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NEWS (Semester 1 1999/2000)

Irish Science Olympiad 2000 Competition: (12th January '00)
Irish Science Olympiad (ISO) is a competition for post-primary school students in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Programming (Informatics) and Physics.

Computer Applications web server log file statistics: (4th January '00)
Now online are the log file staistics for October, November '99, and up to 14th December '99. This gives a statistical summary of the overall usage of the CA web server.

DCU help to solve the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem: (12th December '99)
School of Computing contributing to global calculation to crack the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem..... an Update(2/2/2000) from Robert Harley on their progress!

Policy Document - Surveys of Student Opinion of Teaching: (2nd December '99)
Surveys of Student Opinion of Teaching - This feedback is gathered in order to give a voice to students on their opinions of our teaching while providing staff with constructive feedback.

Helpdesk! Helpdesk! Helpdesk!: (26th November '99)
The School of Computing Helpdesk is now open for all your passwd, a/c and general queries.

New Structure for B.Sc. in Computer Applications Degree : ( 23rd November)
Information on the new structure of the B.Sc. in Computer Applications Degree is now available in HTML format.

Computer Applications main pages have been approved by BOBBY : ( 23rd November)
The main pages of the School of Computing have been approved by BOBBY. All manual priority checks have been addressed.- Bobby is a web-based tool that analyses web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities.

Student Enterprise Awards 1999 : ( 15th November)
An inter faculty team comprising 2 CA4 students and a BS3 student won first prize in the Enterprise Ireland Student Enterprise Awards, 1999 on Friday 12th.

Annual Report 98/99 : ( 10th November)
The School of Computing Annual Report 98/99 is now online.

Donal Fitzpatrick wins Chancellor's Medal - Postgraduate Award for 1999 : ( 1st November)
The Chancellor's Medal is the University's principal award for merit. It is presented to the most outstanding student, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, for both academic achievement and contribution to the extracurricular and social life of the University. Also, 11/02/2000, Dr. Donal Fitzpatrick has been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for the coming year.

255 computing students graduate on 29th October 1999 : ( 1st November)
On 29 October 1999, 255 students graduated with bachelors, graduate diploma, research and taught masters and doctoral degrees from the School of Computing at Dublin City University.

Full Module Specifications for the Degree Programs : ( 22nd October)
Now online are the full module specifications for the following degree programs - B.Sc. in Computer Applications, B.Sc. in Computer Applications (PT), Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and Grad Dip/M.Sc. in Computer Applications (Evening). Both the other programs B.Sc. in Applied Computational Linguistics and M.Sc. in Computer Applications for Education (Evening) will also be available shortly.

The Building Plans for each floor in the School of Computing : ( 22nd October)
The School of Computing building plans for each floor are now online!

The School of Computing says farewell to Conan Dalton : (1st October '99)
The School of Computing wished Conan Dalton every success in the future at his leaving party on Friday 1st of October.

Architects A & D Wejchert in their presentation on the Aula Maxima : ( 29th September)
Slides used in a presentation by architects A & D Wejchert in their presentation on the Aula Maxima which is to begin construction soon are available here. At the architects request these are available from within *.dcu.ie only

A guided tour of the School of Computing: (29th September '99)
A guided tour through all the labs,offices and lecture rooms in the School of Computing is now online.

DCU School of Computing increases student numbers: (17th September '99)
DCU's School of Computing has increased the intake onto its B.Sc. in Computer Applications to 300 students for October 1999 and the intake on the Graduate Diploma in Information technology to 125 students.

Computing Resources page online : (15th September '99)
A page detailing the computing equipment in the school is now available, including a feedback form to report broken equipment.