Top climate scientists from around the world will convene at Chapman University on Dec. 8-11 to discuss extreme natural hazards and ways to work with authorities to create better warning systems to mitigate death and destruction. The conference is part of the Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (GeoRisk Commission) of the International Union of
New entrepreneur shares insight into his company and what it takes to run your own business. Ever thought of running your own business? Sometimes all it takes to get the ball rolling is a little motivation. Matt Connor, founder of cloud computing services company SSD Nodes, recently shared his insight with Caypen.com, a media publishing
It’s a small world, so the old saying goes. We’re all connected by six degrees of separation, according to the classic theory. And then there’s that whole Kevin Bacon thing. But what would happen if you tested out those ideas by using your Facebook connections? That’s what David Tyler ’15, a double major in mathematics
Assistant Professor Jason Keller, Ph.D., along with a team of scientists, has been awarded a three-year, $1 million federal grant to study peatland warming. Their work is part of a long-term study organized by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and aimed at tracking bogs’ decomposition and impact on global warming. Chapman’s share of
Louis Ehwerhemuepha, a graduate student in the Master of Computational Sciences program, is presenting his research study titled “Codon Analysis on the Cloud: Making the Case for Local MapReduce Aggregation” at Supercomputing 2012 (SC12). To fund his trip to the Salt Lake City conference, Ehwerhemuepha applied for a travel grant. The conference awarded a grant to fully
Chapman University and Cal State University Fullerton are hosting the third joint Mathematics Colloquium Thursday, November 15 in Von Neumann Hall. The seminar will cover a variety of mathematics topics with lectures from Chapman and Fullerton professors. Attendees are encouraged to meet at 1:30 in Von Neumann hall for a brief reception. PROGRAM 2:00 pm Lucy Odom (CSU
Dr. Walter Piper, professor of Biological Sciences, will be featured on The Academic Minute, a nationally syndicated educational radio program, Wednesday, November 14. Dr. Piper will be speaking about his studies in loons and their territorial nature. Dr. Walter Piper has studied territoriality of Common Loons since 1993 in Oneida County, Wisconsin. Click here for the podcast of
The Orange County register published an article November 1 highlighting the accomplishments of Chapman CS students in their development of the game ‘Axle’. The article details the way the students worked with the entrepreneurial start-up incubator eVillage to form an LLC and develop a business plan to continue to grow the game. The company they formed, Fallstreak
Those blue-marble satellite images of Earth during a natural disaster are among the most powerful pictures we have whenever a hurricane, dust storm or wildfire strikes our planet. Most of us turn to newscasts to see them. But as Hurricane Sandy churned toward the Eastern Seaboard, Associate Professor Hesham El-Askary made his own. El-Askary is
David Tyler, an undergraduate student in the School of Computational Sciences, took first prize in the Student Design Contest at the System-on-Chip Conference. Tyler tied for first place with a UCI Graduate Student, receiving a $500 cash prize for his project titled “Map the Network”. The contest was sponsored by the Orange County division of the