View allAll Photos Tagged computerscience,
Photographer: Rachael Winfrey
All photos provided are the property of Creative Services and may not be used without permission.
Please contact creative@jmu.edu if you are interested in using any photos included in our collection.
Mario E. Magaña is an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Oregon State University.
Photographer: Rachael Winfrey
All photos provided are the property of Creative Services and may not be used without permission.
Please contact creative@jmu.edu if you are interested in using any photos included in our collection.
Portrait of Yong Bakos, Computer Science Instructor, Oregon State University - Cascades (OSU-Cascades).
When our discipline was newborn, there was the usual perplexity as to its proper name. We at Chapel Hill, following, I believe, Allen Newell and Herb Simon, settled on “computer science” as our department’s name. Now, with the benefit of three decades’ hindsight, I believe that to have been a mistake....
A folk adage of the academic profession says, “Anything which has to call itself a science isn’t.” By this criterion, physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy may be sciences; political science, military science, social science, and computer science are not. --Fred Brooks
Brooks, Fred (1996). "The computer scientist as toolsmith II". Communications of the ACM. Association for Computing Machinery. 39 (3): 61–68. DOI: 10.1145/227234.227243
Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. (1931–2022) was an American computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing development of IBM's System/360 family of mainframe computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about those experiences in his seminal book The Mythical Man-Month
All images are copyright St Boniface's Catholic College. Please do not use without written permission. Thank you.
Photographer: Micah Smith
All photos are the property of Creative Services and may not be used without permission. Please contact creative@jmu.edu if you are interested in using any photos included in our collection.
Photographer: Rachael Winfrey
All photos provided are the property of Creative Services and may not be used without permission.
Please contact creative@jmu.edu if you are interested in using any photos included in our collection.
Alex Sumner
Computer Science
Chancellor Scholar
Honors Program
President, Delta Alpha
How would you describe your WSSU experience?
Amazingly interesting. From the people that I’ve met to the different experiences that I’ve had to the situations that I’ve been in and witnessed. But I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.
What were some of your favorite parts of your college experience?
Connecting with like minded individuals, meeting new types of people, gaining life long friends, and unforgettable experiences.
Have you engaged in internships, research projects, study abroad, student leadership, community outreach, or other experiences that are enhancing your time at WSSU?
I participated in research during my first two years and summers at WSSU and then I had an internship Nationwide during my third summer. I also experienced student leadership and community outreach through Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. as I was Chapter President for an organization known for its service.
Did you face any obstacles while pursuing your degree?
The biggest obstacle was definitely speaking to people. I’ve never been the most outgoing person, and I’m still not, but I have come so far from when I first arrived at Winston.
What are your plans after graduation?
I’m honestly still trying to decide this myself. I’ve had a lot of good opportunities present themselves to me but what I’m leaning more towards right now is attending graduate school at A&T where I’ve been accepted into the Masters and PhD programs for Computer Science.
Are there any particular faculty, coaches, mentors, or staff that made a difference in your life?
I’ve had a lot who have definitely impacted me whether they know it or not. Of course my department chair, Dr. Elva Jones. The first professor I connected with and fraternity brother, Dr. Frederick Roundtree. My research mentor, Dr. Mustafa Atay. One of my favorite professors, someone I can always come talk to, and sor