6th Annual Computer Science Day

February 17, 2006 - 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 computering science, computing business and computing fun. The activities and events of this day include:

CS Bowl

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

Marketplace

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

Participants include:

ACM	Alcoa
Apple	The Archive
Career Services	Computer Enterprises, Inc.
Computer Engineering Program	Collaborative Fusion, Inc.
College in High School	Compunetix
ECI Telecom	Intel
Intelligent Systems Program	Lucent Technologies
Management Science Associates	MARC Global
Microsoft Corporation	Pittsburgh Technology Council
PNC	Seagate
SUN Microsystems	SWIC
Tube City IMS	Union Switch & Signal
Vivisimo

Research Competition

Graduate students compete for the honor of the best research award; the 2006 competition is sponsored by Compunetix.

Poster Competitions

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

Debate: Digital Media - To Share or Not to Share?

Should lawsuits against individual P2P users be sharply curtailed?

This is the question we will explore in this timely debate co-organized with the William Pitt Debating Union.

Arguing on the affirmitive side will be Charles Lee Mudd Jr, Esq., coordinator of the first annual P2P Litigation Summit; and Tony DiMattio, University of Pittsburgh junior debater.

Arguing on the negative side will be Geoffrey L. Beauchamp, Esq., Philadelphia area counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); and Melina Forte University of Pittsburgh junior debater.

Download the flyer

Research Demos

Graduate and Undergraduate students demonstrate cutting-edge projects.

Scavenger Hunt

All are encouraged to participate in a scavenger hunt that will be integrated with the Marketplace and Poster Competitions. The grand prize will be a video iPod, donated by the Industry Advisory Board.

Note: this is a tentative program

Sponsored by the
Department of Computer Science

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