Computer Science
The CS Club winning t-shirt design with a circuit brain design by CS student Michelle Sandstrom. Help support SBCC’s own Computer Science club. Help support SBCC’s own Computer Science Club. You can place your order by emailing the CS Club
Assistant Professor Stephen Strenn becomes the Chair of the Computer Science Department and Computer Science Lab Coordinator succeeding the previous Chair, Associate Professor Jackie Kuehn who was Chair and Lab Coordinator since June 2011. Mr. Strenn assumes the helm starting June 1st, 2013. Congratulations Stephen!
Douglas Chidester was named the 2012-2013 Computer Science Student of the Year. Congratulations Douglas!
Daniel Guimares was named the 2011-2012 Computer Science Student of the Year. Congratulations Daniel!
Congratulations to Santa Barbara City College’s two programming teams, SBCC Alpha and SBCC One. The two teams completed in the 2011 Southern California Regionals for the International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) Saturday November 12th held at Riverside Community College.
SBCC Alpha won honors as the Top Scoring Two Year College in the competition. The team, consisting of Roxanne Brittain, Daniel Guimaraes, and Amy Drafahl, ranked 20th overall, scoring higher than all teams from UCSB, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU, CSU LA, CSU Fullerton, UNLV, CSU DH, Azusa Pacific Univsity, and others. This is the second year in a row that SBCC has been top two year college. SBCC One, consisting of Jason Howell, Jamie Kroll, and Aaron Lamar, also completed successfully, outranking teams from UC Riverside, CSU Fullerton, and Moorpark College.
The ICPC challenges three person student teams to solve a set of eight programming problems in five hours. This year, 77 teams from 27 institutions from the Southern California area competed, including: Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, USC, UCSD, Cal Poly SLO, UCLA, SBCC, CSU Channel Islands, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, and others. The overall winner, from the University of Southern California solved all eight problems in four hours. USC will compete in the ICPC World Finals to be held in Warsaw, Poland in 2012. The official results can be found on the ICPC website.
SBCC’s success in pitting themselves against students from world-class universities is a testament to the hard work, determination, and intellect of our students. And special thanks go out to the Computer Science faculty and TA’s (Rob Dependahl, Jackie Kuehn, Dean Nevins, Stephen Strenn, Soheyla Jvanbakht, David Gowens, et al) for their guidance and support.
The ICPC is a great opportunity for students to test their programming skills and compete with like-minded peers. This year’s contest is being held on 11/12. Please contact Stephen Strenn at strenn@sbcc.edu by 10/27. Meet in H-245 at 11:30 on 10/28.
CS students can now sign up to use Microsoft DreamSpark using their pipeline account. To get access to a lot of different Microsoft tools and technologies go to the DreamSpark website and sign up for an account using your SBCC pipeline email. You then sign in to the site.
Associate Professor Jackie Kuehn becomes the Chair of the Computer Science Department and Computer Science Lab Coordinator succeeding the previous Chair, Dr. Dean Nevins who was Chair and Lab Coordinator since June 2007. Mrs. Kuehn assumes the helm starting June 1st, 2011. Congratulations Jackie!
Chad Simmons was named the 2010-2011 Computer Science Student of the Year. Congratulations Chad!
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Santa Barbara City College’s two programming teams, SBCC++ and SBCC–, took top honors for two-year schools at the 2010 Southern California Regionals for the International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) Saturday November 13 held at Riverside Community College. Additionally, SBCC placed 15th (SBCC++) and 37th (SBCC–) overall which place SBCC’s teams over teams from many four year institutions including UCLA, UNLV, CSUCI, UCR, UCI, CSULA, and UCSB. The overall winner, Harvey Mudd College, will compete in the ICPC World Finals to be held in Egypt. This year marked the return of SBCC to the ICPC since the 1996-1997 school year when SBCC hosted the competition. The team SBCC++, consisting of Keith Avery, Roxanne Brittain and Allison Van Pelt, shattered the previous record for the most number of problems solved by a two-year school by solving four problems. This was double the previous record of two. SBCC++ also had the highest placement (top 21%) of any two-year institution since records started being kept over 20 years ago. The team SBCC–, consisting of Kevin Daniels, Dan Malear, and William Moor, also performed at a record breaking pace by solving three problems. The ICPC gives the three-person student teams a set of eight programming problems that must be completed within five hours. This year saw 72 teams from 26 schools competing from throughout the Southern California area including: Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd College, UCSD, UCLA, USC, Cal Poly SLO, CSULA, UCR, UCI, CSUCI, UNLV, Mt. San Antonio College, Riverside CC, CSUF, CSUDH, Moorpark College, and others. The problem set this year saw all of the problems completed, but none of the problems were completed by any one school. The official results can be found on the ICPC web site.
Both SBCC teams were coached by Dr. Dean Nevins, chair and professor of computer science at SBCC. Dr. Nevins said, “The competition provided a tremendous opportunity for SBCC students to mix it up with the best programmers out there. The preparation and dedication needed to participate in the contest was considerable.” He added, “The best part was that all the students had a great time and got a lot out of the experience.”