Bill Steinmetz (Dr. Bill's Bio)
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dowling College
Oakdale, NY 11769
(516) 244-3186 (Voice)
(516) 244-1033 (Fax)
E-mail meHi. Welcome to my virtual office. When you visit the campus, you can find me in Kramer Science Center, Room 115 during the times listed below. If those times aren't convenient for you, just drop me an email and we can arrange to get together. The following is my schedule for the Spring 2003 semester.
Time
Tuesday
Thursday
12:00 - 1:00 PM OFFICE OFFICE 1:00 - 3:00 PM CSC 012N CSC 012N 5:00 - 5:30 PM OFFICE OFFICE 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Time
Wednesday
1:30 - 2:30 PM
OFFICE
5:30 - 8:10 PM
For those of you who have yet to study Java or want to brush up, you might check out Sun's Java Tutorial. I would suggest that you download Sun's JDK compiler. Then, proceed to download the free version of a very nice IDE (Integrated Development Environment) called JCreator. Finally, for the early part of the introductory course CSC 012, I recommend that you download UltraEdit, a very nice editor.
Dowling Computer Club
If you're interested in joining with your fellow students in developing and maintaining a web site, or pursuing your exploration of computer hardware or software, you might want to consider joining the Dowling Computer Club. Just follow the link for further details:
Dowling College Computer Club Web Site
ACM Programming Contest
The coach of this year's winning team from China was recently interviewed by ACM. You might find his comments interesting:
World Champion Coach Shares Strategy
The complete list of problems from the 2002 World Finals can be downloaded at:
Next Fall's ACM Programming Contest is already scheduled for Columbia University in New York City. If you want to participate in a competitive programming event with Dowling's crack programming team, check out the following link, and then drop me an email.
2002 ACM Greater New York Regional Collegiate Programming Contest
Incidentally, apparently it's not just academic anymore. Industry is beginning to use competitions to evaluate potential employees. Check out the following article:
Tournaments Become Latest High-Tech Recruiting Tool (Boston Globe 5/6/02)
Java in the News
I'll be putting up some interesting Java links, so keep checking in to see what's happening in the ever-changing world of Java. If you find some interesting links, email me and I'll put it up here.
InformationWeek - Demand For Java Begins To Percolate (August 1, 2002)
A story about the folks who invented Object Oriented Programming (OOP) can be found at:
Computing's Highest Honor Awarded to Inventors of Dominant Programming StyleWill Java jumpstart the mobile Web
JavaOne brings flurry of tools announcements - Computerworld AppWeb Development Knowledge Center
Think you're a top notch programmer? Check this site out.
TopCoder HomeTopCoder Press Room (The Finalists!!!)
Strong Java - Emerging Technology - CIO Magazine Nov 152001
Wireless Java in Steep Growth Curve
The Java Boutique Free Java Applets Games Programming Tutorials and Downloads
Employment
The following link has some information about programming jobs. I can't guarantee that the information is up to date, but I'll continue to gather openings as I discover them.
