Current and past events
September 23, 2023 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Dining Hall 2nd Floor: “Data Science & Technology Mini-Conference “
Take the opportunity to learn from and network with alums working as Data Analysts, Data Architects, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and more at Cardinal Financial, Cowen, Gartner, Aetna, Fidelity, and Michigan Medicine. During the panels, alums will share information about the industry, career trajectories, internship and job opportunities, career paths, career preparation, and follow-up activities.
March 8, 2023 6-8pm
Emerson Auditorium: “How to Break into Tech”
Meet recent Skidmore CS alumni share their experiences working with Google, AI and crypto. They will also provide students with tips on writing resumes and finding jobs and internships.
February 23, 2023 5-6pm
CIS 233: Computer Science Exploremore
Meet faculty and current majors to learn about CS courses, and research opportunities
Friday, Sept. 23: Preparing for internships and graduate school in Computer Science
The CS department is hosting a discussion about strategies for finding internships and jobs in CS, and information about going to CS grad school.
Wednesday, May 4, 1:30-2:50 p.m.
CIS 233
The Computer Science department event for Academic Festival. We will have a poster session highlighting student research projects from this academic year.
Friday, April 22, 5:30-6 p.m.
CIS 233
Meet Emilie Giles, an artist, educator and a human-computer interaction (HCI) researcher from London, whose research explores how people who are at risk of being excluded from maker culture can be empowered and be the creators of their own technology, rather than just having things made for them. Emilie’s work has been published in the top CS HCI conference proceedings, even though she has no computer science background. She is a great person to talk to about career paths in art and digital media with a CS background, and what it is like to work in an interdisciplinary setting with researchers from around the world. This event is organized by the Computer Science Department.
Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.
CIS Linux Lab (CIS 237) E-textile workshop
During this workshop, Emilie Giles and Aarathi Prasad will introduce participants to e-textiles and Arduino software and learn how to use the microcontroller to create interactive garments. We will first use sample programs to test the board and design a simple circuit that uses LEDs. Participants will then be guided to designing a simple circuit using fabric, conductive thread, LEDs, and light sensors and to sew the components onto the fabric to create a light-sensitive wristband. Consider using your wristband for nighttime walking or biking! No prior programming or sewing experience required. All materials (including computers and fabric) will be provided.
March 10, 2022 5-7 p.m.
CIS 233: Software Engineering Career Technicalities
Come meet Skidmore alumni Tameem Samawi ’17 and Riley Alsman ’13. They will talk about the skills needed to find a CS job after Skidmore, how to prepare for the job interview and also review resumes as part of a resume workshop from 6-7 p.m. Tameem will hold office hours in the second floor student lounge in CIS between 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. on March 11, so feel free to stop by to say hi!
February 23, 2022 4-5 p.m.
CIS 233: Computer Science Exploremore
Interested in finding out about Computer Science at Skidmore? Meet the faculty and current majors to learn about CS course offerings and CS major and minor research opportunities.
February 17, 2022 5:15-6:30 p.m.
Zoom: Research talk by Dr. Trisha Andrew
This event is co-sponsored by Chemistry and Physics Departments. Dr. Andrew’s talk titled “Chemical vapor deposition of soft materials for wearable health monitoring” discusses chemical vapor deposition, a single-step processing method for forming polymer films on unconventional substrates and is increasingly important for creating flexible, wearable and/or plant-based electronics. She describes the materials science and engineering advances made by her team during the process of creating various electronic garments and plant-based sensors for longitudinal health monitoring in native environments.
May 5, 2021: Computer Science Research Showcase at Skidmore’s Academic Festival
A showcase of student research projects from the Computer Science Department. Students will give a 10 to 15-minute presentation about their research projects. This will be an online event (over Zoom).
April 24, 2021: Computer Science Honors Thesis presentations
Computer Science seniors will give 30-minute presentations about their honors thesis projects, followed by 15 minutes for questions. This will be an online event (over Zoom).
April 21, 2021: A special career session with Charles River Analytics
The CS department is hosting a special career session with Charles River Analytics. The speakers, two of whom are Skidmore alums, will provide an overview of the required technical skills to land an internship or a new-graduate position in fields such as machine learning, data science and systems, and the different potential career paths you can take after graduation at a Research and Development company such as CRA. They will review the core skillset required for different positions, discuss the interview process, and offer advice on salary negotiation.
March 8, 2021: Computer Science Exploremore
Interested in finding out about Computer Science at Skidmore? Meet the faculty and current majors to learn about CS course offerings, the CS major and minor and other CS-related opportunities.
October 12, 2020: Preparing for internships and graduate school in Computer Science
The CS department is hosting a discussion about strategies for finding internships and jobs in CS, and information about going to CS grad school.
February 18, 2020: Computer Science Exploremore, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Dana Atrium
Interested in finding out about Computer Science at Skidmore? Meet the faculty and current majors to learn about CS course offerings, the CS major and minor and other CS-related opportunities.
