computer science

Researchers measure gait to reduce falls from glaucoma

By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a way to carefully analyze a person’s gait with sensors, an innovation that could lead to reduced falls and injuries in people with glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness in the United States.

Students get grant to promote computer science to girls

PULLMAN, Wash. – Women who become computer scientists end up in high-paying, interesting jobs where they tackle challenges that make a difference in the world. So why are fewer girls studying computer science than 30 years ago?

Knowledge transfer: Computers teach each other Pac-Man

PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers in Washington State University’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have developed a method to allow a computer to give advice and teach skills to another computer in a way that mimics how a real teacher and student might interact.

Social media tested as job-relevant learning resource rather than distraction to tough computer science learning

By Tina Hilding, College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – The isolation of problem solving for beginning computer science students can cause them to flounder and fail. It also doesn’t reflect the teamwork that goes on in the computing profession.

Pole vaulting into computer science

WSU pole vaulter Kelsey Bueno takes it a notch higher as she glides over the bar in May 2013 Pac-12 meet. Photo courtesy of WSU Athletics.     Weight lifting training pays off. Photo by WSU Athletics. Bueno enjoys the moment. Photo by WSU Athletics. PULLMAN, Wash. – When Kelsey Bueno started high school, she […]

No computer: Transfer data between thumb drives

Students Paul Wettin, left, Jacob Murray, Jeff Sweeney and Carla Bagnell. Photos by Miles Pepper.     PULLMAN – It started as an idea in a college class. The instructor had a thumb drive with important information about an upcoming project, but nobody in the class had a laptop to upload the files. “Hey, wouldn’t it […]

Grant helps build community of computer science

VANCOUVER – The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $382,109 to WSU Vancouver and Scott Wallace, assistant professor of computer science, in support of the Northwest Distributed Computer Science Department.   The project seeks to develop a unique educational community within the Pacific Northwest by uniting educations who are devoted to sharing knowledge, […]

Nerd auction supports women in computer science

PULLMAN – Tickets for the Nerdy and the Greek “Nerd Auction” hosted by the Linux Users Group (LUG) at WSU are now on sale. The event will take place Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Banquet Hall in Pullman. For the Nerd Auction, six members from the LUG will hand themselves […]

Graduating engineers showcase projects

Vancouver- The School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver will present a display of seven capstone projects from graduating seniors, 3:30 to 6 p.m., April 23. The event is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by local companies in Southwest Washington, each project will be presented and defended by the senior […]

WSU Vancouver receives $240,500 to create labs

VANCOUVER – The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust has donated $240,500 to Washington State University Vancouver towards the creation of computer science and mechanical engineering labs.  This gift will enable WSU Vancouver faculty to increase the integration of modern/emerging technologies; create longitudinal learning experiences so that interdisciplinary concepts can be revisited sequentially throughout a student’s […]