Congratulations!

• On Saturday, April 9, 2011, Dr. Dale Parson, Dylan Schwesinger and Thea Steele presented their paper " Using Jython to Prototype and Extend Java-Based Systems" at the 2011 PACISE Conference (Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Science Educators) held at Shippensburg University. At lunch they were surprised and delighted when they were awarded the conference's Best Paper Award in the Faculty Category for their work. The paper grew out of collaborative projects in several courses and from Schwesinger's and Steele's work as graduate assistants with Dr. Parson.


• Dr. Parson and recent Master's graduate Ryan Panuski collaborated on research leading to a paper entitled "Real-time Grammar-based Parsing and Restructuring of Musical Streams", which Dr. Parson will present at the 2011 International Computer Music Conference in Huddersfield, UK in August.


• On April 21 Computer Science Department faculty met with members of the Industrial Advisory Board from regional companies in order to plan curriculum for a Professional Master's Degree program in computer science with industry-oriented elective courses. Eleven corporate members attended the meeting, representing diverse program constituencies including manufacturing, chemical supply, pharmaceuticals, biomedical equipment, financial services, electronic commerce, semiconductor systems, government contracting, computer gaming, consulting and a Ph.D.-granting computer science department. The meeting was very informative and productive, and the department is now integrating board members' suggestions into the program plan.