OTDY 01/15/1986: The NSF opens the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at the Univ of Illinois, a national “Center of excellence” for research into high-performance computing. Its most famous alumnus, Marc Andreessen, invented the Mosaic browser. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/january/

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during October and November 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during October and November 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/posts/ball-s... Stay tuned for more in coming days!

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they presented during the September 2025 CCSC:MW Conference. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Stay tuned for more in coming days!

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during September 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Stay tuned for more in coming days!

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during August 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Stay tuned for more in coming days!

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during May through July 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/posts/ball-s... Stay tuned for more in coming days!

OTD 12/10/1815 Ada, Lady Lovelace, Born Daughter of Lord Byron. She worked with Charles Babbage on his Difference Engine and Analytical Engine. She died on November 27, 1852.   www.computerhistory.org/tdih/decembe... Image: Antoine Claudet, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

OTD: Dec. 9, 1906 Computer Pioneer Grace Hopper Born Grace Hopper, one of the first women to work on the computer, is born in New York City. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/decembe... Image: By James S. Davis - image released by United States Navy, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

We have great professors in our department, and now we have proof that @ballstate.bsky.social thinks too. Not only is our department chair, Jen Coy, a great professor, earlier this semester she was presented with the Outstanding Administrator Award. Read more... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The judging results are in for the twenty-fifth semi-annual CS 120 All-section Art Show! Take a look. Was your favorite chosen? www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/dl... #CS1 #ArtShow #MediaComputation #ComputerArt #Python @ballstate.bsky.social @proflargent.bsky.social

It's not too late, but it's getting close! If you have a concept of an idea, submit it now. The actual content is not required for a couple of days. We want this to be an eclectic zine, so everything will be considered--provided you submit it. Do it now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

OTDYesterday: Atari Corporation announces Pong, an early video game popular both at home and at video arcades on 11/29/1972. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/novembe... Photo: Chris Rand - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

As part of our celebrating 42 years as a department, we're creating a zine of contributions from students, faculty, and alumni. Everything will be considered--provided you submit it. Don't panic!, but do it now! The deadline is December 1. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our code says it may be time for the Department of Computer Science to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! So... Happy Thanksgiving everyone (if you're in the USA)!

The Ball State 25th semi-annual CS 1 Art Show is today! Our #CS1 course uses a #MediaComputation approach. 11 students are displaying their work on combining images in an #ArtShow. Take a look!⤵️⤵️ tinyurl.com/CSArtShowFal... @ballstate.bsky.social #ComputerArt @proflargent.bsky.social

"Landing the Tech Job: A Practical Guide for CS Students" Dr. Lin Zhang – Eli Lilly and Company Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 3:00 PM, RB 104

Digital Forensics Internship Delaware County High Tech Crimes Unit (HTCU) 11/20/25 2:00–3:00 PM in FB 253 Charles Zimmers and Kristofer Swanson of the Delaware County HTCU will discuss student intern analyst positions. Attend the meeting for more details.

"Automating IP prefix assignment in enterprise networks using tree and tree-like network topologies" Lee Blake – Computer Science Undergraduate Student Monday, November 17, 2025, 3:00 PM, RB 104

OTDY: Nov. 12, 1937 Alan Turing Defines the Universal Machine, later renamed the Turing Machine. Alan Turing’s paper entitled On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungs-problem appeared on November 12, 1937. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/novembe....

"Stepping into Research: My Journey to RE@Next!" Angeles Marin-Batana – Computer Science Alumni Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 3:00 PM, RB 104 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

OTD: Nov. 10, 1983 Microsoft announces a new product, Windows. After several delays, Windows 1.0 finally became available to the public in 1985. Although Windows 1.0 saw some use, the Windows interface did not gain general acceptance until version 3.0. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/novembe...

On Nov. 14th from 10 AM to 5 PM, attend the Symposium on Games hosted at Ball State University in the student center where you can play new and upcoming game demos, attend workshops on game development, and hear academic talks on emerging topics in game design and analysis. www.symposiumongames.org

OTD: Nov. 4, 1952 CBS News borrows a UNIVAC computer to make a scientific prediction of the 1952 presidential election, a race between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/novembe... Image: By U.S. Census Bureau; From Wikipedia: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

OTD: October 23, 2001 Apple ventures into the handheld and music entertainment markets with the iPod. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/october... Image: Matthieu Riegler, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...

🪐 Don’t Panic… but consider this: Today is the 66th day of the semester. Some might call that arbitrary. Others might call it… significant. Also, the our department marks 42 years since its founding. But, how are these related? Check out this post for more hints.   www.linkedin.com/posts/ball-s...

