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May 26: Code R competition

NYCCT WILL BE HOSTING A CODE IN R COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL UNDERGRADUATES AT CITY TECH AND THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF R IS NECESSARY.

TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED. THE TEAMS WILL NEED TO COMMIT TO ALL THREE DAYS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION.

Thursday, May 26 (R tutorial—Prof. Boyan Kostadinov) 9:30 – 3 PM
Friday, May 27 (A Computing Workforce + Team work) 9:30 – 3 PM
Tuesday, May 31 (Team project presentations) 9:30 – 3 PM

TO JOIN REGISTER YOUR TEAM, PLEASE FILL OUT THIS APPLICATION.

Supported by the Department of Education MSEIP grant # P120A150063

May 6: Innovation Problems: Diversity, Self-Interest, and the Problems We Solve

Innovation Problems: Diversity, Self-Interest, and the Problems We Solve

Friday, May 6, 2016
9:30 AM-2 PM
Namm 225

with

Leah Gilliam, VP, Strategy & Innovation at Girls Who Code
and
Errol King, Student Experience Manager at Google and Creative Director at IQ Bytes, Inc.

Leah Gilliam is the VP of Education, Strategy & Innovation at Girls Who Code. In her almost twenty years in the feld, Gilliam has channeled her life-long fascination with systems and how things work into a diverse career at the intersection of learning and technology. Gilliam has consistently focused on issues of equity, opportunity, and participation—whether launching a game-design laboratory in an NYC public school, lecturing on art and technology as a tenured professor at Bard College, or helping to embed, scale, and spread new tools and practices at Mozilla Foundation. She credits her socially engaged journalist mother and her avant-garde painter father with her early introduction to political thought and creativity.

Previously, Gilliam directed Hive NYC Learning Network, a key part of Mozilla’s global strategy to advance reading, writing, and participation on the web. Prior to that, she was the director of Informal Learning at New York’s Institute of Play, where she worked with city officials, educators, and designers to launch the game-based-learning public school Quest to Learn. Gilliam began her career in academia, working as an associate professor of electronic arts at Bard College and chairing its Arts Division. She holds a master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University, an MFA from University of Wisconsin, and a BA in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University.

Errol King is the Student Experience Manager at Google. He is also the Co-Founder / Creative Technologist of Hidden Level Games and Creative Director at IQ Bytes, Inc. which is “a New York based creative technology collective made up of passionate technologists, designers, educators and marketers focused on creating innovative and socially impactful experiences.” Errol is also the Founder, Creative Director of #Team Beta, “a New York based gaming company of techie go-getters on a mission to use gaming to change the world… and have fun while doing it!” See more at http://betathegame.com/#teambeta

Errol describes himself: “I am a creative spirit that has found my voice in tech. I specifically love designing and developing solutions that positively impact the human experience through learning and compassion. I work with both hardware and software. I love python, arduino, linux, raspberry pi, mongo and more. I also really enjoy teaching youth how to develop their ideas into prototypes and businesses.”

The talk will be followed by a luncheon at the Janet Lefler Dining room. It is imperative that you RSVP to save a seat at this event.

[Register for this event by emailing Erin Small at EMSmall@citytech.cuny.edu]

Presentation and luncheon-May 6 2016

Supported by the Department of Education MSEIP grant # P120A150063

April 14: What Challenges You Face in Life will Only Make You Better

What Challenges You Face in Life will Only Make You Better
with Professor Hong Li of New York City College of Technology

April 14, 2016 1—2 p.m.
P603 Light Refreshment will be served

Dr. Hong Li will share her story of challenges and difficulties she faced while pursuing her post graduate study in Mathemat-ics, working as a Software Developer in industries such as Conoco and Goldman Sachs, and as a faculty and chairperson of the department of Computer Systems Technology at City Tech. She is currently conducting research on system modeling using Neural Network. Challenges in research make you a better professional! Challenges of life make you a better person! Be strong to face challenge!

Professor Hong Li received her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the Univer-sity of Oklahoma. She has worked as a software developer and system analyst in numeric modeling for 5 years; taught as an Assistant Professor in Eastern Washington University and in Kean University. She joined the Department of Computer System Technology at NYCCT in 2002. Currently, her research interests are mathematical modeling, system identification by Neural Networks and software applications.

Talk – Hong Li 4.14.16

Supported by NSF grant and the Department of Education MSEIP grant # P120A150063

ACM and ACM-W Chapter Leaders

The New York City College of Technology Chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery Chapter have been established. See below for Chapter sponsors and leaders. Contact us with any questions you might have about membership and upcoming events!

New York City College of Technology ACM Student Chapter
Charter Date: 21-Mar-16
Sponsor: Dr. Lin Zhou
Chair: Jeremy Sanchez
Vice Chair: Carlos Alvarez
Treasurer: Javier Joya

New York City College of Technology ACM-W Student Chapter
Charter Date: 04-Apr-16
Sponsor: Dr. Lin Zhou
Chair: Yanna Chen
Treasurer: Mukadder Cinar

Supported by the Department of Education MSEIP grant # P120A150063

April 8-9: ACM-W Women in Computing conference in Lake George, NY

The ACM-W Women in Computing conference will be held on April 8-9 at Lake George, NY.
Registration and transportation will be provided for interested Chapter members.
If you are interested, let us know as soon as possible.
Please contact:
or

Supported by the Department of Education MSEIP grant # P120A150063

March 15: Getting Ahead: The Graduate School Admission Process

Getting Ahead: The Graduate School Admission Process

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
12:45 PM—2 PM
Namm 619

with
Sandra Altman, Graduate Admission Counselor St. John’s University
Dr. Ying Liu, Professor in Computer Science at New York University School of Medicine
and
Mr. Leonardo Pignataro, Program Manager for Graduate Education, Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics

Supported by the Department of Education MSEIP grant # P120A150063 and the Honors Scholar Program

Welcome to the NYCCT Chapter of ACM:The Association for Computing Machinery.

Welcome to the NYCCT Chapter of ACM:The Association for Computing Machinery.

A U.S. Department of Education’s Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program grant was awarded to New York City College of Technology in the Fall 2015. The goal of this program is to improve the recruitment, retention and graduation rate of underrepresented minority STEM students, particularly women in Computer Science and related fields, and reduce the time to graduation, by enhancing student interest and readiness in computing. To support this effort an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) chapter is currently being established at NYCCT.

More information about becoming a member of the NYCCT Chapter can be found on the Membership Page.