8th Annual Computer Science Day

February 22, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sennott Square 5th and 6th Floors

Computer Science Day is where educators, students, alumni and industry gather for a day of computing science, computing business and computing fun.

Congratulations to this year's CS Day award recipients and to Bob Hoffman for winning the Digital Media Contest with his video, How to Upgrade a Computer Lab in 3 Minutes.

Photos from the event can be found here.

CS Bowl

Teams of high school and college students face off in a Jeopardy!-style competition. Prizes will be awarded! Event organized by Pitt Geeks.

Marketplace

Local and international high-tech firms share information about career opportunities.

Participants include:

Access Data	Alcoa
American Eagle	ANYSYS, Inc.
Apple	Bank of New York Mellon
Bosch	CEI
Collaborative Fusion, Inc.	College in High School
Compunetix	Computer Engineering Program
Del Monte	EDMC
Ericsson	FBI
FedEx Ground	GoldenGate, Inc.
Google	Graduate Student Organization
IBM	Intelligent Systems Program
Microsoft Corporation	Netronome
Northrup Grumman	Panasas, Inc.
PeriOptimum	Pitt Geeks
Pittsburgh Technology Council	PNC
Seagate	SUN Microsystems
The Technology Collaborative	Union Switch & Signal
Versatile Systems	Vivisimo

Electronic Scavenger Hunt

During the Computer Science Day this year, we will have an electronic scavenger hunt. Each participant will be given an "anonymized" RFID-enabled ID card, which will allow him or her to:

participate in the scavenger hunt by visiting the different marketplace booths (from noon to 2pm) in a certain order, and
vote for the best posters, best booths, and favorite pizza toppings!

To anonymize the ID cards, we used images of famous (computer) scientists, cartoon characters, movie characters, actors/acress, singers, etc. Those who successfully complete the scavenger hunt will be eligible for prizes; we will hold at least 4 drawings, at 12:30, 1:00pm, 1:30pm, and 2:00pm. Participants who win must scan their ID card within 5 minutes of being announced in order to claim their prize.

Research Competition

Graduate students compete for the honor of the best research award; the 2008 competition is sponsored by Compunetix.

Poster Competition (Details) (flyer)

Graduate research and undergraduate projects are presented in posters, competing for multiple awards.

Panel Discussion (Details)

CS Entrepreneurs will discuss how to transform your CS ideas into successful business.
Moderator: Mark Borger, The Technology Collaborative
Panel: D. Raja, CEI
Peter Karlovich, E-Transport
Mike Gualtieri, Kiddix Computing

Digital Media Contest (flyer)

Students, faculty and staff show Video and Graphic clips of life in Computer Science. Judged by faculty, ACM, Pitt Geeks, GSO and The Archive. Check out the winning video "How to Upgrade a Computer Lab in 3 Minutes" below. The winning video was made by Bob Hoffman, the CS Director of Operations.

Click here to view "How to Upgrade a Computer Lab in 3 Minutes".

Computer Science Social (Flyer)

A social was held at the Wyndham Hotel. Co-Sponsored by Google.

Sponsored by the
Department of Computer Science

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