Our faculty email list has had a recent flurry of activity as we discussed changing the choice of programming language for our CS1/2 intro sequence. When I jumped into the throes, I included my own programming education as I thought it was relevant. Having never taken an introduction to programming course in university, I tend to [...]
November 8, 2011
Another algorithms person at Oregon State? It could be *you*!
Oregon State University is hiring! In computer science! 4 positions! In algorithms! Okay, sure, they are probably not going to hire 4 algorithms people, but algorithms is in the list of targetted areas: We seek strong candidates with a commitment to quality teaching and with research strengths in the areas of programming languages, algorithms with [...]
November 1, 2011
FOCS/STOC/ITCS/SODA/ICALP/ESA/STACS/WADS/SWAT/TOO/MNY/CNFS
I missed the FOCS business meeting for no good reason. But I heard after that there was some discussion along the lines of how many papers FOCS should accept with people vying for fewer papers and a more prestigious conference. Apparently there were complaints from the old guys that most of the conference was under [...]