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

We think we have great professors in our department. Ball State thinks so as well. Ladelle Diekhoff was recently awarded the University's Excellence in Teaching Award. Read more.👇 linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

"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 linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

🪐 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. How are these related? Check this out for hints. linkedin.com/posts/ball-sta…

OTD: October 23, 2001 Apple ventures into the handheld and music entertainment markets with the iPod. computerhistory.org/tdih/october/2… Image: Matthieu Riegler, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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. computerhistory.org/tdih/november/… Image: By U.S. Census Bureau; Copied from Wikipedia: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu…

On November 14 from 10 AM to 5 PM, attend the Symposium on Games hosted at Ball State University 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. symposiumongames.org

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. computerhistory.org/tdih/november/…

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

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. computerhistory.org/tdih/november/….

"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

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.

"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

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/CSArtShowFall25 Ball State CSH #ComputerArt David Largent

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)!

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/1FAI…

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

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/1FAI…