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New summer 2010 graduate Special Topics course on Agile Product Development and Management
Posted: 2010/1/24
Quickly responding to rapidly changing and often volatile business environment is critical to business success. Such rapid changes and volatile environment have created an urgent need for agile processes for developing new products and services. Agile product management, product development and project management methods are proving that they can deliver innovative products and services rapidly in today's fast-paced global markets. More...
The Semantic Web will be offered as a CSC 9010 (Special Topics) course in the Spring of 2010. In this course we will cover a brief history of the web and explains the concept of the "semantic web." Then we will have the technical explanation on the technologies used for building the semantic web. Starting from URIs and namespaces, then moving up XML and XMLS Datatypes, RDF and RDF/XML, RDFS and Individuals, OWL, and lastly, applications that can be built to make use of all the layers underneath. More...
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161 Mendel Science Center
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085-1699 -
Undergraduate
- Phone: (610) 519-7307
- Fax: (610) 519-7889
- csdept@villanova.edu
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Graduate
- Phone: (610) 519-7310
- Fax: (610) 519-7889
- gradcomputing@villanova.edu
Where Are You Now?
Jason Dobies, also known as "Jay" or "General", graduated from Villanova as a Computer Science and Mathematics major in 2001. During his junior and senior years he interned with Lockheed Martin as a visual basic programmer. After graduating from Villanova he worked for five different companies within five years. For the past four years however, he has settled in with Red Hat as a senior software engineer. He enjoys this job because of the freedom it provides as well as the pride that the company has in its workers. Red Hat makes open source software easier to use for other major corporations.
While working for Red Hat, Jay realized how much he wanted to help other people. He believes that teaching is a great way to fulfill that ambition. After earning Masters in Software Engineering from Drexel University he applied to teach at Villanova. In the Spring of 2008 he started teaching Data Structures and Algorithms II. He is able to incorporate real world examples that he sees day to day in his work at Red Hat into his classroom. He also supplies the students with personal advice on surviving college and choosing a job or internship.
Jay is happily married to his wife (duh), whom he met during his junior year at Villanova (they were married in the Villanova Church). They are currently living in New Jersey with their two-year old daughter. If you ever need a good laugh or advice, you can catch him on campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays, usually sitting in the Connelly Center.
