Computer Science

The Saint Anselm Gaming Association (SAGA) is an association of students who have an interest in a variety of games, including computer games, video games, role playing games, board games, strategy games, and collectable card games. Strategic sports such as laser tag and paintball are also included. The association hosts tournaments, fairs, competitions, and conventions.

This is the C.S. Major Center where you will find most of the CS student hanging out or busy doing their assignments. This lab contains about 15 desktops computers with Windows 10  64bit installed and configured for student use. These computers often have CentOS Linux available as virtual machines using VMware virtualization software as course work dictates. The computers are configured with all the software needed for Computer Science courses. Students can also bring their personal laptop and work in the CS Lab over the wireless network. The department provides much of the course related software to students at no cost for installation onto their personal computing platform. Network printers are available for use with all the computers and students frequently print their assignments and reading material. The lab also has a scanner. A work table equipped with paper cutter, tape dispenser, and stapler are available to students.

The Computer Science Department hosts its own internship program. Computer Science majors have the option to pursue internships through the Computer Science Department or the internship office. Students who obtain internships through the Computer Science Department earn computer science credit. For details on internships through the Internship Office, please see their webpage.

Enhancing Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education Learning Communities: This grant is awarded by New Hampshire EPSCoR to projects contributing to enhancing inclusive excellence for New Hampshire Communities Initiative by creating a STEM project targeted at refugee, immigrant and underrepresented high school freshman. The STEM unit will expand the offerings of the Access Academy at Saint Anselm College, a program that engages refugee, immigrant and underrepresented high school youth in semester-long campus experiences which promote school success and prepare students for college.

The freshman year STEM project involves Biodiversity Mapping Project using GPS technology to capture and record wildlife and plant life in a biodiverse wetland area using Google Earth to develop a biodiversity map of the Avery Brook Watershed in Francestown, NH. The sophomore year experience will be a Computational Approach to Problem Solving. The project will forge new partnerships between Saint Anselm College, a local high school, and the property owners and conservation volunteers associated with the Avery Brook Watershed. As the project grows, it is hoped that we will expand to draw students from more local high schools, and to create partnerships with local science and technology companies and other environmental sites.

Co-Investigators:

• Carol Traynor, Sc.D.
• Rajesh Prasad, Ph.D.

The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science The Hour of Code began as a one-hour coding challenge to give students a fun first introduction to computer science and has become a global learning event, celebration, and awareness event. HourOfCode.com offers hundreds of one-hour activities in over 48 languages for kindergarten and up. Activities require no experience and can be run on browsers, tablets, and smartphones - some don’t require any computer at all.

The Computer Science Department will host an Hour of Code at Saint Anselm College on December 4, 2018!  If you are interested in participating please contact Dr. Carol Traynor at ctraynor@anselm.edu.  Check back here to see how you can participate in the Saint Anselm College Hour of Code.

Father Ralph Cinque Award
The faculty of the Computer Science Department established the Father Ralph Cinque Award in memory of Father Ralph, a monk of Saint Anselm Abbey who was instrumental in initiating the Computer Science program at the College. The award is given to a student majoring in Computer Science who has distinguished himself or herself through a combination of academic achievement and service to the department.

Recipients of the Fr. Ralph Cinque, O.S.B. Award in computer science:

• 2015 - Domingos Neves
• 2014 - Emily Dutile
• 2013 - Erin Boudreau
• 2011 - Jonathan Arsenault
• 2010 - Michael Torra
• 2009 - Christopher Orlandella

Creating an e-reader application or a predictive personalized algorithm are all in a day's work for Web developer, Jonathon O'Reilly, of the class of 2013.

The math major, computer science minor, works at Christianbooks.com where he was hired upon completing an internship with the organization the spring semester of his senior year.

Christianbook.com is an online Christian book distribution company that sells books, e-books, music, and more. It is the largest religious catalog company in the world, sending out more than 65 mailings of unique catalogs to millions of customers each year. The Boston Globe named the local organization the fifth best place to work in 2011 and the 14th in 2012.

On campus, Jon was captain of the men's lacrosse team and named Male Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was named to the Dean's List six times, inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National Student Athlete Honor Society, and a member of Saint Anselm College's TAU Chapter of the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society.

He won the Paul S. Coleman Service Award for the athletic department in 2012 and was also a Presidential Scholarship recipient.

He was a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, an altar server at the Abbey Church, a New Student Orientation Leader, and worked in the Academic Resource Center Tutor and Mentor Program.