The Guardian article on the use of cryptocurrency to fund extremists features insights from Megan Squire

The Dec. 27 article highlights how extremists are finding new ways to fundraise.

Cecil Worsley IV ’14 breaks ground in construction site safety

Worsley has combined his passion for entrepreneurship and software engineering to launch Wreckingball Systems LLC. The construction safety platform has been awarded an NC IDEA grant and has streamlined the safety orientation process on worksites.

Elon undergraduates win Champion Analytics Case Competition

The national competition challenged teams to create strategic recommendations based on their data analyses for how HanesBrands can win the digital shelf.

Ahead of the curve: Neuroscience, cybersecurity research strengthens first-year experience

Working with Assistant Dean and Professor Amy Overman, Alejandro Mejia ’24 and Paige Goldberg ’24 embarked on National Science Foundation grant-funded research into computer-use analysis just weeks after enrolling at Elon.

New York Times cites Megan Squire in article on tracking viral misinformation

The Sept. 15 article focused on whether Facebook was sending flawed data to researchers who were tracking misinformation on the site.

Megan Squire selected as Anti-Defamation League Belfer Fellow

The fellowship will gather previously unstudied data to advance understanding of de-platforming and demonetizing online hate and extremism

Megan Squire cited in CNN report on reaction of White supremacists to Taliban takeover

The segment on the national news network focused on how comments on online platforms commonly used by some anti-government, White supremacist and other domestic extremist groups have been "framing the activities of the Taliban as a success."

I Am Elon with Haydn Stucker ’23

The computer science and engineering double major dreams of one day working in the aerospace industry.

Bacon, El Sallaly receive the CAA Leadership and Sport Excellence Award

The award recognizes one student-athlete in each of 19 CAA sports for representing the highest standards of teamwork, integrity, leadership and sportsmanship in athletic and academic achievements.

#ElonGrad 2021 spotlight: Lily Sandifer-Stech, computer science and international & global studies

In this series, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining the spotlight on distinguished members of the Class of 2021 from a wide array of disciplines.

Megan Squire discusses far-right militia groups in NBC News report

Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire discussed the presence of far-right militia groups at social justice protests for a recent report by NBC News.

Bloomberg, NPR, WNYC feature Squire in reports on far-right groups and the election

Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire offered insight for recent reports by Bloomberg, NPR and New York Public Radio about far-right militia groups and Election Day 2020.

Seven Elon students named Stanford d.school University Innovation Fellows

The students join a global community of Fellows charged with creating opportunities to help their peers build the creative confidence, agency and entrepreneurial mindset needed to address global challenges.

New York Times features Squire in report on election misinformation

Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire offered insight for a New York Times article about misinformation circulating about the upcoming election and mounting tensions across the country.

Megan Squire offers insights for NBC News report on extremist group following presidential debate

The report followed Tuesday night's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden during which Trump was asked about disavowing white supremacist groups.

Elon’s science labs adapt to challenging semester

Blending in-person experimentation with remote methodologies, faculty have changed the way labs operate while meeting learning requirements.

TIME quotes Squire in piece on right-wing conspiracy theorists and the pandemic

TIME featured Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire in a recent article about right-wing conspiracy spreading their messages online and taking advantage of captive audiences during the global pandemic.

CNN, Rolling Stone feature Megan Squire in articles about ‘Boogaloo’ movement

Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire was featured by two national media outles as she discussed the "Boogaloo" movement and how its members have infiltrated racial justice protests across the nation.

#ElonGrad 2020 Spotlight: Jack Amend, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

In this series, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining the spotlight on distinguished members of the Class of 2020 from a wide array of disciplines.

Megan Squire offers insights for coverage of online extremists and COVID-19

Squire, a professor of computer science, was featured in coverage by the New York Times that was in turn cited by Raw Story and Salon. Squire had earlier been

Financial Times features insights from Megan Squire for article on far-right extremists

Squire, a professor of computer science, talked with the London-based media outlet about how extremists are migrating to new online platforms.

Connor Bright ’20 spotlighted in AVTechnology article about budding career

An article by AVTechnology features Elon student Connor Bright '20 and his emerging career as a systems integration engineer at SentryOne before graduating.

