Computer Science

Curricular Practical Training Student Success

December 21, 2011

NIDHI PATEL Gujarat, India While earning her Master's in Computer Science at Stevens, Nidhi Patel gained the opportunity to work at Planet Associates, Inc. as part of the Curricular Practical Training program. At Planet, Nihdi had the incredible opportunity to support IT projects with the Pentagon through maintaining databases and making Crystal Reports on system infrastructure. "My course work introduced the basic concepts and the CPT program prepared me to apply that knowledge to real world problems," Nidhi says. "It is an honor and achievement to be able to work with Pentagon infrastructure after graduation." With a Master's almost behind her and a [Read more...]

Bloom Scholarship Awarded to Senior Jamie Brabston

December 5, 2011

The first Stephen L. Bloom Scholarship will be awarded to Computer Science senior Jamie Brabston. The scholarship is given annually to a student who is majoring in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Information Systems who has compiled an outstanding record in his or her field and who demonstrates interest and accomplishment in music or the fine arts. This scholarship was established in 2011 in memory of Stephen L. Bloom, Professor of Computer Science from 1977 to 2010, by Professor Bloom's many friends and colleagues. Jamie has compiled an extended record of outstanding academic performance; her GPA is over 3.7. Besides the BS degree [Read more...]

Dr. Gang Hua joins the Computer Science Department

October 1, 2011

Gang Hua has joined the Computer Science Department as an Associate Professor. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in June 2006 from Northwestern University. His research interests are in computer vision, pattern recognition, large scale multimedia analytics, and applied machine learning. In particular, his research attempts to analyze the massive unstructured online visual media, and transform them into structured visual knowledge for various applications such as image and video sharing, search, indexing, management, recognition, and social events prediction. [Read more...]

Applying New Mathematics for Robust Cryptography and a Safer Internet

September 12, 2011

By applying a new mathematical paradigm to cryptography, Dr. Antonio Nicolosi and his research group in the Department of Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, together with other computer scientists and mathematicians at CUNY, are laying the foundation for a safer Internet. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently awarded this team a grant that will support the development of new cryptographic tools and protocols, as well as foster a unique collaboration between the cryptography and group-theory research communities. To advance the field of cryptography, Dr. Nicolosi and his partners are capitalizing on recent developments in combinatorial group theory (CGT), [Read more...]

Steven Gabarro Named Institute's Top Online Instructor

September 7, 2011

At Convocation on September 7, Assistant Teaching Professor Steven Gabarró was honored with the 2011 Provost's Award for Excellence in Online Teaching and Program Development. The award -- the only one awarded in this category across the entire Institute -- was given in recognition of Steven's long term record of excellence in the online teaching of CS 546, Web Programming, and CS 550, Computer Organization and Programming.In addition to teaching these two online graduate courses, Steven regularly teaches several undergraduate courses in the classroom, where he is recognized as one of the department's best teachers. Steven also supervises the department's [Read more...]

Stevens 2011 Commencement

June 9, 2011

In the moment that you made your final decision to come to Stevens, you accepted a special challenge and a special responsibility from society. At that moment, society entrusted you with its future and well being. Starting tomorrow, you will be called upon to make good on that responsibility. -Provost George P. Korfiatis to the Class of 2011 On May 26, Stevens Institute of Technology bid a proud farewell to undergraduate and graduate students of the Class of 2011 at the 139th Commencement. The ceremonies on May 26th concluded a week of events starting [Read more...]

Stevens Students Design Database Management System to Combat Neonatal Lupus

May 2, 2011

Stevens Institute of Technology students are using their system design and programming skills to help search for a cure for neonatal lupus, a disease that kills newborn infants and their mothers. The Senior Design team of Vincent Lipoma, Jason Van Buiten, Mark DeLillo, Jonathan Grana, and David Fonorow are creating an extremely complex, yet user-friendly multiple-platform, Database Management System for the New York University Research Registry for Neonatal Lupus. The system will allow researchers to organize their neonatal lupus data and query it to find patterns in their search for a cure. The team's advisor is Dr. David Klappholz, Associate Professor [Read more...]

Students Design Autonomous Surface Vehicle with Stereovision Technology

April 29, 2011

It is a little vehicle with a lot of potential. A multidisciplinary Senior Design team at Stevens Institute of Technology is designing an ASV, or Autonomous Surface Vehicle, to compete at the AUVSI Foundation and ONR's 4th International RoboBoat Competition, June 9-12, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This will be Stevens first ever entry into the competition. The RoboBoat competition challenges the vehicle to complete a number of tasks – such as navigate an aquatic obstacle course, spray water to put out a fire, and deploy a land vehicle to collect payload - all without the team's help. As soon [Read more...]

Computer Science Students Present to President of Microsoft North America

March 29, 2011

Computer Science students from Stevens Institute of Technology are answering Microsoft's challenge to imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems. These students are participating in Imagine Cup 2011, a global competition that encourages students of all ages to develop software addressing unmet needs in the world today. On March 8, Robert Youngjohns, President of Microsoft North America Sales and Marketing, invited select Imagine Cup teams from the New York City Area to present their projects in a private showcase. Junior Computer Science major Kirill Marantz '12 showed off his 3D simulation game Lost City and graduate students in [Read more...]

Stevens Places Second in the NECCDC

March 6, 2011

The SIT Cybersecurity team placed second in the North Eastern Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in Boston on March 6, 2011. The team members are Michael Arpaia, Nick Capalbo, Joe Geis, Piotr Lupinski, Raphael Salas and Ted Reed. Congratulations on doing so well. [Read more...]