Copper Country Coders (CCCoders) is an organization that introduces local students in middle and high school to the world of computer science and programming. Michigan Tech undergraduate and graduate computer science students volunteer as instructors and mentors under the guidance of Computer Science faculty members Leo Ureel and Charles Wallace. Last year, volunteers Marissa Walther and Shaun Flynn focused on teaching . . .
BestValueSchools, a website that evaluates colleges and universities for the return on investment that their education offers, has ranked Michigan Tech’s computer science program 14th among the top 30 computer science programs in the country. The rankings took into account program demand, computational aptitude of students, research and development, and the return on investment based . . .
Saturday Oct. 28th Michigan Tech hosted a site of the North Central North American (NCNA) region of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Locally, 11 teams competed, 7 from Michigan Tech and 4 from NMU. Across the region there were 207 teams competing. The top team in the region from South Dakota School of Mines . . .
The Institute of Computing and Cybersystems (ICC) will host Jie Wu from 3 to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Sept. 22) in Rekhi 214. He will present a lecture titled “Algorithmic Crowdsourcing and Applications in Big Data.” Refreshments will be served. Wu is director of Center for Networked Computing (CNC) and Laura H. Carnell Professor at Temple University. . . .
The Computer Science Learning Center Open House The CS Learning Center is hosting an Open House Friday, September 15th from 4-5pm. Stop by to see the new space and meet the coaches at our new location in Rekhi 118. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome. The new CS Learning Center has more windows for natural lighting, bean bags . . .