Charles Wallace, Associate Professor of Computer Science, has been appointed Associate Dean for Curriculum and Instruction for the College of Computing, effective immediately. Wallace has been teaching in the Department of Computer Science for 19 years, and he has a long track record of education research and building collaboration with Cognitive & Learning Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, and Social . . .
It’s Game Time! Google’s Cloud Hero is coming to the Michigan Tech College of Computing! Join us for this fun learning experience! Become familiar with key Google Cloud Platform solutions and gain cloud skills through a hands-on, competitive lab experience. During this 3-hour session, you’ll hear briefly from Google Cloud representatives as to why cloud solutions are integral to your career, get . . .
The Michigan Tech College of Computing is growing! We are currently seeking applications for six faculty positions. Please use the links below and visit https://www.mtu.edu/computing/about/employment/job-openings/ to learn more about the positions and to discover the many advantages of teaching at Michigan Tech and living in the Copper Country. Assistant or Associate Professor, CNSA/MERET/HI Division Assistant Professor, Computer Science Assistant . . .
Keith Vertanen (CS/ICC-HCC) is the principal investigator on a three-year project that has received a $225,663 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is entitled, “CHS: Small: Collaborative Research: Improving Mobile Device Input for Users Who are Blind or Low Vision.” Abstract: Smartphones are an essential part of our everyday lives. . . .
Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Ph.D, president and chairman of the board and chief technology officer of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, will present a lecture titled “Creativity and Innovation” on Wednesday, October 2, at 4:15 p.m., in EERC 103. Dr. Schweitzer is recognized as a pioneer in digital protection and holds the grade of Fellow in the IEEE, . . .
A paper by Yakov Nekrich, associate professor of computer science, has been accepted by the 2020 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA 2020), the prime conference in the area of algorithms research. The article, “Better Data Structures for Colored Orthogonal Range Reporting,” was co-authored by Timothy M. Chan of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The SODA 2020 . . .