Four Elon students named Stanford d.school University Innovation Fellows

The students join a global community of Fellows charged with increasing campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and creativity.

National, international media cite Megan Squire in coverage of synagogue attack in Germany

Coverage of a shooting outside a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Oct. 9 included insights from Squire, a professor of computer science who has conducted significant research into online extremism.

Career Insights: PlayStation’s Mia Ginaé Watkins ’15 discusses careers in gaming

Did you know it's possible to get your dream job doing what you love most? Gaming! This article provides insight from an Elon alumn working at PlayStation. Find out what she does and how she got there.

Food Companion: Elon senior creates app to help reduce food waste

Inspired by her experience studying in Australia, Destiny Frett ‘20 launched Food Companion to the Apple app store in August.

#ElonTBT: Elon purchases first computer in 1979

In this edition of #ElonTBT, we celebrate 40 years since a major advancement in technology at Elon University: the purchase of the university's first academic computer.

Wall Street Journal report on ‘toxic online world’ includes insights from Megan Squire

A professor of computer science, Squire offered insight into how violent extremists are shifting to new platforms as efforts to crack down on their activities ramp up.

Computer Science offers students deep dive into game design

Elon's Department of Computer Science has introduced the Game Design Minor, a multidisciplinary program that teaches students to study, design and implement computer games.

The Computer Science Department welcomed new faculty member Pratheep Kumar Paranthaman.

Elon Black Alumni Network Awards: Honoring black excellence

The Elon Black Alumni Network presented awards Nov. 3 to five members of the Elon community as part of its Homecoming festivities  

Squire's research appears in The New Yorker article

Research of communications between computer programmers by Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire was featured in an article about programmer Linus Torvalds. 

Megan Squire: Deep dive into data sheds light on toxic online commmunities

Professor of Computer Science Megan Squire delivered the Distinguished Scholar Lecture Thursday night about her research into connections among online communities. 

Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences recognizes faculty with excellence awards

Faculty members were recognized on Aug. 20 for excellence in mentoring, service and leadership, teaching and scholarship. 

Scott Spurlock, assistant professor of computing sciences is the special guest at December's science café.    

Presented as part of Office of Information Technology's visit with Cathy Hubbs, chief information security officer at American University. 

The chief information security officer at American University visits Elon as a guest of the Office of Information Technology. 

The 2017 Elon Distinguished Scholar Award recipient will present an overview of her research into online communities. 

Elon faculty members led a variety of workshops for local K-12 teachers on Wednesday, June 13, designed to help them integrate unique science, technology and mathematics concepts in their classes. 

An interdisciplinary team of Elon students presented a data analysis during the Business Analytics Competition at Manhattan College.

Students demonstrate data analytics, text mining and visualization skills in Elon Champion Analytics Challenge

Teams analyzed data provided by HanesBrands, a socially responsible manufacturer and marketer of leading everyday basic apparel.

Four faculty members named CATL Scholars

Four professors will work on projects that explore partnerships between students and faculty through dance technique, investigating the effects of learning with nature as a source, and experimenting with different teaching methods in the same course.

The Conversation: End-to-end encryption isn't enough security for 'real people'

Professor of Computing Sciences Megan Squire writes about how a move to ban systems that totally encrypt messages from sender to recipient threatens access to the best security mechanisms. Originally published by The Conversation, the article has appeared in Scientific American, the San Francisco Chronicle, Phys.org and other media outlets. 

Inside Higher Ed's Academic Minute features Megan Squire

Squire, a professor of computing sciences, talks about cybersecurity and how to craft stronger passwords. 

Hutchings earns third U.S. patent

The patent for Duke Hutchings, associate professor of computing sciences, relates to grouping and manipulating applications or windows on large- and multiple-display computer systems. 

Professor of Computing Sciences Megan Squire was interviewed by multiple international media outlets following an article she penned about password security for The Conversation that gained widespread readership.

Four members of Elon's faculty and staff along with 19 retiring employees were honored May 10 for excellence and service to Elon.

The Conversation: Why we choose terrible passwords, and how to fix them

Megan Squire, professor of computing sciences, writes about the problems with passwords like "12345" and "qwerty" as World Password Day approaches. 

