Aug 22, 2012
John Keller ’14 Presents Navigation Software at International Conference
In high school, John Keller ’14 (Orwigsburg, Pa.) taught himself how to program robots. His biggest achievement was tweaking a Roomba—a vacuum-cleaning…
Computer Science
Aug 8, 2012
Professor Matthew E. Taylor Receives $400,000 Grant to Research Artificial Intelligence
Matthew E. Taylor, assistant professor of computer science, has been awarded a CAREER award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of the National…
May 1, 2012
Lafayette Honors Students for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored more than 120 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation April 29 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes…
Apr 9, 2012
Interdisciplinary Team Studies the Implications of Environmental Policymaking
By Michele Tallarita ’12 As an electrical and computer engineering major, Nick Orzol ’13 (Mercerville, N.J.) is used to toying with circuits, computers…
Jan 6, 2012
Beyond Biology: New Health and Life Sciences Initiative Will Prepare Students to Solve Real-World Problems
Tackling complex national and global problems requires knowledge from many different disciplines. No one science can provide a solution; expertise and…
Jan 6, 2012
Students Learn Biology through Problem-Solving in New Interdisciplinary Course
This spring, a new course combining biology and computer science will provide students with ways to build connections between disciplines and new techniques…
Nov 8, 2011
Konstantinos Bousmalis ’05 among 34 Google Fellowship Recipients Worldwide
By Samuel T. Clover ’91 Picture this: After a long day at work, you sit down at your computer, shoulders hunched, and a digitized voice coos, “You…
Nov 4, 2011
Computer Science Students Produce Software that Could Change the Way Geologists Work in the Field
During last year’s trip to Wyoming for a geology class, students carefully recorded longitude and latitude, angles of sediment beds, rock types, and…
May 31, 2011
Rob McEwen ’05 Develops Programming and Algorithms for Army Intelligence Center
By Kevin Gray When Rob McEwen ’05 began his career at Lafayette College, he knew that he wanted to earn B.S. degrees in mathematics and computer science…
May 18, 2011
Retiring Professors William Collins and Ann McGillicuddy-DeLisi Elected to Emeritus Status
Retiring faculty members William J. Collins, associate professor of computer science, and Ann V. McGillicuddy-DeLisi, Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of…