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The Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems kicked off the Fall 2024 semester with a slate of engaging student events to bring our community back together and spark some fresh ideas for the beginning of the new school year.

On September 11, the annual Seidenberg Community Day was held on the Pleasantville campus, while the New York City edition of the event was held on September 18. Both Community Days provided students with the opportunity to explore the many clubs and resources that are integral to the Seidenberg experience. The students who attended had the opportunity to meet Seidenberg faculty and staff, fellow students, and they got to know more about Seidenberg’s labs and programs like the Design Factory, Blue CoLab, Robotics Lab, as well as student clubs like Women in Tech and the Cybersecurity Club. The event was also attended by the likes of eSports, Career Services, and the Pforzheimer Honors College, so that the attendees could learn more about resources that the school has to offer.

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Also on September 18, Seidenberg launched the 1st Annual Pleasantville Grand Prix, offering students a hands-on opportunity to test their engineering, coding, and problem-solving skills. Small teams of students were led by Professor Matt Ganis, and worked together to build, program, and troubleshoot their own robot cars. This event kicked things off and familiarized the students with the robot building phase, and will be followed by another : Programming and Troubleshooting on September 25, and the final Race Day on October 2.

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On September 20, Dr. Soheyla Amirian hosted AI: Separating Fact from Hyperbole, the first event of many to come in the ÌÒñ«ÉçÇø AI Series of topical conversations about artificial intelligence with experts. Over Zoom, she moderated a conversation with Dr. Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Kavcic-Moura Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, who delivered a thought-provoking lecture on the evolving dialogue surrounding AI and its societal impacts.