Elon Computing Sciences Professor Megan Squire writes about the technology behind protecting digital privacy. 

Computer scientist to explore the world of 'ubiquitous computing' as part of Voices of Discovery series – TONIGHT

Shwetak Patel is a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. 

The Internet and technology pioneer spent the day at Elon on Sept. 30 and was awarded the inaugural Imagining the Internet Areté Medallion. 

Google's chief Internet evangelist, known as one of the "fathers of the Internet," talked with Elon students, faculty and staff about the impact of technology on modern life. 

Computing sciences professor helps reveal hidden patterns with new book on data mining

It's the second book for PACKT Publishing for Megan Squire, professor of computing sciences. 

Computing sciences professor teaches courses to Fidelity LEAP program

The program takes place at a major IT technical center operated by Fidelity in Research Triangle Park. 

Their research appears in the proceedings of OpenSym 2016, the 12th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, held in Berlin, Germany.  

On the defense

For more than a decade, John Marshall ’01 has channeled his Elon experience to protect the United States from cyber attacks.

The professor of computing sciences won the "Best Data Showcase Award" at the 13th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories for her paper and longitudinal data set about software developers who use the Ruby programming language.

Elon's 2016 retirees recognized

President Emeritus Earl J. Danieley, who has given Elon 70 years of service, is among 19 faculty and staff members retiring this year.

Drs. Hutchings and Squire published "VisMap: Exploratory Visualization Support for Introductory Data Science and Visualization" in the proceedings of The ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Hutchings presented the work at the conference on March 3, 2016, in Memphis.

Five professors named Sustainability Faculty Scholars

The newest cohort of scholars will participate in a program that helps Elon University faculty integrate sustainability into an existing course.

RTI International, an independent, non-profit institute, will share how they are are turning data into practice by addressing poverty and health care challenges around the world.

Scott Spurlock Wins Best Conference Paper Award at International Conference

The assistant professor of computing sciences collaborated with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on the work presented at the International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras.

'Engaged learning' focus of Elon teaching conference

The 12th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference at Elon University encouraged hundreds of professors from across the nation to seek creative approaches to educating their students.

Five professors named Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows

A grant from the Coleman Foundation will support the fellows' efforts to encourage entrepreneurship at Elon.

Dave Powell presented a paper co-authored with Joel Hollingsworth titled "Improving a Computer Science I Course with Flipped Instruction and Faculty Guides" at The 2015 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering held from July 27-30, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  

'Clean Data' offers clear guidance for data scientists

It takes patience to correct misspelled words, convert file formats and remove incomplete records when analyzing large amounts of information contained in databases and spreadsheets. A new book by Elon University Professor Megan Squire helps to make such tasks easier.

Elon alumni celebrate impact of information science major

Offered by the Department of Computing Sciences, the information science program has earned praise from graduates who are advancing their careers or pursuing graduate degrees using concepts honed at Elon University.

This article appears in the proceedings of the IEEE 37th International Conference on Software Engineering.

Their article appears in the edited volume "Open Source Systems: Adoption and Impact" following the 10th International Conference on Open Source Systems held in Florence, Italy

Six faculty members named Sustainability Scholars

The newest cohort of scholars will participate in a program that helps faculty integrate sustainability into an existing course.

Six female leaders in technology discuss the under-representation of women in technical roles, and what can be done to encourage participation by women

Megan Squire in the Department of Computing Sciences is the principal investigator for a three-year, $240,028 grant.

Pixels or paper? Lumen Scholar examines the classroom value to both

As a growing number of grade schools complement traditional textbooks with computer tablets, senior Jeff Stern is using a top Elon University award to research the way children retain information from the two types of media.

Google expert gives tips on Internet searching

Daniel M. Russell, über tech lead for Google Search Quality & User Happiness, encouraged School of Communications students to stay on top of changes to search engine technology as he offered advice for delving deeper into online queries.

'Hour of Code' cultivates youth interest in computer science

Elon University students in a Winter Term "Burst the Bubble" course welcomed local children and their parents to campus in late January for activities that exposed youth to the academic and career possibilities of programming and software design.

The first paper is on the new tools and artifacts used to study software development empirically, while the second paper describes how to use text mining techniques on the StackOverflow software development website.

