Summer session started soon after our spring classes ended without any actual break. That does not deter the enthusiastic level of students working at RCOS. Despite being the start of a memorial day week end, we had a decent attendance. We had talks by
1) Nate Stedman '11 - Observatory and how to succeed at RCOS
2) Tim Horton '11 and Rob Carr '11- Things to watch out when selecting and doing project at RCOS
3) Moorthy - Welcome and pointers
Nate gave a fantastic presentation with pictures, photos and even a little demo. Nate talked about Observatory, Ease and how people communicate and collaborate. Nate gave pointers how to succeed and how to write productive code. Nate stressed about pushing the code.
Tim and Robb used notes from an IPad 2 to describe how to choose a project (what are some of the common pitfalls), how to proceed and how to contribute. They advised about choosing to work on an existing project and start contributing.
I gave various pointers and links. Recommended joining the internet chatroom #rcos under irc.freenode.net . My talk slides may be found here.
Rcos summer 2011_first_talk
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On Saturday, RPI had his commencement ceremonies. Rob Carr, Tim Horton, Matt Arsenault, Colin Sullican, Adam Georgiou and Nate Stedman all graduated with a BS. Trishan de Lanerolle (http://hfoss.org ) got his Masters in Management from RPI Trishan works closely with RCOS in getting HFOSS efforts implemented. Brain Michalski got Mueller prize (An annual prize established to honor Glenn Martin Mueller, Rensselaer Trustee and graduate, Class 1964. A leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, Glenn was a champion of the entrepreneur, funding many successful start-up companies. An annual prize established to honor Glenn Martin Mueller, Rensselaer Trustee and graduate, Class 1964. A leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, Glenn was a champion of the entrepreneur, funding many successful start-up companies. This prize is given to a computer science major who is deemed to be the most entrepreneurial.) in Computer Science department.
Below is a photo of Nate, Trishan, Matt, Robb and Tim i front of Lally after the commencement ceremonies.
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