Department of Computer Science
The Second Annual
ARTSI Student Research Conference
&
Spelman College Computer Science Olympiad VIII
March 25 – 27, 2010
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
Broadening Participation in Computing Program
The ARTSI Student Research Conference is a part of the NSF-BPC (Broadening Participation in Computing) ARTSI Alliance. The ARTSI (Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact) Alliance is a collaborative education and research project centered around robotics for healthcare, the arts, and entrepreneurship. Spelman College, a historically black college (HBCU) for women is leading the alliance in partnership with several other HBCUs and Research I (R1) institutions. These institutions include Florida A&M University, the University of the District of Columbia, Hampton University, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, Winston-Salem State University, the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Tennessee State University, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina A&T, Jackson State University, and Howard University. R1 members include Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Brown University, Duke University, the University of Alabama, the University of Washington, and the University of Pittsburgh.
This year, the 2nd ARTSI Student Research conference will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science, Hampton University during March 25-27, 2010.
The conference consist of 3 mains activities:
- Robotics Competition - March 25th, 4 – 6 pm
- ARTSI main conference (keynote speaker, student oral/poster presentation) – March 26th, 8am – 3pm
- Spelman College Computer Science Olympiad VIII (five event computing competition: Cryptography, Hard/Software Integration, Programming, Robotics, Web Design) – March 26th, 4pm – March 27th, 8pm