NMU STUDENTS ATTEND
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF
MATHEMATICS (NCTM) FALL CONFERENCE
| Nine NMU Mathematics Education
students participated in the regional conference
of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
from November 4–7, 2009. During the
conference, Dr. House delivered the kickoff
presentation of the “Learn-Reflect Strand”
focusing on mathematical connections, and NMU
professor Dr. Carol Bell presented a workshop
for grades 6–8 teachers. Dr. David Buhl also
accompanied the group to Minneapolis. |
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Pictured at the conference are (front row, L to
R) current student teachers Jared Bowerman and
Emily Engelhardt and students Barbara Homann,
Renee Kivioja, and Daniel Champion with (back
row, L to R) Barrett Willard, Andrew Granger,
NCTM President Henry Kepner, Heather Leisner,
Karla Shandonay, and NMU Professor Peggy House. |
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SPECIAL TOPICS COURSE FOR WINTER 2010
FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL IT
SEMINAR (CS 495-2)
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We are pleased to be able to offer, for a fifth
year, this once-in-a-lifetime experience, this year with
a unique and exciting focus on 3D computer game
technologies. In addition to sharing and discussing
Information Technology on an international level, this
year we will be bringing NMU's own innovations in 3D
game technology to this gathering of students and
faculty from North America and European universities.
Our group of NMU students will spend a few class
meetings learning these technologies (e.g., particle
swarms, artificial evolution, virtual reality immersion,
NPC computer vision. We |
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Finland, one day of which will be led by us. On that
day we will explore, with our international colleagues,
ways of incorporating these new algorithms and
techniques, into challenging 3D games.
For more information
contact Dr. Jeff Horn. |
ADVANCED WEB
DEVELOPMENT WITH ASP.NET (CS 495-1)
The course will include student
project to learn how to create database-driven web applications
using Microsoft’s Visual Studio and ASP.Net 3.5. Students typically
create useful and fairly robust web sites during the class. The
prerequisite is CS201 or CIS155 for COB students. Database
knowledge is not required but could be useful. Students have a lot
of latitude in learning and researching new concepts. This course
was taught during the winter 2009 and 2008 semesters. For more
information contact Prof. Ken Culp.
INTELLIGENT MOBILE
ROBOTS (CS 370-1)
Because this
version of the course is so different from previous versions (in
which we concentrated more on hardware and on low-level behaviors
such as obstacle avoidance and dead-reckoning navigation),
CS 370 alumni will
be able to take in this course by enrolling in CS 498, Directed
Study in CS. The PREREQUISITE of CS 201 or 330 will be waived for
students who have at least one year of programming experience (e.g.,
CS 122) by having an ADD/DROP card signed. It is anticipated that
students will be programming
primarily in Java.
For more information contact Dr. Jeff
Horn.
NEWS
AND INFORMATION
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Compiling research on 200 different positions, this
year's
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job, followed by actuary and statistician.
NUGGETS
The Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has created a series of
"nuggets" to make current research accessible to a general
audience. Find out more on the
SIAM
Web site.
THE
NMU EXPERIENCE
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