Current News
ITEC Scholarship Award
CIS Major Perri Jo Wilken was selected as one of two recipients of the $500 ITEC Scholarship for 2007-08.
Chapter Leader selected for WNY Chapter of Webgirls International
Ramona Santa Maria has been selected as Chapter Leader for the WNY chapter of Webgrrls International, promoting women’s interest and careers in technology.
Four new members were appointed to the CIS Advisory Board
The CIS Advisory Board is group of practicing IT professionals that meet to advise the department on industry trends. New members include: George Daumen, MIS Director, Walgreen Co.; Wayne Gage, Systems VP, M&T Bank; Rick Lesniak, Director of IT, UB; Ann Marie Steinberg, Assoc. Director of IT, People Inc. Both George Daumen and Anne Marie Steinberg are CIS graduates.
Previous News
Student Research Symposium Presentation
Three students in Sarbani Banerjee’s seminar on Data Mining gave presentations at the Student Research Symposium in Spring 2007.Web Development Panel Discussion
In February of 2007, the CIS department hosted a panel discussion, “Careers in Web Development”, featuring panelists from five different local web design and development companies. Over 75 students from WNY colleges attended. The event was co-hosted by InfoTech Niagara
BSC Young Alumni Achievement Award, CIS graduate
Holly (Meier) Hubert, class of 88
Holly started her career as a systems analyst for Carborundum. Then in 1992 she joined the FBI and in 1999 she established the Cybersquad unit of the Buffalo office. She is now a Supervising Special Agent and the director of the Computer Forensics lab. The CIS department recognized Holly for her the Young Alumni Achievement Award on September 28, 2007.
Administrative Computing Director Appointed
Computing and Technology Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Brendan Rooney as director of administrative computing. Rooney, a graduate of Buffalo State, has been a member of the Computing and Technology Services staff since 1996, and has served as interim director of administrative computing since October 2004. In his new role, Rooney is responsible for SABRE project development; Oracle database administration; and the development, integration, and maintenance of administrative systems and Web applications.
Student Accomplishments
Excellence
Three CIS majors were recognized for Excellence in CIS at the May 2007 Commencement ceremonies : Chris Anderson, Joe Riggie, and Marquan Shaw.
Excellence in CIS winners for 2006 are David Kasinski and Albert A. Watson.
Winners of the Excellence in CIS Award for 2005 were Gary Greenia, Janine Hughes, Ray Nagel, Jeffrey Reed, and Debra Riservato.
CIS major Nalini Goolsarran was selected as one of six 2005 graduating seniors to receive the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
CIS major Kevin A. Reynolds, winner of a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence and the President's Medal for Outstanding Undergraduate Student, gave the student address at the spring 2004 commencement ceremony. Kevin graduated with a perfect grade point average of 4.00. He served as vice president of the Information Processors Association, treasurer of the High-Performance Computing Club, and as president of the Student Technology Association.
Winners of Excellence in CIS Award for 2004 were Kevin Reynolds and Susan Weinheimer.
During graduation ceremonies in May 2003, CIS major Sheetal Anand was recognized with the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, and CIS major Lori Stilwell received the Excellence in CIS Award.
Publications
Recent CIS graduate Eric Forgette published an article, "Oversubscribing Oracle Servers Using Solaris FSS," in the October 2005 issue of SysAdmin, a journal for Unix and Linux systems administrators. Eric is working as a Unix Systems Engineer for a transportation company in Richmond, VA.
Faculty Accomplishments
Grants
Dr. Lin. Research Foundation Incentive Grant "Electronic Commerce - A comparative study of some practices in the US and China." Traveled to China to begin work on this grant.
Senior Personnel representative from the CIS Department in the Buffalo State College NSF S-Stem grant proposal to award scholarship money to students in the STEM departments.
Dr. N. Mazur. NSF STEP grant for increasing retention and encouraging recruitment of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) students.
Presentations
Dr. Banerjee and Dr. Mazur - “Using Student Perceptions of Laboratory Work to Understand Learning and Attrition in Programming Courses”, The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons, Statesboro, Georgia, November 1-2, 2007.
Dr. Banerjee - “Encouraging Equal Participation in Student Team Projects”, 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, Las Vegas, June 25-28, 2007.Dr. S. Banerjee. "Evaluation to discourage 'Free Riding' in Student Group Work: A Comparison of Two Models," a paper presentation at Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 6th International Conference, London, UK, May 19, 2006.
Dr. S. Gareau. "Promoting Integrative Learning through Service Learning," presented at Niagara University conference on "Putting the Pieces Together: Fostering Integrative Student Learning" January 12-13, 2006
Dr. J. Thompson. "Technology Conundrums and Challenges Facing Today’s Educators." Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, 2006.
Dr. J. Thompson. "Change: It's Not a Four Letter Word." Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, 2006
Dr. W. Lin and Dr. S. Banerjee presented the preliminary results from their research into systems design methodology at the conference of the International Association for Computer Information Systems in Las Vegas in October 2004.
Publications
Dr. Mazur - A Laboratory Experience in an Introductory Programming Course in the Proceedings of the The 2007 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'07), Las Vegas, NV, June 25-28, 2007.
Dr. S. Banerjee, Dr. W. Lin. (2006). Journal Publication. "Essential Entry-Level Skills for Systems Analysts,"Journal of Education for Business, 81 (5), 282 – 286.
Dr. S. Banerjee, R. Parai, A. Parai. (2006). Journal Publication. "Computer Use and Wage Differentials: US and Foreign Born Male and Female Workers," Applied Economics Letters (in press).
Dr. R. Barone, authored a chapter in the book Computer Graphics and Multimedia: Applications, Problems, and Solutions (Idea-Group Publishing, Inc.) The title of his chapter is "Client and Server Side Programming Concepts Incorporating Macromedia Flash."
Dr. S. Gareau. Journal Publication. "Open Pathways with OpenOffice: Creating and Using Multimedia in Technical Education" Journal of the American Technical Education Association (ATEA).
Dr. J. Thompson (2006). "Has Distance Learning Reached the Tipping Point in Higher Education?" Distance Learning Administration 2006 Annual. Distance Learning Administration. Carrollton, GA: The University of West Georgia.
Dr. J. Thompson (in press). "Best Practices in Asynchronous Online Course Discussions." Journal of College Teaching & Learning. The Clute Institute for Academic Research. Orlando, FL.
