2009 Computer Science Open House
Career Fair, Student Recognition Ceremony, and Poster Conference

The KSU CS Department will hold its annual Open House on Friday 1 May 2009, in the Math & CS Building. This year the event will include an Industry Speaker, a Career Fair, a Student Recognition Ceremony, a Poster Conference, and Research Laboratory tours.


Career Fair - 9:00 - 11:00am, various rooms through-out MSB

Several regional companies will be on campus to discuss career options with students. Details on the career fair, including a list of participating companies, are available using the links in the left-side menu of this page.

Lunch Break - 11:00am - 12:00 pm

Industry Speaker - 12:00-1:00pm, MSB 228

Chris Kiec - founder and president of Adventures in Automation: Owning a Small Consulting Firm - It's been an Adventure

Student Recognition Ceremony - 1:00-1:30pm, M&CS Library - 3rd floor MSB

Prof. L. Gwen Volkert will host the annual student recognition ceremony, which highlights achievements of our undergraduate and graduate students

Poster Conference - 1:30-2:30pm, 1st floor classrooms

Research Posters on various topics will be presented by undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Awards will be given in three categories:

  • Best Poster - Presentation and Organization
  • Best Poster - Scientific Advancement
  • Best Poster - Business or Industrial Focus

Department faculty and students interested in preparing a poster should see the Call For Posters and the Resource section of that page, including How to Prepare a Poster and How to Print a Poster.

Lab Tours - 2:30-3:45pm

Many of the department research labs will be available for visits. Overviews of the labs can be found on the Department Research Lab Webpages

Research Talk - 3:45 - 5:00pm

Research talk on data mining by Dr. Jimeng Sun, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center: Extended info here

2009 Open House Organizing Committee:
Austin Melton (Committee Chair), Jeannette Carlson, Marcy Curtiss, Walter Pechenuk, Susan Peti, Augustine Samba, L. Gwenn Volkert, Robert Walker

Directions to the Math and Computer Science Building.