Open your eyes and draw at Imagine RIT

Keep your eyes peeled!

At Imagine RIT, instead of using a mouse to move a computer cursor, you can use your eyes and face.

Students and faculty from the Department of Computer Science have created systems that capture and use facial expressions and eye gaze to create emotionally expressive artwork.

The exhibit, on the first floor of the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, gives a firsthand look at...


Ken Bielenberg coming to campus

CS Alum and visual effects supervisor, Ken Bielenberg, is coming to RIT.

Please join Ken Bielenberg, CS Alum and visual effects supervisor at Dreamworks Animation
for a free screening of the Dreamworks film "Puss In Boots" starring the voice talents of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek.

Ken will be introducing the film and answering questions after the screening.

The film will be screene...


Photorealistic Rendering of Scientific Data

Jabari Jordan (CS undergrad) and Joel Ogden (3D Digital Graphics undergrad) co-presented "Photorealistic Rendering of Scientific Data" at the International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications.  This presentation was held in Rome Italy on February 24-26th. These students were participants in last year's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in the CS department. They w...


Computer Science Delegates Named

The Department of Computer Science is pleased to announce the 2012 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Delegates.  After a selection process that included many outstanding candidates, our Undergraduate Student Delegate is Gabrielle Burns  and our Graduate Student Delegate is Mario Rosa.  We are also pleased to announce that Asam’u Sani Mohammed has been named the Graduate Student Delegate for the Golisan...


CS Hosts the Annual High School Programming Contest

Congratulations to Ithaca High School! Nine teams participated in the annual programming contest held by the Computer Science Department. Students from McQuaid Jesuit, Webster Schroeder, Fairport, West Irondequoit and Ithaca high schools participated. All the teams gave a great effort and worked diligently. The Ithaca team is pictured above with CS Chair Paul Tymann holding their trophy.



RIT Hosts Elite Universities for International Computer Programming Contest

Some of the world’s brightest problem-solvers from top universities in the northeast gathered at Rochester Institute of Technology in November for a race against the clock, a battle of logic, strategy and mental endurance.

The IBM-sponsored Northeast North America Regional Contest of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest was held for the ninth consecutive year in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of...