• 2018 CS Freshman Bootcamp Slides

    2018 CS Freshman Bootcamp Slides

    Thank you to all of the new Computer Science majors who attended the 2018 Computer Science Freshman Bootcamp on Saturday, August 25th.  This was the first event of this kind offered and it was very successful. Click here to view the slides from the presentation.  2018 CS Freshman Bootcamp Final 3 For those students who were…

  • Class of 2018 Outstanding Graduate

    Class of 2018 Outstanding Graduate

    Congratulations to Kellen Gillooley for being named the 2018 Outstanding Graduate for Computer Science! Each outstanding graduate chooses his most influential professor and Kellen chose Dr. John Carroll. I asked him to tell us about his experiences here at SDSU, why he chose Dr. Carroll as his most influential professor, and what his plans are for…

  • 2018 Cyber Defense Team Competition

    2018 Cyber Defense Team Competition

    We are very proud to announce that the SDSU Cyber Defense Team won 2nd Place in the Western Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. They placed above well renowned schools like Stanford University, Cal Poly Pomona, UC Riverside, and Arizona State University. This was SDSU’s first year in the competition. Their sights are set for 1st…

  • Dr. Marie Roch’s Research Featured in NY Times Article

    Dr. Marie Roch’s Research Featured in NY Times Article

       The research of Dr. Marie Roch from the SDSU Department of Computer Science is featured in this New York Times article. Although her name is not mentioned, Dr. Roch is a significant contributor to the research conducted here, and she is one of the authors of the journal article published in the PLOS Computational…

  • A Novel Virus’ Cousins Are Surprisingly Abundant

    A Novel Virus’ Cousins Are Surprisingly Abundant

    When SDSU computer scientist Rob Edwards discovered crAssphage in 2014, it was just the tip of a viral iceberg. By Michael Price When San Diego State University computer scientist Rob Edwards and colleagues uncovered a wholly new virus nicknamed crAssphage in the guts of about three-quarters of the world’s population in 2014, it was a startling discovery. Biologists marveled…