“I try to hide when I’m running him,” Seng said. “There have been people who come up and they are just confused.”
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Cal Poly students create their own type of Uber for greek life
A web app called Ridetrackr has been made to improve the use of designated drivers throughout greek life. Computer Science seniors Collin Dutter and Ethan Harlig were inspired to create this app after watching their fraternity members struggle to communicate through texts and phone calls with their designated drivers each weekend. Ridetrackr users can join […]
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Hackerman: Former Cal Poly student avoids jail time for cyber crime
Former Cal Poly student Sean Tiernan was sentenced to two years of probation for creating and selling a botnet.
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How high tech industry salaries affect computer science department
While Cal Poly mandates that students choose their major before coming to school to give them a head start, that system hasn’t benefited computer science senior Darryl Vo. In order to get classes in the computer science department, crashing was the only option. “The current system just relies too much on crashing,” Vo said. “You […]
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Phishing for information: How to detect and prevent attacks
Every day, Cal Poly receives millions of spam messages, according to Information Technology Services (ITS) Deputy CIO Ryan Matteson. While students don’t see a majority of the spam they receive, numbers show that universities across the country are a target for cyber security attacks. According to Symantec’s 2015 report, educational institutions were the third most […]
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Former computer science lecturer under investigation for possession of child pornography
Timothy Hawkins was arrested in late May 2015 and arraigned June 1, when he pled not guilty to all charges.
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Computer science aiming for more female students
Computers are everywhere: on our desks, next to our beds, in our TVs and in our pockets. In a business that infiltrates almost every aspect of our lives, it is hard to believe nearly half the population is not represented, simply because of gender. This is the case, though, in the computing industry, where men […]