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Fall 2022 Registration Wait-list

The registration period for Fall 2022 courses is April 5 – 15, 2022.  Some seats have been reserved for CS majors in all CSC courses.  Please review the Fall 2022 Registration Newsletter for additional information on options courses offered next semester.

After your registration window opens, if the class you need is closed, put yourself on the wait-list using the Qualtrics form below.

Be sure to read all directions and enter all requested information.

Fall 2022 Wait-list: https://bit.ly/35GdtJ7

If you make changes to your schedule after entering your submission to the wait-list and need to update your information, email cs@tcnj.edu.

We will not be signing students into courses until Monday, April 18, after the registration window closes. Please do not email the department for updates before this time.  We will enroll students into any unfilled seats in order, based on their registration times and time they registered on the wait list.

Be sure that your intended course does not conflict with a course in your current schedule, and that you are willing to drop conflicting courses to make the change.  If you have a full course load or time conflict and do not indicate courses to drop on your wait-list submission, your submission will be disregarded.

As always, have a back-up plan in case you are not able to get into your preferred courses.

Please see the Advising Resources webpage for more information about submitting Mentored Research or Internship forms for Fall 2022.


Links to other School of Science Department Wait-lists can be found below:

Biology: https://biology.tcnj.edu/resources-for/current-students/waitlists/
Chemistry: https://chemistry.tcnj.edu/waitlists/
Math/Stat: https://mathstat.tcnj.edu/ (link to form posted on the menu bar)
Physics: https://physics.tcnj.edu/physics-registration-faq/

For more information on waitlists for other schools and departments, please refer to the TCNJ Waitlisting Process packet.

Five CS Majors Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

CS Majors Leah Kazenmayer (Class of 2023), Luke Kurlandski (Class of 2022), Forum Modi (2022), Akira Takada (2022), and Alexander (AJ) Viola (2022) were recently accepted into Phi Beta Kappa honors society.

Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) is one of the country’s most prestigious honors societies, and only a limited number of junior and senior students are accepted each year.   PBK honorees have demonstrated excellence in the liberal arts and sciences at undergraduate institutions.

For more information about Phi Beta Kappa, see: https://www.pbk.org/

Congratulations to Leah, Luke, Forum, Akira, and AJ!

Spring 2022 Internship Information Sessions

Spring 2022 Internship

 

REMINDER:  All CS Majors are required to attend one internship information session before they can apply for internship (CSC 399) for credit.

Be sure to check Dr. Papamichail’s website and come prepared with any additional questions you might have.

Wednesday, February 16:  (6:00 – 6:45 PM)
Tuesday, March 8:  (6:30 – 7:15 PM)

Zoom session link: https://tcnj.zoom.us/j/98358115019?pwd=eFFqVzB3Smw3TzlWN3E4V1BtMkI0Zz09

Student-Faculty Research Nominated for Best Paper at IEEE ICSC 2022

TCNJ's ELSA
Pictured: TCNJ’s ELSA (Electronic Laboratory for Science and Analysis) high performance computing cluster

CS major Luke Kurlandski (Class of 2022) presented a research paper he co-authored with Dr. Michael Bloodgood at IEEE ICSC 2022, held January 26-28, 2022. Kurlandski and Dr. Bloodgood’s paper, titled “Impact of Stop Sets on Stopping Active Learning for Text Classification”, was one of nine papers nominated for the Best Paper Award at the conference. Kurlandski completed mentored research with Dr. Bloodgood in Fall 2021.

Kurlandski and Dr. Bloodgood used TCNJ’s ELSA (Electronic Laboratory for Science and Analysis) high performance computing cluster to conduct their experiments. This cluster is funded by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award #1828163.

Kurlandski reflected on his mentored research experience with Dr. Bloodgood and his presentation at IEEE ICSC 2022: “The research process and the international conference were incredible learning experiences and I am thankful the College gave me this opportunity.”

More information about IEEE ICSC can be found at: https://www.ieee-icsc.org/

Congratulations again to Luke and Dr. Bloodgood!

School of Science February Career Events

School of Science February Career Events

Read below for some upcoming events for science majors!

School of Science Career Advising Hours

Have your resume critiqued, get a quick personal statement review, or discuss graduate school plans in Physics 104 on Tuesdays from 1:15 to 3:15 PM starting Tuesday, February 14!

