Welcome back to the Spring 2012 Semester. To help you finalize your course selections for the Spring, here are a few additional pieces of information, including alternative offerings for 509/29 and 519/39, new and exciting courses that are not yet listed in the catalog, additional options for satisfying the elective core requirement, and a list of courses that are available in distance education format.
The Fall 2011 semester is only a few days away; we're looking forward to seeing you all back on campus at the end of August. There are a few things that you may not be familiar with and I would like to explain those to you. These include course pairs TCOM 509/529 and TCOM 519/539 being offered as full-semester courses, a reminder of courses that were recently introduced, options for meeting the Elective Core requirement, and the courses that are available as on-line distance education courses.
If you plan to participate these events, please make sure to come to the campus early enough. Because of these events, trafic around and in the campus will be heavier than usual and also parking will not be easy to find.
A team compromised of eight student from the MS in Telecommunications program presented their work on satellite clusters at the First Annual SSPI Student Engineering Competition and was awarded the first place by a panel of judges from industry and academia. Congratulations go to James Bonner, Gregory Bock, Rishab Jaiswal, Neha Nagar, Amit Puranik, Kyurim Rhee, Edward Sestak, Vidya Venugopal for their outstanding work and very professional presentation.
Experiencing technology described and seen in textbooks in the real-world is sometimes a rare experience for graduate students. A local museum within easy driving distance from the GMU Fairfax campus provided just such an opportunity for the students of TCOM 556 Cryptography and Network Security first hand to learn about, see and touch technology used in this ever changing field. The National Cryptologic Museum located near Fort Meade, Maryland has an extensive collection of machines and displays of Cryptographic and Information Assurance artifacts.
The Spring semester is nearly here and I want to take the opportunity to welcome you back for the new semester. At the same time, this note contains some clarification and additional information about the courses offered in the MS in TCOM program in the upcoming semester. Read carefully about new or rarely offered courses, options to meet the elective core requirement, and courses offered on-line.
The university has made some changes in its policy for distance education courses with an associated, simultaneous in-class section. This may be of interest to students even if they usually come to campus for their classes.
Amit Puranik, a second year student in the MS in Telecommunications program at George Mason University, was selected as the first recipient of the SSPI scholarship, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Satellite Professionals International. He was presented with this award by representatives from SSPI at the Volgenau School's Best and Brightest Reception on October 8.
A large number of new TCOM students attended yesterday's Graduate Student Orientation. Important information about the Telecommunications program and its structure was discussed to allow students to hit the ground running. A copy of the slides from the orientation is attached below.
The Fall semester is only a few weeks away; we're looking forward to seeing you all back on campus at the end of August. As in prior semesters, there are a few changes that you may not be familiar with and I would like to explain those to you. These include course pairs TCOM 509/529 and TCOM 519/539 being offered as full-semester courses, a reminder of courses that were recently introduced, and the courses that are available as on-line distance education courses.
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A team compromised of eight student from the MS in Telecommunications program presented their work on satellite clusters at the First Annual SSPI Student Engineering Competition and was awarded the first place by a panel of judges from industry and academia. Congratulations go to James Bonner, Gregory Bock, Rishab Jaiswal, Neha Nagar, Amit Puranik, Kyurim Rhee, Edward Sestak, Vidya Venugopal for their outstanding work and very professional presentation.
Contributed by Prof. John Masiyowski