Graduate School Admissions Workshop
Monday, October 1
12pm - 1pm
Cohen Career Center, Presentation Room A
This workshop presents information and advice on applying to graduate and professional programs, including details on the various admission tests, personal statements, references, and appropriate application timelines.
    NASA Langley Information Session - LARSS
    Thursday, October 4
    5:30pm - 6:30pm
    Cohen Career Center, Presentation Rooms A&B
    The NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton offers valuable internship experiences for students in the sciences.
      RadioSense: Exploiting Wireless Communication Patterns for Body Sensor Network Activity Recognition
      Friday, October 5
      3pm - 4pm
      McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 20
      Xin Qi, who has been nominated for a 2012-13 Park Graduate Award, will discuss RadioSense, a prototype system that exploits wireless communication patterns for body sensor network activity recognition.
        Science Careers in the Intelligence Community
        Tuesday, October 9
        5:30pm - 7pm
        Cohen Career Center, Presentation Rooms A&B
        Science plays a critical part in the agencies that make up the intelligence community. There are opportunities across a variety of science disciplines.
          Distributed Version Control and Git, by Jeff King (github)
          Wednesday, October 10
          10am - 11am
          Small Hall, Room 122
          Git is a distributed revision control and source code management system that was initially designed and developed for the linux kernel. Its distributed nature makes it an excellent tool for academic collaboration on research papers and software projects.
            Colloquium: Algorithms for Large-Scale Macromolecular Simulations of the Cell
            Friday, October 12
            3pm
            McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 20
            Edmond Chow, School of Computational Science and Engineering, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology will discuss new numerical methods for reducing the cost and algorithmic complexity of large-scale macromolecular simulations of the cell.
              Jefferson Lab Information Session
              Thursday, October 18
              5:30pm - 6:30pm
              Cohen Career Center, Presentation Rooms A&B
              What is it like to work at a national lab? Learn about the exciting internship opportunities available to students at the Jefferson Lab, right here in our own backyard in Newport News. A J-Lab student intern will discuss the experience as well.
                Distinguished Speaker: Per Christensen, RenderMan Group, Pixar
                Friday, October 19
                3pm - 4pm
                McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 20
                Ray Tracing and Global Illumination in Pixar Movies
                  Computer Science Night
                  Thursday, October 25
                  6:30pm - 8pm
                  Cohen Career Center, Presentation Rooms A&B
                  Whether you are a current computer science major or considering computer science as a major, this program is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable advice and perspective from professionals in the field.
                    Computer Science Homecoming Reception
                    Friday, October 26
                    3pm - 4:30pm
                    McGlothlin-Street Hall
                    A chance for CS alumni to catch up with old professors, meet the new students and faculty, and to reconnect with old friends.