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Fall 2008 CCI Postcard/Events, Download
The 8th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, October 1-4, 2008, more >>
Gaming: Behind the Scenes, October 14, 2008, more >>
Career in IT, Not Just Programming?, October 28, 2008, more >>
Linda Betz talks about women in computing and her experience with IBM, November 3, 2008, more >>
Women in Tech Career Panel , November 3, 2008, more >>
First Annual Junior First Lego League Expo, November 22, 2008, more >>
Intramural Competition using the Wii, December 13, 2008, more >>
The University at Albany's Institute for Informatics, Logics and Security Studies (ILS) has received $326,752 to utilize social robotics as a mechanism to deliver a revitalized computer science education. The program will bring together researchers from UAlbany's ILS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Schenectady County Community College, Union College and the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. Students will utilize robots as a platform to learn key computer science concepts, programming, and the interplay between hardware and software.
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