Free Tour of Silicon Valley for ACM Club Members

The ACM Club is taking a trip to Silicon Valley next year on November 18-20th (the weekend at the beginning of Thanksgiving break). There is funding for 10 students from the ACM club to go on this trip. The funding includes plane tickets, tour cost, hotel, and rental cars. Students would only be responsible for paying for their meals. Currently, the agenda for the trip includes tours of the IBM Museum, the Intel Museum, Stanford University, and potentially one or more tours of a Silicon Valley company.

If you will be a student next Fall, and you are interested in participating in this tour and/or getting more involved in the ACM club, please contact Dr. Blum. The ACM club also sponsors teams at local programming contests and guest speakers.

Erik Becker and Khizra Hussain Honored at Student Awards Ceremony

Graduating seniors Erik Becker and Khizra Hussain were honored at Penn State Harrisburg's Student Awards Ceremony on April 15, 2011.

Erik Becker received the Computer Science Outstanding Student Award for overall academic performance.

Khizra Hussain was called to the podium multiple times, receiving three different awards:

• The Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Student Award for overall academic performance.
  
• The Kappa Delta Pi Excellence in Education Award (Secondary). This excellence award for education majors is sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Chapter, and is presented to seniors of a graduating class who have excelled in their program of study. Selected individuals are nominated by faculty for their commitment to education, ethics, professionalism, and academic performance.
  
• The Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award, to recognize Penn State Harrisburg students whose outstanding qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship have been directed into programs and services that have positively influenced fellow students and have contributed to the prestige and well-being of the campus, and hence, to the reputation of the University as a whole.
  

Academic Perspective on Current Events: Location-Based Social Networking: The Pros and Cons of Sharing

Penn State Harrisburg Presents:

Academic Perspective on Current Events: Location-Based Social Networking: The Pros and Cons of Sharing

Overview: New forms of real-time information sharing via social networks such as Facebook and location-based services such as Foursquare mesh private and public information on individuals in ways that are both beneficial and harmful. Recent trends indicate that more individuals are voluntarily sharing personal information, tracking their location, and forming new associations. However, they do so without considering the personal privacy and security implications. This panel will discuss the personal benefits of sharing location-based information, the personal and security implications of oversharing, and strategies to improve locational privacy and personal security.

Moderator: Roderick L. Lee, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Penn State Harrisburg

Panelists:

• Heng Xu, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
  
• Jeremy J. Blum, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Penn State Harrisburg
  
• Phil Hippensteel, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Penn State Harrisburg
  

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Gallery Lounge, Olmsted Bldg.
12:00 – 1:30 pm

******All Are Invited to Attend********