilmanr) and Anna Sallstrom (sallstra) if you have questions.

Christopher Welsh, Class of '96, from IBM will speak via the web this Wednesday, October 22 from 12-1 p.m. in Sayles-Hill 251. For more information click above.

Humphrey Institute will be hosting an information session for prospective MS and MPP-STEP students on October 15, 2008, and November 19, 2008. For more information click above.

Google has hired a number of our graduates in the past. They recently contacted us to tell us that they are looking to hire. For more information click above.

Would you like to go to Chattanooga, and get an opportunity to help out at a CS education conference? Click above for more information.

Join us at noon on Thursday, October 2, in LDC 104 for the inaugural Computer Science Lunch Table. All CS majors, faculty, and students enrolled in a CS class are invited to attend as we meet new majors, catch up with the old ones, and say hello to the profs. Besides just socializing, this event will be an opportunity to engage in some technical discussion. Our first topic will be Google's browser, Chrome, and the future of the web. We hope to make this the first in a series of events throughout the term, so we'd love to see you there! If you're interested in a little background, you can read a comic strip prepared by Google detailing their vision for Chrome and the web: http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html

Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science is offering a unique interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in designing, using, and evaluating computational technology to address complex social, political, legal, business and organizational issues. The information we received indicates that "COS Ph.D. students are pioneers who are unsatisfied with traditional degree programs and have a strong interest in interdisciplinary research incorporating sophisticated computational approaches." See the attached flyer that we received.

Analysis Group (AG), an economic consulting firm will be on campus Thursday, September 25. Click above for more information.

Once again, Carleton will be assembling teams of students to participate in the ACM Programming Contest. The experience is totally fun, and you get to practice different styles of programming than you may experience in your courses. The contest itself will be held on Saturday, November 15, at another college somewhere in our general vicinity. Want to participate and show how awesome Carleton is? Contact Dave Musicant (email dmusican) with questions or to express your interest by the end of the day on Wednesday, September 24. If you want to learn more about the contest in general, check out the contest website. You don't need to put in a lot of time into this: showing up at the main event in November and having fun is what matters most.

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. Click above for more information.

ACM-W has announced a scholarship program to help undergraduate women attend research conferences. This program is open to undergraduate as well as graduate students, and they do not have to be presenting at the conference. The scholarships are for up to $500 each, and approximately 12 are awarded per year. For more information visit the following website: http://women.acm.org/scholarships.html

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.