"Advanced Fraud Detection Methods in Imbalanced Data Environments" Azadeh Abdollah Zadeh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science Tech Talk Series Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3:00 PM, RB 104 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We think we have great professors in our department. @ballstate.bsky.social thinks so as well. Ladelle Diekhoff was recently awarded the University's Excellence in Teaching Award. Read more.👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

On October 4th and 5th we hosted a site of the NASA Space Apps hackathon. 15 people reviewed the challenges and formed into 4 teams to produce applications using NASA data. Their projects can be seen here: www.spaceappschallenge.org/2025/local-e... Winners will be announced on 10/12/2025.

NASA Space Apps Hackathon day ! :)

OTD: Oct 3, 1950: US Patent Office issued patent to Bardeen, Brattain, & Shockley for the transistor which led to development of semiconductors, microprocessors, & integrated circuits. www.computerhistory.org/tdih/october... Image: ArnoldReinhold, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

"Enhancing Knowledge Discovery: Truth Discovery, LLM-Powered Learning, and Novel Hypothesis Generation" Adithya Kulkarni–Assistant Professor of Computer Science TechTalk Series Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 3:00 PM in RB 104

Join us in person or virtually October 4th at Indiana's only site for the NASA Space Apps Challenge. Form teams, select from many different programming challenges, and make the best application to compete for local and global recognition. www.spaceappschallenge.org/2025/local-e...

"Creating and Exploring a New Class of Automata" by Brendan A De Leeuw 09/17/25 3:00 PM in RB 104 Abstract: I will introduce basics of automata theory, and show a few automata classes, some commonly studied and others less so. New automata classes will be built and related to the ones introduced.

OTD: The First Computer “Bug” In 1945, Grace Murray Hopper recorded the first instance of a "computer bug" in the Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our department was well represented in the recent @ballstate.bsky.social faculty awards. Ladelle Diekhoff was recognized with the Excellence in Teaching Award, and department chair Jennifer Coy was recognized with the Outstanding Administrator Award. We'll provide more details about each soon.

A quarter of our full time faculty were present to welcome the new freshmen at Saturday's Freshman Convocation. We're looking forward to being back in the classroom this week.

It's time to start another year at Ball State University, and we're excited to get started! The CS faculty and staff each recorded a brief welcome message for you. Here is our video compilation of those messages. We hope you enjoy. We have some new faces, so have a watch! youtu.be/NGeLZ0DUvNg

New names have appeared by three of our department's office doors. We're looking forward to having these three new professors on campus in a few weeks. Welcome!

Meet Kim Bechdolt 👋🏼 She is the “ray of sunshine” in our department office that keeps everything moving forward. Get to know her ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Ball State College of Sciences and Humanities launched a Cybersecurity Internship Space. The Cardinal Academy of Digital Security and Education (or CADSE) allows students to get real internship experience in the cybersecurity sector. More details👇 blogs.bsu.edu/csh/2025/05/...

Congrats to our @ballstate.bsky.social CS graduates. We captured photos of a few of you yesterday. We apologize if we missed you, but we encourage you to drop a photo of yourself in the comments.

We congratulate @ballstate.bsky.social graduates today, especially if they earned a CS Major or minor. To start the day, we highlight three of our graduates who are receiving Departmental Honors: Angeles Marin-Batana, Jadi Miller, Brooke Wright. More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The judging results are in for the twenty-fourth semi-annual CS 120 All-section Art Show! Take a look. Was your favorite chosen? #CS1 #ArtShow #MediaComputation #ComputerArt #Python @ballstate.bsky.social @proflargent.bsky.social More details ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

We're proud to announce the public release of 3 games created by students in our Game Design & Development program. Check them out here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The @BallState 24th semi-annual CS 1 Art Show is today! Our #CS1 course uses a #MediaComputation approach. 5 students are displaying their work on combining images in an #ArtShow. Take a look!⤵️⤵️ tinyurl.com/CSArtShowSpr... @ballstate.bsky.social #ComputerArt #programming @proflargent.bsky.social

CS TechTalk - Technology of Elections – Today & Tomorrow Monday, April 21, 2025, 3:00 – 3:50 pm, RB 353 Take a look!⤵️⤵️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Two professors in the department crossed significant years of service thresholds this year. Paul Gestwicki has served the department for 20 years, and @proflargent.bsky.social has served for 15 years. We congratulate both, and look forward to many more years.

Your contributions to the BSU Computer Science department on #OneBallState Day will support student trips, research, and other activities. These experiences have such a big impact on our students, and we are grateful for your support!  Thank you for your contributions.

We are closing in on completing our #OneBallState day challenges! Please help us reach our goals to continue to support our students in many areas – including impactful field trips to places like Genesys. oneballstate.bsu.edu/computerscie... Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...