November 8, 2019: Industry Talk by Mike Zinni, Director of Software Development, Davin
Workforce Solutions
Coding Techniques for Secure Web Sites
We will present how to develop secure websites. Topics covered include what hackers look for, the most prevalent web site security issues, and examples of coding techniques for preventing some of the simplest and common hacks.
October 15, 2019: Research Talk by Dr. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Associate Professor
(by special appointment) of Religious Studies, Hamilton College
The Spiritual Life of Dolls: The Technological Quest for the Soul from Adam to Barbie
to AI.
In the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, God formed the first human from the
dust of the earth, and then breathed life into the creature. Since that time, humans
have attempted to do the same by fashioning raw materials into bodies that look like
ours: dolls, automatons, figurines, puppets, marionettes, and robots. But it is not
enough to make them look human, we also want them to behave like humans, and so we
make these bodies walk and talk, move their arms and heads, and even pray. In recent
years, as we create ever more artificially intelligent robots, we push them to answer
questions and hold conversations. In so doing, we animate the figures through technological
means. Technology is our breath, the animating force of Homo sapiens, and dolls are vital technological tools that find their way into our rituals, personal
devotional lives, workplaces, and social spaces. By outlining a human history of engagement
with dolls, Professor Plate provides a historical-religious framework to think through
our cyborgian futures by showing how we have always been cyborgs, always merging with
our technology.
Talk was sponsored by the Religious Studies department, and co-sponsored by Computer
Science along with American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Classics, History,
Neuroscience, Philosophy and Sociology.
September 13, 2019: Preparing for internships and graduate school in Computer Science
The CS department is hosting a discussion about strategies for finding internships
and jobs in CS, and information about going to CS grad school.
May 2, 2019
Computer Science department and Mathematics and Statistics department annual end of semester picnic. Join us for food, chit-chat, and hopefully, weather permitting, a game of Frisbee!
May 1, 2019: Academic Festival
A poster session that showcases student research projects from the Computer Science
Department.
Presenters: Matt Clark '21, Ping Lin '19, Ha Linh Nguyen '22, Asia Quinones '21,
Ruben Ruiz '21, Emily Xiao '21, Kun Zhou '19
March 22, 2019: Research talk by Dr. Suzanne Matthews, Associate Professor of Computer Science, U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
Maximizing Computing on Minimal Hardware
Single board computers (SBCs) such as the Raspberry Pi have gained popularity in recent
years. But, the multicore capabilities of SBCs make them powerful platforms for energy-efficient
computation. In this talk, I discuss how we can leverage the multiple cores of an
SBC to solve certain problems faster (and at lower total energy) than normal computers,
and how to use SBCs to engage and inspire the next generation of computer scientists.
March 6, 2019: CS Exploremore
Interested in finding out about Computer Science at Skidmore?
Meet the faculty and current majors to learn about CS course offerings, the CS major
and minor and other CS-related opportunities.
February 26, 2019: Research talk by Dr. David Kotz, Champion International Professor
in the Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth College
Securing the Life-Cycle of Smart Environments
The homes, offices, and vehicles of tomorrow will be embedded with numerous “Smart
Things,” networked with each other and with the Internet. Many of these Things interact
with their environment, with other devices, and with human users – and yet most of
their communications occur invisibly via wireless networks. How can users express
their intent about which devices should communicate – especially in situations when
those devices have never encountered each other before? We present our work exploring
novel combinations of physical proximity and user interaction to ensure user intent
in establishing and securing device interactions.
What happens when an occupant moves out or transfers ownership of her Smart Environment?
How does an occupant identify and decommission all the Things in an environment before
she moves out? How does a new occupant discover, identify, validate, and configure
all the Things in the environment he adopts? When a person moves from smart home
to smart office to smart hotel, how is a new environment vetted for safety and security,
how are personal settings migrated, and how are they securely deleted on departure?
When the original vendor of a Thing (or the service behind it) disappears, how can
that Thing (and its data, and its configuration) be transferred to a new service provider?
What interface can enable lay people to manage these complex challenges, and be assured
of their privacy, security, and safety? We present a list of key research questions
to address these important challenges.
November 14, 2018: Research talk by Dr. Mariya Zheleva, Assistant Professor in Computer Science at University at Albany, State University of New York
Mobile Wireless Networks of the Future
In this talk, I will introduce my work on future mobile wireless networks. I will
begin by motivating the need Gbps, sub-millisecond communication. I will then talk
about my work on spectrum sensing and characterization for Dynamic Spectrum Access
policy and technology. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss challenges that
inhibit mobile wireless network advances in infrastructure-challenged environments.
I will talk about several of the systems I have developed to bridge the connectivity
gap in infrastructure-challenged environments including Kwiizya for rural area communications,
HybridCell for communications in refugee camps and other displaced persons scenarios,
and FarmNet for smart and connected farms.
November 7, 2018: CS Open house
Come to the open house to learn about the introductory courses offered by the department
(CS 102, 106 and 206), interact with CS faculty and students and try out fun activities
related to computer science. All students welcome.
September 28, 2018: Preparing for internships and graduate school in Computer Science
The CS department is hosting a discussion about strategies for finding internships
and jobs in CS, and information about going to CS grad school.