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Fall 2009: CS 120, CS 332F, CS 386. CS 460,
Summer 2009: CS 122
Winter 2009: CS 122, CS 332F, CS 491a.
Announcements (most recent four quarters)
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[edit] Dr. Amr El Abbadi and Dr. Divy Agrawal from UCSB
Will be here to talk about the UCSB PhD program in Computer Science.
Nov 19. 6:30. ET B10.
[edit] National Depression Screening Day
Four out of ten college students report feeling so depressed that they have trouble functioning in everyday life.
* Free confidential self-test for mood and anxiety disorders
* Free mini-consultation with a mental health professional
* Free informational pamphlets and video
* Free raffle and giveaways!
Monday and Tuesday, October 19th and 20th, 12pm – 5pm (both days), Student Health Center, 2nd Floor
[edit] Student complaint forms documenting the impact of the furloughs
Students may download a "complaint form" on which to document the impact of the furloughs on their ability to pursue their CSULA education. Completed forms may be dropped off in the Music Bldg., room 107 or emailed to restorecsula@gmail.com. Copies will be forwarded to President Rosser, CSU Chancellor Reed, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and state legislative leaders.
[edit] Loebner Prize in Artificial Intelligence: 2010 competition
The Loebner Prize in Artificial Intelligence is an annual contest to determine whether any entering software satisfies the Turing Test. The following is extracted from the Loebner Prize web page.
The test is named after Alan Turing the brilliant British mathematician. Among his many accomplishments was basic research in computing science. In 1950, in the article Computing Machinery and Intelligence which appeared in the philosophy journal Mind, Alan Turing asked the question "Can a Machine Think?" He answered in the affirmative, but a central question was: "If a computer could think, how could we tell?" Turing's suggestion was, that if the responses from the computer were indistinguishable from that of a human,the computer could be said to be thinking.
The Loebner Prize 2010 Competition will be held here on October 23, 2010. Additional information is available on this page as it becomes available.
[edit] Statements about furlough days
The California Faculty Association (CFA) is a union that represents faculty who teach in the CSU. The Academic Senate is an organization of faculty and administrators that recommends policy to the President of CSULA. Both have recommend that faculty include statements about the furlough in course syllabi.
[edit] CFA statement
CSU Employee Furloughs – Impact on ClassesThis year across this campus and around the CSU system some class days will be cancelled because of furloughs. A furlough is mandatory un-paid time off; faculty and staff on each CSU campus are being “furloughed” two days per month.
These cancelled class days are marked on the syllabus below. It is important to recognize that these days off are not holidays. Instead, they are concrete examples of how massive state budget cuts have consequences for you as students and for me as a faculty member.
The CSU has suffered chronic under funding for at least 10 years. This year the budget cuts are the worst in the history of our university system — $584 million or 20% of our budget.
The CSU administration is attempting to deal with these cuts with huge increases in student fees (32%), course reductions, and lay-offs of faculty and other university employees.
In addition to paying higher fees, students will likely be affected by reduced services and classes. The library will have shorter hours. Many campus support services may be decreased or eliminated. There may be challenges in getting needed signature on forms. Many courses will be cut from the class schedule or will be full.
If you would like to take action, or simply learn more, I strongly recommend you contact the California Faculty Association on campus to get connected with other CSULA students who are working on these issues.
For more information, please contact CFA by email: cfa@cslanet.calstatela.edu or by phone: 323 343 – 5310.
[edit] Executive Committee of the Academic Senate Statement
In July of 2009, members of the California Faculty Association voted to allow the California State University Chancellor to impose unpaid furlough days for all professors and lecturers at all 23 Cal State Campuses. The purpose of furloughs is to minimize the need for faculty layoffs given the current budget crisis. At Cal State LA, this means that most professors and lecturers are required to take 6 days of unpaid leave each quarter, during which time they are prohibited from performing any university work.
[edit] ACM 2nd General Meeting
[edit] ACM 1st General Meeting
We're going to be designing a website that can be used by ALL CSULA ORGS!
Come put your 2 cents in on what the site should contain and volunteer to help out! We need more CS students involved with our college!
We want to develop a generic page that:
- An org can register on
- The orgs members can register on our site under their org
- Orgs can post topics/news/photos/etc
- Members can post comments
Location, Date & Time
Wed, 4/8/09
ECST C159
3:15 - 4:15PM
[edit] ACM BOWLING NIGHT!!! 3/20/2009
Friday, March 20th 2009
ACM is having a Bowling Night Fundraiser with SWE & NSBE!
Come kick back with us at Alhambra Bowling Center
and we'll take turns crushing Jimmy at bowling!
All the info:
Friday 3/20/2009
Alhambra Bowling Center
1400 E Valley Blvd
Alhambra, CA 91801
7pm - 10pm
[edit] ACM Progfest 2009 Photos!
We finally got the photos uploaded!
http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/cs/progfest2009/
Thank you to all of those who volunteered!
- David
Calstate LA ACM - Outreach Chair
[edit] ACM Presents Guest Speaker from IBM
Wednesday, 2/25/2009
ACM will be hosting it's 4th General Meeting Featuring a guest speaker from IBM!
Topics to include:
- Rational Software Architect (RSA)
- WebSphere.
Time: 3:15 - 4:15pm Location: ET C159!
Soda and Chips donated by Grady Laksmono!
Come explore IBM with ACM!
[edit] Study Break with Google
Hi Everyone,
Have you been studying all day for your finals? Take a break with Google and get to know us more!
[edit] Time, Date, and Location
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Date: December 4, 2008
Location: E&T C159
[edit] The Event
Pizza and soda will be provided!
I'm estimating on how much pizza that I need to get, so please fill out this form if you're going to come:
Looking to see all of you!
Thanks,
Grady Laksmono
Google Campus Ambassador
Cal State L.A.
[edit] Los Angeles Fedora 9 Release Party
An operating system, a set of projects, and a mindset.
What is Fedora?
The operating system is Fedora. It comes out twice a year. It's completely free, and we're committed to keeping it that way. It's the best combination of robust and latest software that exists in the free software world.
The mindset is doing the right thing. To us, that means providing free and open software and content, at no cost, freely usable, modifiable, redistributable, and unencumbered by software patents.
[edit] Time, Date, and Location
Time: 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008
Location: California State University, Los Angeles
Building: College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology
Room: E&T A220
[edit] The Event
12:00 - 12:30 Opening Remarks
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 Presentation & Discussion
2:30 - 3:30 Questions and Answers
3:30 Dismissed
[edit] What would be there?
- Free Fedora 9 DVD
- Free Fedora 9 Live CD
- USB Creation Station
- Free foods and drinks
- Social and funs!
- Giveaways!
[edit] Help Needed
Please contact me at glaksmono@fedoraproject.org if you'd like to help out, have creative ideas, or would like to participate in at any kinds for this event.
[edit] Notes
Although it's not required to attend the event, I'd like to anticipate the numbers of people who're going to come to this event for various reasons. Please vote "yes" at Cal State L.A. ACM. Thanks!
Regards,
Grady Laksmono
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GradyLaksmono/Los_Angeles_Release_Party
