CIS News
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UFV grad follows a dream from South America to Canada, from Engineering to CIS
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After Ricardo Jahns Gigglburger graduated with an engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration, he thought his schooling was over.
It seemed, however, that school was not quite done with him.
“I discovered Computer Science when I was about to finish my Engineering degree, and I immediately knew that computers would be my passion,” Ricardo explains. Discovering this passion could not have come at a worse time. On the brink of graduation, Ricardo made the choice to continue on his current path rather than start from scratch again. Read more...
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CIS students help local health authority manage data quality
Ever try to find a needle in a haystack? Even when you’re not sure what it looks like or if it’s even there at all? That’s the closest analogy to what four University of the Fraser Valley computer information systems (CIS) students and one mathematics student were doing onsite with the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) for the past few months.
UFV and Scorpion Software partner to give students industry experience
Most of us lament the number of passwords we have to remember in our busy lives; everything from bank cards to voice mail, email, and even the library requires an access code. The temptation is strong to make them all ‘12345’ or ‘password’, even though we all know better. Even complex passwords are far too easy to share, steal, or guess, if you’re an unsavoury character looking to access someone else's accounts. Imagine what it’s like if you’re a business owner trying to protect hundreds or thousands of accounts on its corporate network.
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Left to right: Michael Harder (Abbotsford); Cody Marbach (Chilliwack); Helmut Wollenburg
(Chilliwack); Maxwell Mooney (Abbotsford); Jon VanderMey (Langley); Brent Hunter (Chilliwack);
Dana Epp, CEO & Owner, Scorpion Software. |
UFV's pushpin Mario gets virtual, and some very real, attention
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It started as hijinks. Tired of studying and filling time between classes, a handful of computer students at the University of the Fraser Valley pulled a few push pins off a bulletin board in the campus hallway. The students pulled out a few more, and then almost absentmindedly made a colourful image with the brightly coloured tacks.
The Push Pin Team
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