Donald Farmer, Vice President of Product Management and Qlikview Product Advocate at Pennsylvania-based Qliktech, will be giving two talks for the ACCA Computer Science Fall Seminar Series. The first, which will be held on Wednesday, October…
On Saturday, October 26, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Lewis University offered another session of its Girls Create With Technology program. The series, sponsored by AT&T’s Aspire program and led by Dr.…
On November 9, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science will offer a unique course called “IT Career Preparation”. The course, which is numbered 70-296-3, will give students an opportunity to learn the skills and…
Just how bad is the state of software development these days? It’s not just bad. It’s awful. It’s as awful as worm pizza, truck stop showers, and gangrene. It’s as bad as the Chicago White…
I’ve always really been interested in cars: not the intricate details of how they work, mind you, but more how they look and the cool new features they offer. I understand the appeal of “fine…
Software development isn’t easy. In fact, it’s probably the most challenging task in information technology. It is both an art and a science, for it requires an elusive mix of intuition, creativity, and skill. I…
Five Lewis University Computer Science students won the prestigious “Fifty for the Future” award from the Illinois Technology Foundation for 2013. The students were awarded based on their academic performance, volunteerism, work experiences, leadership qualities,…
Computer Science is a broad field with an even broader impact. Certainly, it is science rich in unexplored territory best surveyed through hypothesis, experimentation, and observation. It is also a toolbox that empowers experts from…
On October 4th and 5th, Lewis’s Computer Science Department offered a seminar for students on the Raspberry Pi, the remarkable $35 Linux-based computer that has taken the computer hobbyist community by storm. With over one…
I get a real kick out of this Youtube clip. At the beginning of the video from 2007, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is asked what his first reaction was upon seeing Steve Jobs unveil the…