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Joel Hollingsworth and Dave Powell present at IBM Innovate2013 - The IBM Technical Summit

Megan Squire publishes two papers at international conference

The papers, presented at the 10th Mining Software Repositories Working Conference in San Francisco, describe two novel data sets collected, curated and freely donated to the empirical software engineering research community.

David Williams '13, Duke Hutchings accepted to international computer information systems conference

The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013) has accepted for presentation and publication the co-authored work of Elon senior David Williams and Elon assistant professor Duke Hutchings. The paper is titled "Efficiency and Device Versatility of Graphical and Textual Passwords."

Megan Squire Wins Best Paper Award

Megan Squire, associate professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, has been awarded the Best Pedagogical Paper award at the International Association of Computer Information Systems 2012 conference, held Oct. 3-6 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Megan Squire publishes article on data mining email

The article, published in the International Journal of Open Source Systems and Processes, reviews the ways in which researchers use email to study the software development process.

Lumen Scholar’s gaming app promotes STEM concepts

Thomas Price ‘13 developed a mobile application for middle and high school students to create their own video games using math and science principles.

Heinrichs Co-Authors Journal Article on Smartphone Security
Lynn R. Heinrichs, associate professor of information science, co-authored a paper titled, "Do Business Students Practice Smartphone Security?" in the most recent edition of the Journal of Computer Information Systems.
Microsoft Office certification testing is now available at Elon University
Elon University is now officially setup as a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification testing facility.
Lynn Heinrichs named computer educator of the year
A faculty member in the computing sciences department & the Love School of Business, Heinrichs was lauded for her teaching, scholarship and service.
Duke Hutchings earns second U.S. patent
Duke Hutchings, assistant professor of computing sciences, has been awarded patent #8,225,224 for large display window management.
David Powell presents at the 2012 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
On July 17, 2012, David Powell presented a paper co-authored with Joel Hollingsworth titled "Google and IBM Clouds Make Enterprise Computing Available to all Undergraduate CS Majors" at The 2012 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering.
Dave Powell presents at IBM Software Innovate2012
Dave Powell gave an invited presentation in the Academic Track at IBM Software Innovate 2012.
David Powell featured in Monthly IBM Academic Alliance newsletter
The professor of computing science has worked with IBM to bring new software into the classroom.
Michele Kleckner named first Sustainability Faculty Fellow
The position entails working with faculty and staff to promote academic sustainability programs and infuse sustainability across the curriculum.
Duke Hutchings publishes and presents at ACM CHI 2012
On May 9, Duke Hutchings, assistant professor of computing sciences, presented his paper, "An Investigation of Fitts' Law in a Multiple-Display Environment" at the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Austin, Texas.
Elon student & alum receive NSF graduate fellowships
Amanda Bienz '12 and Chelsie Wagner '09 will each receive $30,000 annual stipends for three years while pursuing their doctorates.
Megan Squire awarded Amazon Research Grant

Megan Squire, an associate professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, has been awarded a research grant for computational resources provided by Amazon for 2013-15.

Skype's Rosenberg discusses telecom revolution
Jonathan Rosenberg, chief technologist for Skype, says the transformational changes in telecommunications have only just begun.
Megan Squire publishes work on software code forges with student

Megan Squire, associate professor of computing sciences, and David Williams '13 have published and presented work titled "Describing the Software Forge Ecosystem."

James Carroll receives NCAA post-grad scholarship
Former Phoenix men’s soccer player James Carroll has been selected to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Career Moves: Résumé & interview prep secures internship
An Elon senior worked on a group project for Credit Suisse after visiting the Office of Career Services to also network with a recruiter visiting campus.
Casino Night leads to unexpected gift
A door prize won by an Elon University administrator boosts the spirit of a sick boy recovering from a bone marrow transplant.
Squire, Kozak '13 publish on Empirical Software Engineering research

Megan Squire, associate professor of computing sciences, and Carter Kozak '13 have published work titled "A secondary data archive for code-level Debian metrics."

Professors awarded 2012-14 Senior Faculty Research Fellowships
Kevin Boyle, David Crowe and Megan Squire have been selected as Senior Faculty Research Fellows for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years.
Battle of ‘sumo bots’ preps class for helping schools
In McMichael Science Center on Oct. 26, it was good to be ‘Iron Giant.’ ‘Brave Sir Robin’ and ‘Jesse’? Not really.
NSF grant to fund software project
A faculty member in the Department of Computing Sciences is part of a team that will develop a software tool for beginning programmers.
Eight Elon Grads Working at Credit Suisse
On August 26, 2011, Professors Joel Hollingsworth and Dave Powell had the opportunity to visit Credit Suisse in RTP, North Carolina.
Carter Kozak'13 awarded second grant to attend TeraGrid conference
Elon junior Carter Kozak, a computing sciences major, earned one of 100 competitively awarded student positions at the International TeraGrid Conference held July 18-21 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Powell grades AP Computer Science A exam
Dave Powell was selected to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board's Advanced Placement Examination in AP Computer Science in Cincinnati from June 2 - June 8, 2011.
Megan Squire hosts international panel, convenes workshop

Megan Squire, associate professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, traveled to South Bend, Ind., from May 30-June 2 to lead several panels and workshops at the 6th International Conference on Open Source Systems.