Computing and Information Systems Department

01/23/2022

You may be interested in this online talk: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/3575531/4C344A986E282927530C2ADB81F1F8CC
Software Enginering at Google. Feb 3, noon eastern time, sponsored by the ACM.

Thursday, February 03, 2022 at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. What is the secret to software engineering at Google? Over the years, we’ve come to recognize three key principles that guide our practices and decisions: Time, Scale, and Tradeoffs. We recently published a book with O'Reilly on those ...

03/04/2021

WestPACS Job, Internship, Grad School Fair March 10, virtual only,

WestPACS hosts the largest job, internship, and graduate school fair for college students and alumni throughout Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.

01/20/2021

You may be interested in the Jubilee Pro Conference: applying faith at your workplace. See https://jubileepro.org/

07/29/2020

Interesting article on skills that you should learn for a career in cybersecurity:

Thousands of people graduate from colleges and universities each year with cybersecurity or computer science degrees only to find employers are less than thrilled about their hands-on, foundational skills. Here’s a look at a recent survey that identified some of the bigger skills gaps, and some th...

07/07/2020

Our Cybersecurity degree was recently awarded Center for Academic Excellence Status. See

The National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have named Saint Vincent College a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense Education for its bachelor of science program in cybersecurity.

06/23/2020

News Item: Professor Cynthia Dwork of Microsoft Research and Harvard University has received the 2020 Donald E. Knuth Prize for her contributions to theoretical computer science. She was cited for introducing and developing differential privacy, and for her accomplishments in nonmalleability, lattice-based encryption, concurrent composition, and proofs of work. See https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/harvard-professor-receives-prize-for-contributions-to-theoretical-computer-science

NEW YORK, June 2, 2020 – The 2020 Donald E. Knuth Prize is awarded to Cynthia Dwork of Harvard University and Microsoft Research for her sustained record

06/22/2020

New CIS students may be interested in seeing our 2020 Orientation slides at

02/07/2020

DR Technology Solutions, located near Irwin, PA, is looking to hire an IT intern immediately. The internship might also lead to a job offer, especially for someone graduating in May. Contact information is available at the company website https://www.drtech.us/ including a company email address.

02/07/2020

Duquesne University will host an open house on Wed, Feb 19, 5 - 7 pm for their M.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Computational Mathematics and Statistics programs. Students should register at http://www.duq.edu/mathcs-grad-event.

Spring 2020 Open House: Mathematics and Computer Science Graduate Programs Feb 19, 2020 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Duquesne Union, Africa Room Wednesday, February 19, 20205 to 7 p.m.Duquesne Union, Africa Room Register today Duquesne's Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) and Master of Science in C...