From dimitoglou at hood.edu Sun Feb 5 22:46:39 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (G. Dimitoglou) Date: Sun Feb 5 22:46:43 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] Conference support for minority students Message-ID: <43E6C69F.5040801@hood.edu> Dear Students, There is an ACM opportunity (see below) that will enable a minority student to attend a computing conference accompanied by a mentor (faculty member). If there is student interest, Hood CS faculty will be made available to fulfill the mentor role. Please direct any questions or participation interest to me. CONFERENCE SUPPORT FOR MINORITY STUDENTS IN CSE AND THEIR MENTORS Next Application Deadline: February 15, 2006 (for professional conferences in March 2006 - June 2006) Attending a professional conference is both exciting and challenging for students: Which sessions do you attend? Whom should you get to know? Do you submit a poster, or a paper? Do you sign up to be a student volunteer? To help students break through the ice and learn to enjoy conferences, the Coalition to Diversify Computing is offering support for minority students to attend technical conferences in specialized areas of research in the area of computing that are sponsored, co-sponsored, or in-cooperation with one of the CDC supporting societies (see below), with their mentors. Students and mentors will attend a professional conference as a team, providing the opportunity for the students to benefit from introductions to key researchers at the conference while they gain insight from their mentors into the dynamics of a professional event. Each team will consist of at least one student (up to three students may apply) and one mentor; up to $1,000 is available to support each selected student. Student support is given preference but mentors may apply for support as well. If selected, a mentor can receive up to $1,000. Note, however, that student support is separate from mentor support -- if a mentor applies for support, s/he may not receive it even when her/his student receives support. The next deadline for applications is February 15, 2006. Applications, which are available at http://www.cdc-computing.org/cdc_programs/sending_students/, must be submitted by the student(s) and mentor before applications are reviewed. The student application requires information on the student's field of study, academic career goals, and academic standing, in addition to information about the conference and how the student expects to benefit from attending. Students will be selected based on their achievements and applications. Each selected student will be required to write a report on her/his experiences at the conference and suggested recommendations for improving the program. The mentor application requires information on the professor's willingness to mentor the student and her/his own perspective on the value of the conference; when requesting support, the mentor also must indicate why support is needed. The CDC focuses its efforts on programs that increase the visibility of minorities, and on providing networking opportunities for minority researchers, faculty, and students. Projects include a CDC Web site (www.cdc-computing.org), the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing conference, a database of contacts who have an interest in helping minorities pursue research careers, opportunities for conference participation, and a publication that highlights best practices in recruiting and retaining minority students. The Coalition to Diversify Computing is a joint committee of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the Computing Research Association (CRA), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Computer Society. Currently, CDC projects are sponsored by the NSF's Engaging People in Cyberinfrastructure (EPIC) program, CRA, and ACM. See the CDC Web site, www.cdc-computing.org, for more information. From cory at tanatopia.net Mon Feb 6 14:23:39 2006 From: cory at tanatopia.net (Cory Petosky) Date: Mon Feb 6 14:23:53 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] ACM Meeting, Wednesday February 8, 4:45 PM Message-ID: <43E7A23B.7060403@tanatopia.net> Attention ACM members, We'll be having our first meeting of the semester on Wednesday, February 8, at 4:45 PM in the computer science suite on second floor Hodson. As usual, there will be pizza! We intend to discuss hosting accepted students day tables, seminars for the Hood College community on computer usage skills, and the events for the CS anniversary here at Hood. I hope to see you there! -Cory ACM@Hood Chair From dimitoglou at hood.edu Mon Feb 13 12:31:17 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (George Dimitoglou) Date: Mon Feb 13 12:31:15 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] CS Lecture Tonight, at HT 316; 6:30-7:30pm Message-ID: Dear ACM-ers, Dr. Liu has managed to setup an interesting lecture with one of Hood's most promising graduate students and entrepreneurs. Mr. Robert Whetsel will give a talk on Monday on the topics of Linux and Open Source, etc. He also intends to offer an extended Questions/Answers session after the talk. All are welcome. Mr. Robert Whetsel is the CEO & Founder of RavenSong Open Technologies, Inc. He is Fedora Global Ambassador and a SuSE Developer. He has given invited speech at many professional conferences and at places like Washington State University, Novell, etc. The speaker is also a first year graduate student in Computer Science at Hood College. Room HT 316; Time: 6:30-7:30 pm Monday, Feb 13, 2006. ======================================== Dr. George Dimitoglou Assistant Professor of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science Hood College Frederick, MD 21701 URL: http://cs.hood.edu/~dimitoglou/ Tel: 301-696-3980 From dimitoglou at hood.edu Tue Feb 14 16:10:23 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (Dr. G. Dimitoglou) Date: Tue Feb 14 16:10:13 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] Career Fair of the Year - Wednesday! Message-ID: <43F2473F.8020305@hood.edu> Dear ACM-ers, If you are looking for an internship or. you are about to graduate and looking for a job, don't miss this career fair. The quality and number of employers makes this a unique opportunity to get your resume exposed in one go. *Don't miss the CVC Career Fair!