CISDD News Archive

Spring ’08 IT Classes with School of Professional Studies Announced
1/10/2008

For the Spring 2008 semester, the CUNY School of Professional Studies (SPS), in partnership with CISDD, will be offering the following IT courses:

  • Advanced MS SQL Server 2005 for Programmers
  • Programming with Visual Basic .NET

Additionally, the School of Professional Studies is offering the following course independently:

  • Open Source Security Tools

For further details on all offered courses, Fall ’07 IT Classes with School of Professional Studies Announced
7/25/2007

For the Fall 2007 semester, the CUNY School of Professional Studies (SPS), in partnership with CISDD, will be offering the following IT courses:

  • Advanced MS SQL Server 2005 for Programmers
  • Programming with Visual Basic .NET
  • Advanced Enterprise Java

For further details, Free Trainings this Summer!
6/4/2007

FREE TRAINING FOR CUNY COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS!

Don’t miss your chance to sign up for The CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development’s (CISDD) free, hands-on, practical skills trainings.  These training courses are offered to students from any CUNY four-year college and are a great way to improve your skills, so don’t delay. Register now!

To qualify and apply you must:

  • have at least one semester remaining following the spring 2007 semester (summer session not included);
  • have finished a majority of the required coursework for your program;
  • be interested in obtaining a paid internship, through CISDD, with a New York City government agency; and
  • register with the CISDD Career Center at:  Free Training for CUNY Students
    10/4/2006

    Starting in January 2007, The CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD) will be offering free, hands-on, practical skills trainings classes to students from any CUNY four-year college who:

    • have at least one semester remaining following the spring 2007 semester (summer session not included);
    • have finished a majority of the required coursework for their program, and
    • are interested in obtaining a paid internship, through CISDD, with a New York City government agency

    These training courses are a great way to improve your skills, so don’t delay. Register now!

    More specific information regarding the upcoming classes – including the schedule – will be sent out at a later date.

    Tentative topics:

    • ASP.NET
    • Web Design
    • Linux & Open Source Technology
    • System Administration / Desktop Support
    • MS SQL Server 2005
    • Oracle Developer

    Please note that you must qualify to attend (resumes will be required to apply) and you can only attend one course....

    Ted Brown: Testimony to New York City Council
    6/28/2006

    Good afternoon. My name is Dr. Ted Brown and I am pleased to be here today to testify to the New York City Council’s Technology in Education Committee.  I serve as Executive Director of the CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD), an economic development initiative of CUNY that aims to grow the software industry in New York City....

    CUNY Convenes Second Annual Imaging and Visualization Faculty-Industry Meeting
    4/19/2006 New York, NY April 17, 2006 (NYSIA HOTWIRE)—The CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD) recently entered the world of 3-D technology commercialization, by hosting its second annual faculty-industry imaging and visualization event on April 4, 2006. The meeting, titled“3-D: University and Industry R&D Perspectives,” was funded by CISDD’s Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) grant from the National Science Foundation and held at the Graduate Center of CUNY.

    The full-day meeting, hosted by CISDD Executive Director Ted Brown, and chaired by City College of New York Associate Professor Zhigang Zhu, focused on new advances in 3-D technologies, and highlighted available opportunities for CISDD small business partners and CUNY faculty and staff.

    Michael Reed, Senior Research Associate for Blue Sky Studios, the creators of Ice Age: The Meltdown[2006], Robots [2005], and Ice Age [2002] delivered the meeting’s keynote on “Computational Aspects of Feature Animation....

    CUNY Software Team Completes First Of Six Innovative Industry Projects
    3/23/2006

    NEW YORK, N.Y. (PRWEB)---The CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD) announced the completion of the first of six collaborative R&D projects pairing CUNY faculty and graduate students with private sector firms to develop advanced software technologies. Dr....

    City University of New York Provides IT Interns to City Agencies
    12/19/2005

    The City University of New York's CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD) has an information technology internship program that provides New York City agencies with trained technical interns and provides students with valuable work experience....

    At CUNY, Giving Workers a Leg Up
    10/2/2005 Louis-Jean Wesner, Neville Williams and Warkah Scott hunched over a small circuit board at the New York City College of Technology in downtown Brooklyn and practiced measuring changes in the voltage and current. All three work in the subway system, for New York City Transit. Mr. Wesner, a signal maintenance helper, wants to advance to a more challenging job....

    A Rising Profile for CUNY Software Institute
    8/21/2005

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    CUNY makes grade as high-tech adviser
    4/21/2003

    Two years ago, Michelle Baker, a computer scientist with half a dozen patents under her belt, started up a company to develop business applications for an e-mail technology that would allow for bill paying and the exchange of medical information. The only problem was that the system required new software to ensure that all transfers would be secure, and Ms. Baker, president of Manhattan-based Umbanet Inc., had no expertise in security....

    Two Area Projects Tapped for State Tech Grants
    1/10/2001

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    Oversight: Challenges and Potential of Technology at The City University of New York
    11/17/2000

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    La Guardia Community College Receives $600,000 Grant to Develop New Media Curriculum
    6/11/2000

    NEW YORK, June 11, 2000 -- LaGuardia Community College, of the City University of New York, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a curriculum that focuses on new media and Internet technologies.

    The curriculum, when it is launched next spring, will train some 200 students for entry into the work force as web masters, Internet programmers, web designers, and e-business analysts, said Dr. Lawrence Muller, program director.

    Under the three-year grant, the College will also establish a professional development component where faculty will be trained to teach the high-tech courses....

    A New High-Tech Marriage Unveiled
    3/16/2000

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    CUNY and Silicone Alley Join Forces in New Software Initiative
    2/18/2000 A new City University of New York initiative based at The Graduate Center will further economic development of New York City’s software industries. Called the CUNY Institute of Software Design and Development (CISDD) at The Graduate Center, it will draw on faculty from all 17 campuses to facilitate the creation of software to be used by the City’s burgeoning Silicon Alley.

    City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein said: "The software development industry in New York is poised for rapid growth and job creation, and The City University should play a central role in this expansion. Through the Institute, CUNY will unite and energize the faculty, students, and professionals who will help make New York City a national leader in software development....

    NYSTAR Successes
    1/15/2000 The City University of New York Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD) received a NYSTAR Technology Transfer Incentive Program grant to work with several New York City-based early stage software companies to develop and/or improve their product lines. The specific goal of each software development project was the development and integration of linear regression, cluster analysis and data visualization modules into existing products.

    CISDD worked with Syllogy to integrate the linear regression, cluster analysis and data visualization modules into a software system that allows users to specify complex selection and segmentation rules to large databases, primarily for marketing applications.

    Umbanet is developing security architecture to allow secure transactions via existing email software....

    NY schools invest, link with industry to catch up with other wired cities
    11/22/1999

    Spurred by skyrocketing demand for high-tech workers, the city's colleges and universities are scrambling to ramp up their computer science programs.

    They are hiring faculty, crafting new courses, and building partnerships with industry. They see prowess in high-tech teaching and research as critical to their role in the city's economy and to their own viability as academic institutions.

    "The new programs help us reach out and redefine the role of a technological university in a global city like New York," says David Chang, president of Polytechnic University in Brooklyn....