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  • Data and Computer Science Students Present at the SRP Symposium

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    Undergraduates and graduate students had the opportunity to participate in Monmouth’s School of Science Summer Research Program (SRP). This program is a 10-week paid research experience for students to work on collaborative research projects under the supervision of School of Science faculty, culminating in student presentations at the Summer Research Program Symposium on Aug. 7.…

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    Featured Alumnus: Justin Schlemm ’16

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    In his own words: I’m the Senior Vice President of Development Operations at Health and Wellness Partners (HWP), a global medical communications agency focused on strategy, science, and outcomes. I lead the technical development side of our work, helping to bring client-facing digital platforms and custom solutions to life. I started my career at Hybrid…

  • Spring ’25 Commencement

    Department of Biology, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    On May 15 we celebrated the graduation of ninety-four undergraduates and thirteen masters students. Biology led with forty-two, Chemistry with twenty-nine, Mathematics with ten and Computer Science and Software Engineering graduated twenty-nine and five, respectively. Four students earned M.S. degrees in C.S. and three in S.E. We also graduated three students with Data Science M.S.…

  • Peer Mentor Program Recruits New Cohort

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    The School of Science Peer Mentor program has not only recruited a new cohort of students for the fall semester, see above, but a new faculty coordinator. Dr. Weihao Qu (below far left) from the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering has taken over the faculty direction of the program from Associate Dean Catherine…

  • Professor Wang Earns Monmouth University Distinguished Scholar Award

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    The newly implemented Monmouth University Distinguished Scholar award celebrates and encourages sustained excellence in scholarship and research. This year, Jay Wang, Ph.D., was named as one of three co-recipients who are each exemplary in their scholarship achievements.  Wang’s scholarly interests include artificial intelligence, software engineering, formal methods, discrete event systems, and service computing. In particular,…

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    CS Students MARCO App Featured in Asbury Park Press

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    Aquatic Information? Monmouth University created MARCO, an app for that! Karl Vilacoba, communications director, explains the uses of ocean data portal software created through the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University and its collaborators. The portal shows fishing grounds, marine life habitats, local boat ramps, “water trails” and other interesting aquatic information. The Mid-Atlantic Ocean…

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    23rd Annual Student Research Conference

    Department of Biology, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    The 23rd Annual School of Science Student Research Conference was held on Friday, April 18th. This event showcased 32 research projects by teams of students and their faculty mentors from across the School of Science. The conference highlights the results of applied research, independent studies, and thesis projects being conducted by students in the departments…

  • CS Students Publish Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal Mobile App

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    The team of Ava Taylor (CS ’23) and Anjali Narang (CS ’25) has created a mobile app version of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal which gives access to coastal and ocean maps. The app is available on the Google Play and Apple App stores. The data portal (portal.midatlanticocean.org) is a publicly accessible GIS site containing…

  • CSSE Students Attend WECode Conference

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    This February, several Computer Science students, accompanied by CSSE Department Chair, Professor Ling Zheng, attended the WECode Conference in Cambridge Massachusetts. WECode (Women Engineers Code) is an annual event organized by undergraduate women at Harvard University. This conference, an initiative of Harvard Women in CS (harvardwics.com), is the largest student-run Women in Computer Science conference…

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    Annual Computer Science Hawk Hack

    Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

    The Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering held their annual High School Hawk Hack on Friday, Feb. 7. Fifty students from ten New Jersey high schools participated. The event is run by the student-led club of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/ Association for Computing Machinery, (IEEE/ACM) and Professor Rolf Kamp, who is…