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CS Majors Present Results of Summer Research

Stu Bachner ('06) and Rosemary Dutka ('06)  both presented the results of their respective student research teams at two separate conferences this past fall. At the 10th annual Consortium for Computing Science Midwest Meeting, held September 23-24, 2005 at Millikin University Stu presented the poster Designing Effective Algorithm Visualizations (see a related story), while Rosemary presented a poster entitled A Teaching and Learning Tool for Visualizing Memory Use while Executing Java Programs. Then both students gave presentations on their work at the 16th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which was held at the Argonne National Laboratory outside of Chicago on November 4-5, 2005.  These projects were supervised by Dr. Myles McNally and Dr. John Hawley respectively.

Posted: Tue, November 8th, 2005 at 3:48PM

 

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Graduate Profile

Alyson Crabtree

Alyson Crabtree
Graduation: 1990
Major: Computer Science

Alyson Crabtree started computer programming in high school. After struggling with her college decision, she decided to pursue her dream at Alma College.

“When I was looking for colleges, I was determined to get far away from home and assert my independence,” the 1990 graduate says. “To me, that meant getting out of Michigan. I visited some New England schools and was planning on heading east. But Alma kept pestering me, and when I objectively looked at what it had to offer, it met all of my criteria — liberal arts, computer science major and a small school.”

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