CFP: Fall 2019 ACM Journal of Student Research

The Lewis & Clark ACM Student Chapter organizes a periodic peer-reviewed, student-organized journal of computational research carried out by students. The Journal’s committee is made up of students who serve on the board of the Lewis & Clark College ACM Student Chapter, with help from the Chapter’s faculty and staff advisors. In addition to students […]

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ACM Colloquium Series: Brian House

Professor Brian House, of the Lewis & Clark Art Department, will be giving the first ACM colloquium of the semester. Brian’s background in both computer science and sound informs his research-based artistic practice—recent interests include extractive industries and urban rats. Join us in the Watzek Classroom on Wednesday, October 2 at 4:00 PM. Light refreshments […]

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Featured Student: Liza Clairagneau

Bio Course of Study: Psychology and Computer Science/Mathematics double majorHometown: Kigali, RwandaInterests include: Art, Dance, Decolonial work, Netflix/TV shows If you could re-do all of your experience with computer science, would you do anything differently? I would start learning computer science early. I sometimes expect myself to find CS as intuitive as maths sometimes feel, […]

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ACM Student Workshop: Women in the Workplace

Ryan, Lexie and Shannon, three LC computer Science majors (and ACM board members), will host a discussion on their experiences as women in the workplace. Both will be approaching the subject from a personal lens, discussing their own experiences and where they’ve found empowerment within difficult corporate and academic situations. We welcome everyone to come […]

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Featured Student: Joy Zeichick

This schoolyear’s first ACM featured student is Joy Zeichick! If you’d like to nominate someone (or yourself) to be the ACM featured student, see this form. Bio Major: Rhetoric and Media Studies Minor: Computer ScienceHometown: Chico, CAMain interests: Theater, photography, books What project or experience (in computing) are you most proud of? Teaching kids Python and Lua coding this […]

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Featured Student: Nick Tan

Bio Major: Computer Science and Mathematics Minor: EconomicsHometown: MalaysiaMain interests: Building (fun) things, cooking and creating new recipes, biking Website: nicktej.com What’s your favorite thing about CS (or math) at LC? The community! Before I came to LC, I was planning on majoring in Economics. But, when I took my first CS class during my […]

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Featured Student: Zoe Harrington

Bio Course of Study: CS and Studio Art double major Hometown: Berlin, Germany What project or experience (in computing) are you most proud of? In the summer of 2018, Max Levin and I started working with professor Peter Drake on a machine learning research project using a convolutional neural network to identify clouds in sky […]

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Workshop Series: Poembot – Behind the Scenes

This week’s student-led workshop will be focused on Poembot! In case you haven’t heard of poembot, it’s a little robot which lives in the Watzek library during the month of April, which is the National Poetry Month. Every day, a new poem comes out of Poembot, and sometimes, users find golden tickets! If you’re interested […]

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