Megan Squire publishes article at international replication conference

The article presents an infrastructure for the replicable study of email archives.

Apple co-founder headlines Fall Convocation

Steve “The Woz” Wozniak encouraged members of the Elon University community on Thursday to “build in an element of fun” into everything they do and that “sometimes you make your best decisions when you’re forced to.”

In a Thursday afternoon forum, Steve Wozniak fielded questions from an Elon University community fascinated by his views on technology, Steve Jobs and the way the personal computer he invented four decades ago revolutionized the world.

Fall Convocation to feature Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak – Oct. 3

The current chief scientist at Fusion-io will share his insights in Alumni Gym on Oct. 3, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. about the need to promote creativity and innovation in a technical environment. A Q&A in Whitley Auditorium takes place at 1:15 p.m.

2013 graduate David Williams and Associate Professor Duke Hutchings won the Best Conference Paper award for their work, "Efficiency and Device Versatility of Graphical and Textual Passwords," presented at AMCIS on Aug. 16, 2013, in Chicago.

Syllabuzz: ISC 345 – Information Security

  Find out more about some of the interesting courses faculty are teaching at Elon.  

Dave Powell presents paper at ICEIS 2013 conference

Dave Powell presented a paper co-authored with Joel Hollingsworth titled "Seeding the Cloud with Students from Every Computer Science Undergraduate Program" at the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems held from July 4-7, 2013 in Angers, France.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Amanda Bienz '12 and Chelsie Wagner '09 will each receive $30,000 annual stipends for three years while pursuing their doctorates.

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.

A door prize won by an Elon University administrator boosts the spirit of a sick boy recovering from a bone marrow transplant.

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.

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.

A faculty member in the Department of Computing Sciences is part of a team that will develop a software tool for beginning programmers.

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."

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.

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.

Members of the Elon University community recently participated in the 11th Annual Summer Institute on Reacting to the Past at Barnard College in New York City.

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.

Graduating seniors, Tyler Anderson and Jamie Albinson, along with their faculty mentors Dave Powell and Joel Hollingsworth, shared the spotlight in pre-commencement interviews and videos.

Fall CSC420 Game Programming

On December 14, 2010, five teams from CSC 420 Game Programming and Computer Graphics displayed the games that they specified, design, implemented and tested during the fall semester in Professor Duvall's class.

Computing Sciences Teams Excel at Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest

On Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, Elon had four three-person programming teams excel at the IBM sponsored Mid-Atlantic ACM Regional Programming Contest. All four teams finished in the top 50% with two of the teams finishing in the top 25% of the 157 teams, representing over 40 universities.

Elon computing sciences student writes code for new iPhone app

Elon University senior Tyler Anderson wrote major portions of the code for a new iPhone/iPod Touch application released by the Iconfactory, a graphic design and software firm based in Greensboro, N.C. The application was approved by Apple for distribution on its iTunes App Store on Oct. 13, following a rigorous quality review for compliance on Apple's mobile devices.

Career Moves: Networking, interview advice lead to internship

Adam Price wanted to see for himself the daily routine of a software programmer, and when an opportunity arose last spring to intern with a North Carolina firm that coordinates the shipment and storage of goods for corporate clients like Boeing and Sony, the Elon junior moved quickly. His first stop? The Elon Career Center.

Faculty provided iPads for teaching and research

Elon University has provided faculty in the School of Communications and in the Department of Computing Sciences with Apple iPads as a form of professional development and to help keep professors at the forefront of using technology in the classroom.

During the past summer, the Computing Sciences department was proud to have three CIS and CS seniors complete ten week summer undergraduate research experiences at three different universities. Amanda Bienz did her research at Clemson University. She worked on a Virtual Patient project to allow students majoring in nursing to train by asking questions of a computer program instead of a professor. Amy Eubanks did her research at Elon University. She worked on an augmented reality application for mobile smart phones to persuade people to spend more time outdoors. Katherine Vogt did her research at Virginia Tech. She investigated the collaborative use of large display environments for sense-making and visual analytics.

