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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.
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