Kitware Inc. and Vicarious Visions would like to invite you to a lunch and learn seminar titled “Agile Programming Practices for High-Quality Software Development."
Date and time: May 17, 2011 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Comfort Suites, 7 Northside Drive Clifton Park NY 12065
Bill Hoffman, VP and CTO of Kitware Inc., and Jason V. Schroeder and Nicholas Ruepp, Producers at Vicarious Visions, will discuss the importance and use of agile programming. Mr. Hoffman will highlight how these techniques enable high-quality software development at Kitware. Mr. Schroeder and Mr. Ruepp will summarize agile project management techniques used at Vicarious Visions, an Activision|Blizzard company. The presentation will be 40 minutes followed by an interactive question and answer discussion.
Bill Hoffman has more than 18 years of experience with large C++ systems and leads the development of the Kitware Quality Software Process.
Jason Schroeder is a Certified Scrum Master who has been practicing agile development techniques since 2007.
Nicholas Ruepp has a variety of management experience and has been adapting agile practices to both large and small game development teams since 2008.
We will be providing lunch, however space is limited, so we kindly request that you register by May 12, 2011.
RSVP: To RSVP to this free seminar, please email kitware@kitware.com with your name, contact information and any dietary restrictions you may have. If you have a colleague who would be interested in attending, you are welcome to forward us their contact information as well.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Talk on May 6th
App Inventor for Android and CS Education
Time and Place: May 10,2011 4:00 -5:00 pm , Lally 102
Speaker: Prof. Ralph Morelli
Abstract: App Inventor is a visual, web-based programming environment that makes it possible for non-programmers to develop apps for their mobile phones. The talk will describe the App Inventor language and how it can be used at the introductory level to teach CS concepts and principles. Sample apps and projects from a college-level CS0 course will be used as examples. The implications for CS education at various levels in the K-14 pipeline will be discussed.
Bio: Ralph Morelli is a Professor of Computer Science at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he has been teaching CS since 1985. He currently serves as one of the Principal Investigators of the NSF-funded Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Project (HFOSS), an attempt to help revitalize undergraduate computing education by getting students engaged in building software that benefits society. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an M.S. in Information and Computer Science from the University of Hawaii. In addition to HFOSS, his research interests include artificial intelligence and computer science education.
Sponsored by Rensselaer Center for Open Source Software
Time and Place: May 10,2011 4:00 -5:00 pm , Lally 102
Speaker: Prof. Ralph Morelli
Abstract: App Inventor is a visual, web-based programming environment that makes it possible for non-programmers to develop apps for their mobile phones. The talk will describe the App Inventor language and how it can be used at the introductory level to teach CS concepts and principles. Sample apps and projects from a college-level CS0 course will be used as examples. The implications for CS education at various levels in the K-14 pipeline will be discussed.
Bio: Ralph Morelli is a Professor of Computer Science at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he has been teaching CS since 1985. He currently serves as one of the Principal Investigators of the NSF-funded Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Project (HFOSS), an attempt to help revitalize undergraduate computing education by getting students engaged in building software that benefits society. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an M.S. in Information and Computer Science from the University of Hawaii. In addition to HFOSS, his research interests include artificial intelligence and computer science education.
Sponsored by Rensselaer Center for Open Source Software
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