During the past summer, Credit Suisse offered approximately thirty paid summer internship positions for rising senior undergraduates at their Research Triangle Park location. These are highly regarded internships with many applicants from across North Carolina. The Elon Computing Sciences department was proud to have five students receive and complete the summer internship. The five students were: Joel Blondy, Dan Cresse, Catherine FitzGerald, John Minshall and Andrew Sutherland.

Megan Squire publishes journal article

Megan Squire, an associate professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, recently published "Repositories with public data about software development" in the International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes.

The Computing Sciences Department had ten majors graduate in 2010. The graduates were in high demand and at graduation seven had accepted full time IT employment and two had accepted graduate school. The seven students that went into the IT workplace accepted jobs at IBM, Credit Suisse and UNC Greensboro. The two students who went to graduate school for an advanced CS degree went to Georgia Tech and Wake Forest.

Elon sophomore Carter Kozak, a major in computing sciences, earned one of 114 competitively awarded student positions at the International TeraGrid conference held Aug. 2-5, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Tree planting honors computing sciences alum killed in 2008

Family and friends of Matthew J. Ford ’04 gathered in Loy Center on Wednesday afternoon to plant a tree in memory of the computing sciences major, who died a year ago to the day in a Burlington, N.C., industrial accident.

Alexander Y. Yap publishes chapter in new book

Alexander Y. Yap, associate professor of management information systems in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has published a peer-reviewed book chapter titled "U-Commerce in the Financial Marketspace."

[caption id="attachment_178947" align="alignleft" width="380"]Lynn R. Heinrichs[/caption]Lynn R. Heinrichs, an associate professor of computing sciences and business administration, co-presented a paper, “A Comparison of Student Use and Understanding of Text Messaging Shorthand at Two Universities,” at the annual meeting of the International Association for Computer Information Systems.

Megan Conklin, assistant professor of computing sciences, is the primary investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant titled "A Data and Analysis Archive for Research on Free and Open Source Software and its Development." Details...

Faculty and students kick off SURF 2009

Work by Elon University students and professors took center stage Tuesday morning in the opening hours of SURF 2009. More than 30 faculty members presented research in the second annual "Celebration of Faculty Scholarship," which segued into a special College Coffee in the Koury Business Center for dozens of students to share their research findings in a poster session that packed the building's concourse.

Joel Hollingsworth presented a paper co-authored with Dave Powell on July 16, 2009, at the 2009 World Conference in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing in Las Vegas.  The conference had over 2000 attendees from 82 countries. The paper was titled "Integrating Mobile Computing with Android in Computer Science II and Computer Science II.

Elon faculty debate great texts

Two Elon University faculty recently participated in a debate panel June 11-14 at Barnard College during the 9th Annual Summer Institute on Reacting to the Past.

Junior Josh Chagani Wins LIN Scholarship

Elon University junior Josh Chagani has been awarded the LIN Television Corporation Minority Scholarship and Training Program for 2009, a national award that will pay up to $20,000 annually in expenses for tuition, fees, books, room and board during his junior and senior years.

Professor secures undergrad research funds from NSF

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $16,000 grant to Elon associate professor Megan Squire to hire student researchers for an ongoing project initially funded by the NSF in 2007.

Megan Squire Conklin, an associate professor of computing sciences, has published an article titled "Integrating Projects from Multiple Open Source Code Forges" in the International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes.

[caption id="attachment_179523" align="alignleft" width="380"]Michele Kleckner[/caption]Michele Kleckner, a senior lecturer in computing sciences, attended the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) in Savannah, Ga., from Oct. 1-4, 2008.

Richard "Rick" Watson, the co-leader of a nonprofit effort to produce free electronic and print textbooks for students in the developing world, visited Elon on Monday to share his vision and to seek partnerships at the university with which to expand the Global Text Project.

Computing sciences faculty member Joel Hollingsworth will lead two Elon teams to compete in the regional phase of the world's most prestigious computer programming competition. Fourteen colleges and universities will compete in the regional contest Oct. 25 at Duke University.

Megan Squire Conklin, associate professor in the department of Computing Sciences, is one of the organizers of the 2008 Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD). The workshop, in its third year, will be in Milan, Italy, on September 10 as part of the 4th International Conference on Open Source Systems.

