http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog UHCL CS/CIS happenings... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:58:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We learned about these two opportunities from Mr. Dion McInnis, Associate Vice President for University Advancement at UHCL: "One is called Young Professionals for Space Exploration.  It is national, but located here and strives to unite young professionals.  I imagine this would be of interest to some students.  Perhaps faculty could ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/11/05/two-opportunities-to-expand-your-horizon/ We had a successful CS/CIS graduate open house today. About 60 students attended the event. The new dean of the School of Science and Computer Engineering, Dr. Zbigniew Czajkiewicz, welcomed the students to a new semester, encouraging them to pursue good grades. Nearly all CS and CIS faculty members attended ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/09/03/cscis-graduate-open-house/ We will organize an important orientation for new and current graduate CS and CIS students on September 3rd 2:30-4:00pm in Delta room 241. All new CS/CIS students are expected to attend. Current students are also highly encouraged to attend. This is an excellent opportunity to meet the new dean of the ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/08/31/cscis-graduate-student-orientation-93-230-400pm/ Dr. Gary Boetticher will be the speaker for the Rotary Club of Seabrook on August 13th at the Lakewood Yacht Club. His title of presentation is "Financial Data Mining." http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/home/homeD.asp?cid=3951 http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/07/20/dr-boetticher-speaker-for-the-rotary-club-of-seabrook/ To many people here, lunar landing was one of the most exciting moments in US history, epitomizing the spirit of exploring unlimited frontiers and optimistic opportunities. Johnson Space Center is throwing a big celebration of 40th anniversary of lunar landing this month. A major feature is the three day event "Telling ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/07/08/uhcl-panelists-in-jsc-celebration-of-40th-anniversay-of-lunar-landing/ Our computing programs are blessed with excellent award winning faculty members. For example, Dr. Feagin won the UHCL President Distinguished Research Award last year. Dr. Davari won the UHCL Distinguished Teaching in 1992. Drs. Boetticher and Al-Mubaid are recent finalists of the UHCL Piper Teaching Award. There are many others. This ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/04/02/krishani-abeysekera-and-kumar-peeris-won-inauguration-outstanding-awards/ Houston Chronicle also had an article on Joshua Generation. Rosie Haji, an UHCL alumnus with BS and MS degrees in CS, was featured as a leader. Here is the online version. The Sunday printed version had a nice photo of her. Congratulations to your accomplishment, Rosie. http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/01/26/rosie-haji-in-houston-chronicle/ Houston Chronicle had an article featuring computational finance courses. Dr. Boetticher and his financial data mining course were placed prominently in the article. It also has a nice photo of him. The work of Quan Nguyen, a CS graduate student, was also highlighted. Our congratulations to their successes! You can also dig ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/01/26/dr-boetticher-in-houston-chronicle/ The new graduate student orientation was held on the past Thursday. Dean Davari and CIS Program Chair Dr. Yang first welcome the students. Mr. Dilhar De Silva, CTO of AtLinks.com and 2008 UHCL Distinguished Alumni, impressed on the students to have big dream, and discussed how they can best prepare their study ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/01/24/new-graduate-student-orientation-deemed-as-conducive/ We will hold a new CS/CIS MS Student Orientation on January 22, 2009 (Thursday) 4:00 to 5:30pm in Delta Room 241. All new students are expected to attend! The orientation is the first one we hold and it should benefit current students too so all will be welcome. Mr. Dilhar De Silva ... http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/index.php/2009/01/15/new-cscis-ms-student-orientation/