Information Technology and Web Science at RPI

Elsevier/Tetherless World Health and Life Sciences Hackathon When: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:00 AM - Tue , June 28, 2011 4:00 PM Where: Pat's Barn Rensselaer Technology Park See: http://tw.rpi.edu/web/event/TWCElsevierHackathonJune2011 Description: Create apps; Win Prizes! The Tetherless World Constellation (RPI) and Elsevier's SciVerse Developer Network are hosting a 24-hour Health & Life Sciences Semantic Web Hackathon 27-28 June 2011 at Pat's Barn on the campus of the Rensselaer Technology Park. Participants will compete to develop apps using linked data from TWC and other sources, web APIs from Elsevier SciVerse, and visualization and other resources from around the Web. Register at: http://twcsciverse2011.eventbrite.com/ Contact: John S. Erickson, Ph.D. http://tw.rpi.edu Topical Areas: Conferences , Workshops Tags: Conferences, Training, Workshops, Conferences_Meetings

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2011!   We had a fabulous dinner on Friday May 27th to celebrate the graduation of 19 Graduate students, 3 Co-Terminal students, and 29 Undergraduate students.  The next morning, the students gathered together for the commencement ceremony, it was a beautiful clear and warm day!     Professor Huges speaks to the graduates Group photo at the graduation dinner   ITWS Undergraduates ITWS Master's See all the photos here . Good luck graduates and keep in touch!

This semester Gamma Nu Eta, the ITWS Honor Society, decided to volunteer their time to refurbish and install new computers for a local non-profit charity based out of Troy, NY.  They meet twice during the semester to reformat and install new software on nine (9) computers.  Special thanks to Joe Dougherty for taking extra time to lead the committee for this project.   Last Thursday, May 12, 2011, four GNH members took a trip down to the Unity House Sunshine Program School Building to drop off the refurbished computers loaded with educational software.  These computers were placed into the classrooms and will be used to teach children basic computer skills, and with the assistance of the educational software will help the children learn other basic skills.   Tyler Wilkin, Rebecca Camara, Ivette Alfonso, Joe Dougherty, and Lindsey Poirier in front of the Unity House Sunshine Program Building.   Ivette Alfonso, Child Care Program Manager for th...

Below is the Capstone Team presentation for the Albany Crime Analysis Center project.  This team created the Crime Information Distribution Network Portal and gave a wonderful presentation about the project.    Congratulations Stephanie Ardizzone, Fred Osoro, Kathyayani Prasad, and Chad Ruhle!  

ITWS students Matt Heffler, Brian Heller, Tom Rozanski and Joe Dougherty entered into the 2011 New York Business Plan Competition  at the end of March. Their proposal was for Fire Department Solutions, a non-profit business to develop and sell management software and related services to fire departments; their software was created with support from the Rensselaer Center for Open-source Software .  On April 28th they presented their project at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering in Albany in the Services/Non-Profit category.  They had several meetings with Professors Miner, Hughes, and Kuruzovich regarding their slides and presentation content and found this extremely helpful.  The team came in second place for their category and won a cash prize!  Congratulations! Matt, Joe and Brian with their award.   RPI's Press Release: Four Student Teams From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Win Cash Prizes In New York State Business Plan Co...

Capstone Team 4 made an excellent presentation on their project "Exoplanet Modeling Explorer" for California Planet Search .  Congratulations Brian Wang, Samuel Johnson, Amanda Hunt, and Yiyi Jiang!  

Good afternoon ITWS! The time has come to hold elections for Student Leadership.  The candidates are all listed below with a brief paragraph about why they would like to run for their chosen office.  Please email me your three selections (1 - President, 2 - VP, 3 - Class Rep) by midnight on Tuesday May 10th.  Good luck to all the candidates. Happy voting! Lessa Shear President Andrew Karnani: For the past two years I have been a part of the ITWS student leadership.  These two years have seen significant changes to the department from the name, to the creation of a new lab space for all of us to use.  I have greatly enjoyed my time on student leadership and have learned a lot.  I hope to have the opportunity to continue to serve this amazing department for another year. David Molik: I would like to become your IT President. I want to give back to the community that has nurtured me as I matured a college student. The IT Department has seen to my nee...