Dr. Lynn R. Heinrichs, associate professor of computing sciences and business administration, has co-authored an article entitled, "Should Home and Micro-based Businesses Take Disaster-Planning Advice from On-line Sources?" for the inaugural issue of the Journal of Research in Business Information Systems.

[caption id="attachment_168134" align="alignleft" width="380"]Megan Squire Conklin[/caption]Megan Squire Conklin, associate professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, has been named to the Editorial Review Board of the new International Journal of Open Source Software & Processes (IJOSSP).

On March 29, 2008, Joel Hollingsworth presented a paper co-authored with Shannon Duvall and Dave Powell at the annual ACM Southeast Conference at Auburn University. The title of the paper was "Computer Science III - A Required Course on Client-Server Computing".

Elon University had two programming teams mentored by Professor Joel Hollingsworth compete on Saturday, October 27, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest. The contest was simultaneously held at 8 universities with Elon competing at the Duke University site.  A total of 137 teams from over 50 colleges and universities competed.

Lynn R. Heinrichs, associate professor of computer information systems and business administration, has been invited to present at the 2007 Delta Pi Epsilon national conference in New Orleans. Dr. Heinrichs will present research conducted with Betty Kleen from Nicholls State University on small business disaster recovery planning.

On July 11, Dave Powell presented a paper co-authored with Joel Hollingsworth at the 2007 International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in London. The title of the paper was "A NSGA-II, Web Enabled, Parallel Optimization Framework for NLP and MINLP." This is an an international conference with over 650 attendees.

The spring Triad programming contest was held on Saturday, April 14, at NC A&T State University. Thirteen teams from five area universities competed. The Elon team of Clarke Rainey, Nathan Shemonski and Dustin White mentored by Joel Hollingsworth finished first.

Elon University had three programming teams mentored by Joel Hollingsworth compete on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Mid-Atlantic ACM Regional Programming Contest. The contest was held at Duke University and had 142 teams from 67 colleges and universities.

Elon University had three programming teams mentored by Joel Hollingsworth compete on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Mid-Atlantic ACM Regional Programming Contest. The contest was held at Duke University and had 142 teams from 67 colleges and universities.

All-student team "L1 Cache" faced faculty/staff team "Staff Infection" during the Quake 3 finals at the semi-annual video game night sponsored by the Elon chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery.

All-student team "L1 Cache" faced faculty/staff team "Staff Infection" during the Quake 3 finals at the semi-annual video game night sponsored by the Elon chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery.

Megan Conklin, assistant professor in the department of Computing Sciences, has published "Beyond Low-Hanging Fruit: the Next Generation in FLOSS Data Mining" in the Springer computer science series for IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing (Volume 203/2006, pages 47-56).

Megan Conklin, assistant professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, co-authored "FLOSSmole: A Collaborative Repository for FLOSS Research Data and Analyses" for the International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering.

Megan Conklin, assistant professor of computing sciences, and Tony Crider, assistant professor of physics, are quoted in a YES! Weekly magazine story on the Second Life 3D virtual realilty software program. Conklin and Crider use the software in their courses and talked with the magazine about their work.

Dave Powell gave an invited presentation to the Evolutionary Computation in Practice Track at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in Seattle on July 10, 2006. His talk was titled "A No-Cost, Distributed Genetic Algorithm and its Application to Scheduling.

Megan Conklin, assistant professor of computing sciences, presented her paper "Beyond Low-Hanging Fruit: The Next Generation in FLOSS Data Mining" at the 2nd International Conference on Open Source Systems held at Lake Como, Italy, from June 8-10.

Megan Conklin, assistant professor in the Department of Computing Sciences, has had her paper titled "Beyond Low-Hanging Fruit: Seeking the Next Generation in FLOSS Data Mining" accepted for presentation at the Second International Conference on Open Source Systems. This conference is to be held in Como, Italy in June.

Joel Hollingsworth and Dave Powell have had their paper accepted for presentation and publication for the 2006 International Conference on Software Engineering to be held in Innsbruck from February 14-16. The paper is titled "Experiential Learning: The Key to Teaching Software Development".

Last week, Joel Hollingsworth presented two papers at two international conferences. The first paper, titled "Leveraging Grid Computing in an Intelligent Decision Making Course," was presented at the Eighth IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advance Technology in Education.