2010 Annual Junior First Lego League Expo
Date: January 30, 2010, 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Campus Center Ballroom
Cost: Free for attendees, Contact Jennifer Goodall for cost for participation
CCI will host the 2010 Annual Junior First Lego League Expo in the Capital District. Smart Move is the 2010 theme! Anyone is invited to attend to see the projects! If you are interested in coaching or mentoring or know a 6-9 year old child who would like to be on a team or if you already have a team that would like to participate, contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu. or 518-956-8245.
The cover of the June 2009 issue features a figure from the lead article by CCI's Siwei Lyu and his coauthor, Eero P. Simoncelli
Their research concerns fundamental questions in the study of images and vision: what are the building block of images we encounter in the everyday real world, and what is the best language to describe them? The wisdom of the past two decades has been that images are formed by adding and subtracting simple units and that the mathematical language of linear transformations is the best one to describe them. This paper convincingly refutes this standing theory and describes simple nonlinear transforms that are much more effective. Besides the scientific value, this work will have far-reaching practical impacts on image compression (e.g., a better JPEG algorithm), image authentication (e.g., determining if an image has been "Photo-shopped"), and other important applications with digital images.
The article, "Nonlinear Extraction of Independent Components of Natural Images Using Radial Gaussianization," is available at www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/neco/21/6.
S.S. Ravi receives the SUNY Distinguished Professor Award
The Distinguished Teaching Professorship recognizes and honors mastery of teaching at the graduate, undergraduate or professional levels. For this prestigious tribute to be conferred, candidates must have demonstrated consistently superior mastery of teaching, outstanding service to students and commitment to their ongoing intellectual growth, scholarship and professional growth, and adherence to rigorous academic standards and requirements. Further, to be eligible for nomination, a faculty member must have attained and held the rank of full professor for five years, have completed at least three years of full-time teaching on the nominating campus, 10 years of full-time teaching within the SUNY System, and must have regularly carried a full-time teaching load as defined by the campus.
Dean Bloniarz publishes op-ed piece on the importance of interdisciplinarity to information technology
Dean Bloniarz publishes op-ed piece on the importance of interdisciplinarity to information technology. To see the article, please click on the link below.
Dean Bloniarz serves as the chair of TechConnex
Dean Bloniarz will serve as the chair of TechConnex. TechConnex is a CEG program that is focused on building and supporting the Albany region’s tech community and is considered a networking hub. Below is a link to a story in the Business Review.
First Annual Junior First Lego League Expo
Date: November 22, 2008, 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Location: Campus Center Ballroom
Cost: Free for attendees, Contact Jennifer Goodall for cost for participation
CCI will host the First Annual Junior First Lego League Expo in the Capital District. Climate Connections is the 2008 theme! Anyone is invited to attend to see the projects! If you are interested in coaching or mentoring or know a 6-9 year old child who would like to be on a team or if you already have a team that would like to participate, contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu. or 518-956-8245.
Global Game Jam
Date: Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2009, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Join game developers and artists around the world for the first ever Global Game Jam (www.globalgamejam.org, www.igda.org/albany/ggj.shtml)!
If you are interested, please contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu. or 518-956-8245
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News Coverage
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2009 Scholarship Applications Open
Date: March 19, 2009Website: http://www.gracehopper.org/2009/participate/student-scholarships/
If you are interested, please contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu or 518-956-8245
2nd CCI Wii Competition
Date: March 31, 2009, 7:00 - 10:00 pmLocation: Assembly Hall/Fireside Lounge in the Campus Center
Cost: Free, for CCI students and faculty only
All CCI students are invited. Food, fun, and prizes!
If you are interested, please contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu or 518-956-8245
Thanks for coming on Tuesday to the 2nd CCI Wii Event. We had a great time and want your input on how to make it even better next time. Please complete the very short online survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.
Thanks again for making the event so much fun!
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