Graduate Student Louis Ehwerhemuepha to Represent CU at Supercomputing 2012
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
CU and CSF to Host Third Joint Mathematics Colloquium
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
Prof. Walter Piper Interviewed on 'The Academic Minute'
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
Artist, Scientist Victoria Vesna to Speak at November 28 Lecture
Dr. Victoria Vesna is a media artist, Professor at the Department of Design | Media Arts at the UCLA School of the Arts and director of the UCLA Art Sci center. Currently she is Visiting Professor at Art, Media and Technology, Parsons the New School for Design in New York. Her work can be defined
Interface Symposium
Chapman University and the Interface Foundation of North America invite you to participate in the Chapman University Symposium on Big Data and Analytics the 44th Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics. The joint Chapman, Interface symposium welcomes scientific contribution dealing with Big Data in a way to advance the core scientific and technological means of
Axle Game, Students Featured in the Orange County Register
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
Professor Hesham El-Askary Creates an Image of Hurricane Sandy to Highlight its Magnitude
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
Undergraduate CS Student David Tyler Takes First in Conference Competition
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
Dr. Brennan Peterson Discusses Female Fertility in Major Canadian News Publication
Dr. Brennan Peterson, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Marriage and Family Therapy program, was cited in an article in the Canadian news website Maclean’s. The article, “Thirty-Seven and Counting”, highlights the misconceptions currently held about women’s fertility. The age at which women experience a decline in fertility is much younger than we believe,
CU and UCI to Host a Stroke Rehab Workshop
The Schmid College of Science and Technology is partnering with UCI Brain Repair Center to host a continuing education workshop centered around rehabilitation after stroke. The workshop is free for students as well as RNs, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy professionals. In addition to the Workshop, the Orange County Stroke Rehab Network is