2009 Game Design Showcase

January 17th, 2010

Member of CS 261 (Game Design) present their final projects on December 11th. Over 100 students and faculty members from across campus stopped by to play “Moon Prison”, “A City Worth Saving”, and “Starbeat”.

See photos in the gallery: 2009 Game Showcase

MCURCSM 2009

November 24th, 2009

This past weekend, Oberlin College hosted the 2009 Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics (MCURCSM). Over 40 students and faculty from 12 colleges and universities gathered to hear students make presentations about their research accomplishments this past summer. For more information, see the conference website:

http://cs.oberlin.edu/mcurcsm2009/

See photos in the gallery: MCURCSM 2009

2009 ACM Programming Contest

November 23rd, 2009

2009 Oberlin ACM contest teams

2009 Oberlin ACM contest teams

The Oberlin Computer Science programming teams had another successful trip to the ACM Programming Contest on Saturday, October 30th.

Four teams of three students competed in the contest: O(bees) (Michael Brooks, Michael Stevenson, Siyang Wu), O-nage (Katie Kuksenok, Ted Warner, Zach Levine), Oberlin Oriented Programmers (Kiron Roy, Emma Conner, Nathan Brown), and Foo Of Oberlin (Thomas Ramfjord, Brendan Chambers, Madhav Kaushish).

O(bees) and O-nage solved 3 problems and Oberlin Oriented Programmers and Foo Of Oberlin solved 2 problems. Overall among 113 teams, they placed 17th, 22nd, 34th, and 44th, respectively. In addition, O(bees) and O-nage ranked 2nd and 4th among the 43 teams participating at the Youngstown State location. Both of those teams were recognized at the post-contest banquet and won backpacks.

Congratulations to all!

See photos in the gallery: 2009 ACM Programming Contest

25th Anniversary Event Registration

August 31st, 2009

If the form is not displayed below, you can use this direct link: OCCS 25th Anniversary Registration

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Congratulations Class of 2009!!!

May 25th, 2009

CSCI Class of 2009

CSCI Class of 2009

Join us in wishing congratulations and best of luck to the Oberlin College Class of 2009.  Pictured to the right are  graduating students who majored in Computer Science at our departmental open house this past Sunday.

From left to right they are the following:  Tom Wilson, Rebecca Linick, and Clayton Thurmer.

Save the Date

May 25th, 2009

Save the Date!

Save the Date!

Our 25th Anniversary Symposium will be held April 23-25, 2010.   We’re inviting all our CS alumni and other interested folks to join us.  You’ll have a chance to meet with the current faculty and students and catch up with your old friends.

All events will take place on the Oberlin College campus. More details to follow.

Announcing the Departmental Development Fund

May 24th, 2009

To celebrate our 25th anniversary, the Department is establishing an endowed fund to support Oberlin student / faculty research, and to fund visits by outside speakers to campus.

We are seeking to raise $50,000 by the time of our 25th Anniversary Symposium and Celebration next April.

You can do your part by pledging now at our Development Fund Website.
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