[Electronic Version]
Computer Science Graduate Student Newletter
No. 1994-10
September 1, 1994
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COSC  Welcomes 2 New Lecturers 

The department welcomes two new lecturers this semester.  
Dr. Robert Lea, a Senior Software Engineer at LinCom, 
will be teaching COSC 6303 (Numerical Analysis).  Dr. 
Lea received his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from the 
University of Houston in 1972.  He has over 30 years of 
engineering experience at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Dr. Douglas Moore will be teaching COSC 3340 (Automata) 
this semester.  Dr. Moore is currently a Computer 
Science Research Scientist at Rice University.  His 
research interests include Geometric Modeling, 
Computational Geometry, Parallel Algorithms and Data 
Structures, and Graph Algorithms.  Dr. Moore received 
his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Cornell 
University in 1992.

The two part-time lecturers will share an office 
(513-PGH) in the department.

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New Equipment Access Fee Set at $50

Students registering for Computer Science courses will 
find a new fee added to their fee bill.  The new "COSC 
Equipment Access Fee" goes into effect recently.  The 
income generated from this fee will be used exclusively 
for the purchase and maintenance of equipment used by 
students as well as for teaching.

For 1994-95, the fee is $50 per semester for students 
taking 3 or more credit hours of COSC courses.  
Students, COSC-majors or otherwise, have to pay the fee 
for taking COSC courses. 

"It will provide us with a predictable income of about 
$60K per year," said J. C. Huang in a recent faculty 
meeting.  All COSC students will be able to have a 
computer account on COSC's Unix cluster.  E-Mail 
stations, complete with printers, will be set up later 
for easy access to e-mail.  Account applications for 
undergraduate COSC majors will be accepted shortly.

In the past, the department charged a $20 "Lab Fee" on 
most of the programming courses (e. g. 1410, 2410, 3410, 
3480, and 4370).  These fees will no longer be charged.  
The university charges a separate "Computer Use Fee" 
which is $50 per semester for those taking 9+ credit 
hours.  Computer use fee is collected by the University 
Computer Center for the computer facilities campus-wide.

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COSC Committee Assignment

Elections were held in a recent faculty meeting for 
positions on various department committees.  Committee 
assignments and other positions appointed by the 
Chairman are listed below.  

   Assistant Chairman: Rusinkiewicz
   Dir. of Undergraduate Studies: Rusinkiewicz
   Dir. of Graduate Studies: S. Huang
   Executive Committee: Leiss, King, Johnson, Bastani, 
	Anderson
   Faculty Search Committee: Paris, Anderson, Bastani
   Curriculum Committee: Rusinkiewicz, Tan, S. Huang
   Equipment Committee: Banawan, King, Verma
   Scholarship Committee: Verma, S. Huang, Anderson
   NSM Faculty Development Leave: King
   NSM Academic Honesty Hearing Panel: Eick
   University Library: K. Cheng
   Department library: A. Cheng
   ACM Faculty Advisor: A. Cheng
   Department Seminar: Eick

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New PC's and X-terminals Up and Running

Thirty-seven IBM-Compatible 486 PC's are up and running 
in the new "1410 Lab".  Many students helped in setting 
up the lab in 376-PGH.  The software installed includes 
Turbo C++, Microsoft Office (DB, Spreadsheet, Word, etc.).

Nineteen new X-terminals were installed in 385-PGH 
recently.  They are open to all students in the College.  
In addition, our Digital Logic Lab has been moved 
temporarily from 210-PGH to 533-PGH (inside the COSC 
Library).