Hello, Computing students. Here is this week’s issue of the Weekly Download. We hope this is helpful to you. If you have comments or suggestions, please email computing@mtu.edu. Visit the Weekly Download webpage here.
You are invited to spend one-zero-one-zero—that is, ten—minutes with Gorkem Asilioglu, Computer Science, on Thursday, March 18, from 5:30 to 5:40 p.m. EST. Asilioglu is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. His research interests include computer architecture, high-performance computing, programming languages, and CS education. We look forward to spending 1010 minutes with you! . . .
From The Mining Journal, Marquette, MI, March 11, 2021 Read the original article here. HOUGHTON — A dedicated group of Michigan Tech students is spending the university’s Spring Break virtually showing students the benefits of science and technology education, according to a release from the university. For the 10th straight year, members of Michigan Technological University’s . . .
The Department of Computer Science will present a lecture by Dr. Kelly Steelman, Cognitive and Learning Sciences, on Friday, March 19, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. The title of the lecture is, “Keeping Up with Tech.” Steelman is interim department chair and associate professor in the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences. Her research interests include . . .
The Department of Computer Science will present a lecture by author and digital agency owner Tim Frick, founder and president of Mightybytes, on Friday, April 9, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. In his talk, “People, Planet, Pixels: Toward Sustainable Digital Products and Practices,” Frick will discuss how sustainable web design and responsible digital practices can help . . .
Michigan Tech alumnus Rev. Dustin Larson, BS, MS in Computer Science, was quoted in the story “Campus Ministry at NMU takes on a new FOCUS,” on WRUP FM (Marquette). Larson, who in addition to studying at MTU spent his first years in the priesthood at St. Albert the Great, is currently associate pastor of St. . . .