Computer and Information Sciences

Please explore the four majors in computer and information sciences and the graduate program leading to the Master of Science in Computer Science by following the links on the left.

Celebrating 25 Years of Computer Science Education at Franklin University!

New Lead Faculty on Board

We are pleased to announce that two new lead faculty joined the Computer Science faculty in Summer 2008: Welcome, Dr. Esmail Bonakdarian and Dr. Chunbo Chu! To view some biographical information about them, click: Esmail Bonakdarian and Chunbo Chu.

CIS listservs

A set of announce and discuss listservs has been created for each of the Computer and Information Sciences majors. Click here for information about how you can take advantage of them.

Tech Connect Speaker Series

The Computer and Information Sciences faculty have initiated a speaker series for students in our majors. The objective is to provide information on contemporary issues and career development topics, as well as to provide an opportunity for students to network with one another and with individuals employed in the IT industry. Several hiring managers, as well as other individuals from the local IT community, have attended past sessions, and will be invited to participate in future sessions as well.

Coming up:

Past sessions:

• September 25, 2008 – Ray Waite, Development and Support Manager at Alcatel-Lucent, in his presentation, “Tales from the Field,” shared his experiences in software development, testing, and field support to help participants learn from his mistakes and successes. See more details here.

  New! Watch Ray's presentation recorded via FranklinLive! here.

• May 12, 2008 – Ron Morgan, CIO at Franklin University, presented  “So You Want to be a CIO” ? The slides from this presentation are available here.

• February 11, 2008 – Michael Clark spoke on “The ABSc of Certifications”. Copies of the slides from his presentation are linked here.

• October 19, 2007 – Matt Miller and Brad Berger from Pulsar IT Consulting presented “Polish your Presentation to Land that IT Job”. See this flyer for details.

• September 21, 2007 – Herb Berger, a Franklin MSCS graduate, currently Senior Director for Technology Planning at Abercrombie & Fitch, spoke about “IT Trends and Emerging Technology”. Review Herb's presentation recorded via FranklinLive!

• May 11, 2007 – Chris Ferguson, Division Director for the Columbus Branch of Robert Half Technology, spoke about “IT Compensation Trends in 2007”.

Your feedback on this series and suggestions for topics and speakers are invited. Email your comments to Jane Sieberth: sieberth@franklin.edu.