Go to your Handshake account and select appointment type “School of Science Career Advising Hours” to schedule a 1:1 session with Jennifer Broyles from the Office of Career & Leadership Development.
1:1 Sessions are a max of 20 minutes and sign-up is required at least 12 hours in advance.

 

Virtual Spring Career and Internship Fair

Wednesday, February 23
1:00 to 2:00PM

 

Services to Use: Career Advising and Resume Critiques

Make An Appointment. Can’t make Science Advising hours, but still need advice on your job or internship search? Preparing for Graduate School? Want to practice for an interview? We’re here to discuss all of this and more. Visit Handshake and schedule an appointment today.

Resume Reviews. Schedule a 15-minute resume review session that fits your busy schedule!

CS Alumnus and Dr. Papamichail’s Research Published in New Computational Biology Textbook

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Pictured: Numaan Cheema (Class of 2021) and his son, Husain, who was born during the Spring 2021 semester.

Congratulations to CS alumnus Numaan Cheema (Class of 2021) and Dr. Dimitris Papamichail, who have authored a chapter, titled “Computational Tools for Synthetic Gene Optimization”, that has been included in New Frontiers and Applications of Synthetic Biology, a textbook published by Elsevier.

Dr. Papamichail shared background information on their research, included in the textbook as Chapter 12: “This study aims to examine the current state of the art developments in gene design software. Together with a thorough examination of well-established objectives in synthetic gene design, we describe our experiences using fifteen different gene design tools that enable synthetic biologists to re-design protein coding genes toward altered expression and other objectives. We also provide our insights on the direction of the field of synthetic gene design.”

Numaan, who completed mentored research with Dr. Papamichail in Spring 2021, shared his thoughts on working with Dr. Papamichail and their publishing accomplishment:  “As an undergraduate student with fairly limited exposure to Computational Biology, it was a daunting task going into its research.  Seeing my hesitance, Dr. Papamichail encouraged me like a Greek Mr. Miyagi with something along the lines of ‘We know the computation part of it, we’ll figure out the Biology of it as we go’. Truly honored and humbled to see the many months of hard work we did take form.”

Congratulations again to Numaan and Dr. Papamichail!


Official citation:
N. Cheema, G. Papamichail and D. Papamichail, Computational Tools for Synthetic Gene Optimization, New Frontiers and Applications of Synthetic Biology, edited by Vijai Singh, Elsevier, 2022.

Celebration of Computing: Fall 2021

The Department of Computer Science’s annual Celebration of Computer event will take place virtually on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM. We have 18 presentations that will showcase the internship experience and mentored research outcomes over the summer and this Fall semester. Each presentation will be 10 minutes long (with an exception of #17 that will be 25 min), and there will be a five min buffer between presentations for Q&A and transition.  The whole event will be broadcast via YouTube live streaming.

Livestream Links:
Presentation 1 (YouTube): https://youtu.be/Bw5EA_qBsdI
Presentation 2 (YouTube): https://youtu.be/uVjritc7d64

Students who are taking CSC 099 and CSC 199 were assigned a poster for the review. Please use the Qualtrics Survey link below to submit your response.  Please note that you must identify yourself in the survey (there are fields where you can write your name) to be counted toward your course requirements.

Qualtrics link: https://tcnj.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3OcKsPmRHKDEI74

If you have any questions or need a copy of the schedule of presentations, please contact cs@tcnj.edu.

CS Senior Presents Research at AAAI FSS ToM for Teams

Alexander (AJ) ViolaAlexander (AJ) Viola, a computer science senior, presented his recent research work titled “Constructivist Approaches for Computational Emotions: A Systematic Survey” at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Fall Symposium Series (FSS) Computational Theory of Mind for Human-Machine Teams (ToM) on November 4, 2021.

Under the supervision of his mentor, Dr. Sejong Yoon, AJ conducted a systematic survey on an emerging topic in affective computing that aims to design and reason human emotions and computationally reproduce or predict them. This work is the outcome of his years of mentored research under Dr. Yoon’s supervision and will be submitted for publication as a post-proceeding journal article in December.

For more information on the AAAI FSS ToM for Teams, see: https://sites.google.com/view/tomforteams/

 

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