Monthly Archives: September 2012

Intro class to iOS mobile development

 

The Research Park is pleased to announce the second introductory class to iOS mobile development.  We had great response to our first class last Spring, and based upon input from the instructor and participants, we’ve kept the best and made adjustments to make it even better.

As before, this offering will be an eight-week, Wednesday-night, class, meeting from 6:00-8:00pm, with light dinner provided.  Classes will begin on Wednesday, October 3, and run through the end of November.  The class will include an introduction to the Xcode 4 environment, Objective C, and application development for iOS devices.  The Fall class will be a mixture of lecture and hands-on labs to reinforce learning.  Unlike the first class, we will not be working on projects for outside departments or companies, but we will work on developing sample apps for purely pedagogical value.  We are happy to announce that our instructor will once again be Mike Haberman, a University employee with years of professional iOS development experience, assisted by our MBA/IT intern at EnterpriseWorks, LJ Wong, who, among other applications for iOS, developed the recently released Research Park app for iOS.  The cost of the eight-week class will be $150.

Once again, enrollment will be limited to enhance the learning experience, and we expect to have a lot of applicants for this class, so anyone interested should apply on-line at http://go.illinois.edu/iosclass, by the end of October 1.  Because the goal of this class is workforce development, we will give highest priority to those interested in working in the mobile application space as an entrepreneur or an employee of a company developing mobile applications.  We strongly suggest applicants have some programming experience, with object oriented programming experience being particularly valuable.

Questions or concerns?  Contact Jay Geistlinger, Manager of Information Technology, University of Illinois Research Park and EnterpriseWorks, ghost@illinois.edu.

Undergrad internships at NCSA

 

NCSA is looking for Illinois undergraduate students who have big ideas and the creativity, skill, and drive needed to bring them to life. 

Join NCSA from 4 to 6 pm Oct. 24 for NCSA SPIN (Students Pushing Innovation). Meet with NCSA staff and learn more about their research and areas of expertise, such as high-performance computational modeling, big data, 3D visualization, and more. Participating organizations and projects include: Blue Waters, XSEDE, the Illinois Informatics Institute, eDream, and the Illinois Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science. Free snacks will be provided.

NCSA offering up to 15 paid innovation fellowships—selected students will work with NCSA mentors during the Spring 2013 semester on projects related to the center's interests and areas of expertise. Fellowship proposals are due Nov. 9. 

For more information, see http://go.illinois.edu/opportunities.

Questions? Contact spin@ncsa.illinois.edu

Welcome Informatics PhD candidates

Fourteen students joined two to make up the first cohort of Informatic PhD students.  This photo was taken by E. Paul Ponder at a reception held on August 24, 2012.