* *Wednesday, February 15, 2006*** *10 AM - 3 PM*** *Holiday Inn Holidome (near the FSK Mall)* *Frederick**, **MD*** *Over 80 employers with internships and jobs *FREE for Hood students and alums *Resume and professional dress required *Transportation provided Visit www.hood.edu/careercenter for shuttle info and employer details. *_Employers include:_* AFLAC Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Allegis Group American National Ameriprise Financial Apex Systems Becker Professional Review Board of Child Care Builders FirstSource Camp Airy & Camp Louise CIMA Companies Cintas Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. CitiMortgage Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ? IT Office Cornell Companies Dan Ryan Builders Defense Contract Audit Agency DMG Securities Echo Hill Outdoor School Edward Jones Enterprise Rent a Car Fastenal FedEx Ground Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Financial Advantage Associates First Data Merchant Services Frederick County Sheriff?s Office GEICO Gemcraft Homes, Inc. General Services Administration Girl Scouts of Shawnee Council Heymann Suissa & Stone, PC Internal Revenue Service Jefferson School JLG Industries, Inc. Kennedy Krieger Institute M2 Enterprises, Inc. Maxim Healthcare Services Meridian Capitol Group MD Dept. of Public Safety & Correctional Services Montgomery County Police Department Nationwide Insurance Nature Camps, Inc. Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) // Naval Sea Systems Command Northwestern Mutual Financial Network NVR Owens Corning Basement Finishing Systems Peace Corps PENNDOT Engineering District 8-0 PHEAA Prudential Financial QSS Group Inc. Randstad United States Rite Aid Corporation Ryan & Wetmore, PC SAIC-Frederick Sandy Spring Bank Smith Elliott Kearns & Company, LLC Snyder?s of Hanover Social Security Administration Sparks Structural Systems, Inc. Supreme Court of the United States Police Tai Sophia Institute for the Healing Arts Target Community & Educational Services Target Corporation Target Corporation ? Stores The Baltimore Life Companies The Bozzuto Group The Choice Program The New England Center for Children The Pepsi Bottling Group The Washington Center for Internships Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Timber Ridge School TruGreen ChemLawn United States Capitol Police US Department of the Interior U.S. Navy Vanguard VerStandig Broadcasting Washington D.C. Metropolitan PD Wells Fargo Winchester Police Department From dimitoglou at hood.edu Sun Feb 26 20:03:27 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (G. Dimitoglou) Date: Sun Feb 26 20:03:28 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] Internship/Part-Time Opportunity Message-ID: <44024FDF.2080703@hood.edu> Dear ACM-ers, Below an Internship/Part-time job announcement submitted by a Hood CS graduate student. It is an interesting, local and flexible opportunity to work and gain useful professional experience. If you have any questions or you are interested in this great opportunity please contact me or Mr. John Shafer in the information provided below. Location: Airpax Corporation 550 Highland Street Frederick Md 21701 Description: Development of an HTML help system to support an existing software product. Primarily will be using HTML and graphical editing applications. Guidance and support will be provided with opportunities to be creative. Must provide own transportation, US citizenship is not required. Hours can be flexible, will be working in a office environment, attire is business casual. Experience with the following a helpful: Schematic Layout and Logic, HTML Help Workshop, Microsoft .Net - Visual Studio, Various Microsoft, Macromedia, Adobe Tools. Contact: John Shafer Phone: 240-379-1214 Email: john.shafer@airpax.net From cory at tanatopia.net Tue Feb 28 00:30:23 2006 From: cory at tanatopia.net (Cory Petosky) Date: Tue Feb 28 00:30:31 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] Meeting on Wednesday, March 1 Message-ID: <4403DFEF.7030006@tanatopia.net> ACMers, We'll be having a meeting at 4:30 on Wednesday, March 1st, in the usual place -- second floor Hodson in the Computer Science Suite. Amidst the general socialization, we'll be working on the ACM website and the long-planned computer help seminars. As always, food will be provided. Hope to see you there! Cory Petosky ACM@Hood Chair From dimitoglou at hood.edu Tue Feb 28 22:09:34 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (G. Dimitoglou) Date: Tue Feb 28 22:09:38 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] Another Opportunity--Web Producer/Design Position Message-ID: <4405106E.8020800@hood.edu> Dear Hood CS students, Another job opportunity. Dear Professor: I was wondering if you could please send this job posting on to your top students or anyone else you think may be interested. It?s a great