Information Technology and Web Science at RPI

Hi all! My name is Rich Palmer, and I’m a ‘07 IT School Alumni. I graduated cum laude with a dual major in IT and Economics. I’ll be contributing guest blog posts to the ITWS blog covering such topics as advice on IT at RPI, working in traditional companies vs. startups, recruiting, finance, starting your own business, and more. If there is ever a topic you’d like me to cover/expand on - or something I can help with - let me know. This first post will be a brief introduction of who I am. I’m currently living in Berkeley, CA and working on a web startup that I co-founded with another RPI grad called OvenAlly . We are launching in May. Previously, I worked for 3 1/2 years at Capital IQ, a financial technology firm on Wall St, as a Business Analyst. I was responsible for all design and development of Portfolio Analytics and Quantitative Products (heavy stuff!) and worked with an international team to get things done. I have a deep appreciation for design, finance, startups, and food - all...

Professor Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Understanding the World Wide Web (2011-05-03) Listen Now Prof. Hendler ALBANY, NY   (WAMC)   -   In today's Academic Minute, Professor Jim Hendler of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute explains efforts to fully understand the far-reaching consequences of the development of the World Wide Web. Jim Hendler is the Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Departments of Computer Science and Cognitive Science. He has served as Chief Scientist of the Information Systems Office at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and in 2002 received the US Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal.  About Professor Hendler   Professor Jim Hendler - Understanding the World Wide Web The World Wide Web is one of the most transformative technologies of modern times, changing the way we work, the way we communicate, the way we date, the way we interact with o...

Follow the link below and vote for D.J.I.G "NOW'S MY TIME" a song created by your fellow ITWS classmate Isaiah DuPree.  If he gets the most likes his song will be featured in NBA2K! http://www.facebook.com/NBA2K? sk=app_144996425562676 Thanks for helping out a fellow student!

Date: Thursday April 21st Time: 7:00 PM Location: Blitman Commons From Jeopardy to the World Wide Web: emerging technologies that will change our lives - a talk by Constellation Professor James Hendler. Abstract: Although the read/write world of Web 2.0 is now commonplace - even your parents use Facebook - the promise of massive scale human computing has barely begun to be exploited. New technologies, including the Semantic Web, mobile computing, and open data suggest ways that far more powerfu l systems than those we have today could be created, empowering humanity to help address some of our key problems. The potential for the sharing of data and knowledge, among willing participants, makes it possible to envision declarative models for creating and evolving new Web technologies that would more open and distributed systems. Further, by explicating the social, not just the technical, protocols, new models of information control that encourage, rather than prohibit, sharing can...

It is tradition for the ITWS department to take their students to New York City on Grand Marshall Day. (GM Day is the day of GM Week where students get classes off. GM Week is the week when student elections are held. It's an RPI tradition!) Every year our plans are to go visit a couple companies, then meet up with Mike and Henry (2 RPI Alums) to give us a walking tour of NYC, and end the trip with a meet and greet with more alums at Red's. This year we followed tradition and visited Google and Goldman Sachs. While at Google we had a Q & A session with about 10 employees. They were all from different departments and gave us an interesting view on what it is like working at Google. They also talked about what kinds of people Google were looking to hire. They provided very insightful answers. After the Q & A session we were given a tour of the Google's NYC headquarters. They have recently purchased the entire building and it seems as though Google is hiring so fast th...

The ITWS department had a blast in NYC this past Tuesday!   Special thanks to Pooja Daswani, Antonio Borges, Michael Wellner and Henry Scheuer for hosting our visit to New York City.  You all made the trip truly memorable! Our first stop of the day was Google for a Q&A Session. Then we got a tour of the Google offices, scooters really are used to get around the building! Lunch at Google was delicious.  We had a huge selection from sandwiches to sushi.   Google gave us really nice T-shirts.   Thank you! Our second stop of the day was at Goldman Sachs.  They have a beautiful new building but we were not allowed to take photographs there.  They gave a very interesting presentation on the Internal Audit portion of the company and answered some great student questions.  Thank you to everyone at Goldman Sachs for hosting our visit!   In the afternoon we meet up with RPI alumnus Michael Wellner and  Henry Scheuer for some gr...

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