Ns-2.33 (and nam) on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
Top 10 Reasons to Study Computer Science in 2009
January 30th, 2009 by Jason Ernst
The trend in blogs, the internet and news sites lately is to write articles about the economy. Instead of that however, I thought I would use the opportunity to try to encourage people who might be considering studying computer science (or related related fields) to go forward and pursue education in this area. Now is an especially good time to get your foot in the door since admissions have generally been low the last few years and there are plenty of jobs, which is more than we can say about many other areas. It’s also close to the start of the year so maybe it would be good to start with a new career path.
Posted in Computer Science, Education, Miscellaneous by Jason Ernst
Tags: 2009, Computer, Economy, Education, Job, Retraining, Science, Study
CIS Career Night @ University of Guelph
January 9th, 2009 by Jason Ernst
On January 28th, the Computer Science department at the University of Guelph is having their annual Career Night. It’s being put on with the help of CISters and some other campus student groups. I attended one of these events last year and met some really interesting people. Anyone who is at Guelph and can attend should definitely go! At the career night, many alumnus of the computer program at Guelph are invited back to the school to share their experiences and to answer questions about their career since graduating.
Posted in Education by Jason Ernst
Tags: Career, CIS, CISters, Computer, Department, Guelph, Night, Science, University
Tips for Getting into Grad School and Receiving Funding
January 5th, 2009 by Jason Ernst
Occasionally, I get asked questions on how to get into grad school, what can be done to improve the chances of making it in and how to get funding. I am by no means an expert on this, but every bit of insight helps I suppose so here’s a quick guide that may be helpful.
Comic from phdcomics.com on Grad School
Posted in Computer Science, Education by Jason Ernst
Tags: Applications, Computer, Funding, Graduate, School, Science
Free Wireless Articles via IEEE
November 17th, 2008 by Jason Ernst
Just a quick post today since I’m strapped for time, but thought its pretty useful (and almost a reminder to myself to check this out later). The IEEE has put a bunch of articles related to wireless networks written by leaders in the field up for free for a limited time.
http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/focusonwireless
(I know this doesn’t benefit me directly since I already belong to those societies and could probably get access to them through my libraries, but they seem interesting enough and I will likely read at least a few the next chance I get). It’s also helpful for those people who don’t necessarily have normal access to IEEE articles a chance to try them out. Topics include Pervasive Computing, Internet Computing, Security, RFIDs and more. Check it out if you get a chance!
Posted in Computer Science, Research by Jason Ernst
Computer Science, A Science? Still debated…
August 29th, 2008 by Jason Ernst
As an update to my previous post on this subject “Computer Science, A Science?” more debate has taken place on the CompSci.ca forums and blog as a result of a blog post by Tony entitled “The most important programming language”. Many good points were made, for instance: Tony suggested that many people become confused between computer programming and computer science which I agree with.
