Happy Birthday, World Wide Web
The Internet turned 25 Wednesday. Well, actually, the idea of the Internet turned 25. Amazingly, it’s been that long since cats were last allowed to dance in private. In March, 1989, a physicist and computer…
Author Archives: Ray Klump
Computer Science Majors Teach Robotics to Local Middle School Students
Two Computer Science majors are working with students from Lukancic Middle School in Romeoville to teach them robotics using Lego MIndstorms. Jose Marquez, a junior from Elwood, and Andrew Camphouse, a freshman from Mokena, have…
Digital Currency: Money and Mystery Made Mathematically
As a professor with many Facebook friends who are students, I’m seeing a lot of posts lately about the surging value of their investments in digital currency. My students are geeking out over bitcoin and…
Lewis’ Computer Science Courses Ramp Up the Innovation in Spring 2014
This is an exciting semester for Lewis Computer Science students and faculty. There are a number of innovative offerings going on right now that are giving our students tremendous opportunities that extend far beyond the…
Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, and the Maker Movement
The Obama Administration this week announced $140 million in federal funding for two new innovation hubs, one in Detroit and the other in Chicago. The Chicago institute, headed by the University of Illinois through their…
Computer Science Students Win Award at Programming Competition
A group of four Computer Science students, who, judging by the picture, are also planning to release a new album soon, took home the Fifth Place Award in the annual ACCA Programming Competition on Saturday,…
Cyber Security Meets Big Data
Two of the most exciting areas of Computer Science these days are cyber security and data science. The recently released Computer Science Curricula 2013: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computer Science, issued jointly by…
24 million lines of code to secure? I’m not sure we can do that, Dave.
The new F-35 Fighter Jet is an impressive war machine. The Lockheed Martin aircraft has a 1,200 mph top speed and a range of almost 1,400 miles. It is the result of a $400 billion…
Did Rube Goldberg Lead This Design Team?
This afternoon, my son wanted to play NBA 2K14 on the XBox One. I decided to take a break from working to play with him. After fifteen minutes of trying to get the XBox One…
Striking an emotional chord … through an algorithm?
I wrote last week about how much I enjoyed Facebook’s Lookback video. The social media giant offered the service to its users as a gift to mark its tenth anniversary. It meant a lot to…