opportunity for a student who knows CSS and HTML and basic design to be a Web Producer for a leading online provider of wireless services and devices. It is a temporary position for three months leading to full-time employment. We are beginning to interview this week. Job Title: Web Producer Category: Web Development/Design Location: Largo, MD Salary, Benefits: $20 - $25 / hour, DOE; full-time contract. Possible transition to full time salaried position with benefits after three months, depending on performance. Duties and Responsibilities: idfive, LLC, is a full service communications firm located in Baltimore, focused on making informed design decisions. We are looking for a Web Producer for a group of developers, on-site, at one of our premier clients. This client is a leading online provider of wireless services and devices. We are looking for a designer/coder who is fluent in HTML and CSS. This employee will work with a .NET development team, doing graphics work, as well as translating graphic designs into HTML (including chopping up images for the web). It is a friendly work environment, where you will be the only Creative Support for the development team. Qualifications: -Fluent in hand-coding HTML code (without exporting from WYSIWYG tools). -Fluent in CSS and XSLT. -Experienced in working in a .NET / Classic ASP / VB environment. -Able to translate graphics into code. -Able to copy/mimic design elements from partner companies. -Flexibility and patience are a must?priorities, decisions, and thinking often change to meet the needs of the company. You must be agile?able to quickly and smoothly adjust to meet those needs. -Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and be willing to take initiative. -Must apply corporate coding standards to all work. -Experience interacting with developers a must: must be able to work without much direction, and with developers who will often change their minds. -Must work proficiently on MS Windows platform. Posted Date: February 24, 2006 Closing Date: March 15, 2006 (position will be filled by this date) To Apply: Send a resume, cover letter, and contact information from 3 relevant references to: Beth Cohen beth.cohen@idfive.com 225 E. Redwood Street, 3rd Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 410.837.5555 ext 18 idfive, LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Beth at beth.cohen@idfive.com. From dimitoglou at hood.edu Tue Feb 28 22:16:21 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (G. Dimitoglou) Date: Tue Feb 28 22:16:16 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] Opportunity--Summer Internship with the Navy Message-ID: <44051205.3020405@hood.edu> Dear Hood CS students, A colleague from grad school is the Director of a Weapons Lab for the Navy at Indian Head, MD. He is looking for capable Hood students to work on computer science projects as interns during this summer. If you are interested, please contact me ASAP. ======================================== Dr. G. Dimitoglou Assistant Professor of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science Hood College Frederick, MD 21701 URL: http://cs.hood.edu/~dimitoglou/ Tel: 301-696-3980 From dimitoglou at hood.edu Tue Feb 28 22:43:05 2006 From: dimitoglou at hood.edu (G. Dimitoglou) Date: Tue Feb 28 22:43:00 2006 Subject: [HoodACM] CS Team for BIG SWEEP Message-ID: <44051849.2090209@hood.edu> Dear CS students, The 2006 Big Sweep is happening on April 22nd. Given the upcoming planned activities and costs for the celebration of 35 Years of Hood Computing, we should put together a team to participate in the Big Sweep this year. The 2005 Big Sweep has been very good to us and has been our sole fund raiser. The day of the even we meet for breakfast, get assigned a Frederick street and go off with other teams to clean up. After we finish, the CS BIG SWEEP Team will be treated to lunch at a local diner. Volunteers please reply to me and/or come to the ACM meeting this Wednesday at 4:30pm. Dear Hood Faculty and Staff, It's time for the 2006 BIG SWEEP!! Mark your calenders because this year's BIG Sweep is hosted by the Hood Choir and Chamber singers and will be APRIL 22nd!! DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BIG SWEEP IS? It's a fundraiser/environmental clean up project founded by a local non-profit (Volunteer Frederick). Teams raise money through fundraisers and donations and then clean up a road, stream, or RESTORATION SITE of litter and recyclables. As you may remember, last year Hood participated and raised the largest amount of money out of all the teams $6,500. This year our goal is to raise $10,000 to do this WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!!! If you would like to help, you are welcome to participate or support any of the participating clubs or start a faculty team! Please feel free to contact either of us or a club president to get involved! Professors! Please start making announcements in your classes about the BIG Sweep and encourage your students to participate. If you would like to donate or keep track of how much money Hood is raising you can visit our on line fund raising page at www.firstgiving.com/hoodcollege We are holding 2 informational meetings about the BIG Sweep this weekend if you would like to find out more about it! Friday February 24th 6:30-8pm Saturday February 25th 2-3:30pm Both in the Multi-cultural suite in Whitaker. Please feel free to contact Brittany Wilson blw2@hood.edu (x2669) or Annie McClanahan alm14@hood.edu (x2638) for more information. Thanks for all your help and encouragement! Brittany Wilson Annie McClanahan