MIDWEST
COLLEGIATE
COMPUTING
CONFERENCE
2023

March 24-25, 2023
mwc3.org

TITLE SPONSOR:
Open Systems Technologies

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13 Faculty
19 Sponsors
69 Undergraduate Students
Thank You For Another Great Year!

Venue

Grand Valley State University: PEW Campus
L.V. Eberhard Conference Center
301 Fulton St. W
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Facilities Provided By:

Fulton Parking Lot Address: 312 W. Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
The gate will automatically open for you when you enter. You actually park under the overpass.

From 131 South:
US-131 North to the Pearl Street Exit, #85B. Turn left onto Pearl Street and proceed one block beyond the US-131 overpass to Mt Vernon Ave and turn left, in two blocks turn left on Fulton St. The Fulton Lot will be on your right.

From 131 North:
Take US-131 South to the Pearl Street exit (keep to the right of the on-ramp to US-131 as this becomes the off-ramp for Pearl Street). You will then merge onto Mt. Vernon Ave. Continue on Mt. Vernon until you come to a light at Fulton St, turn left here. Under the US-131 Overpass, the Fulton Lot will be on your right.

MWC3 has negotiated a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn across the street from the Eberhard Center for your convenience if you would like to stay in downtown Grand Rapids on Wednesday and/or Thursday night, March 20 - 22. The block of rooms has been reserved for our schools at a reduced rate through March 5, 2024. If you do not reserve room(s) by that date, the block will be relinquished.

Click here to reserve rooms for you school if desired.






Speakers

Lunch & Speaker

What is AI and How to Use It

Allison Bolen is a 2019 GVSU graduate with a degree in computer science. For the past four years, she has been working as a software consultant at OST primarily focused on back-end technologies and Azure Cloud development tools. She has built APIs, data migrations, and customer messaging systems for companies such as Little Caesars and Meijer. Additionally, she has a background in AI that began with a college research project called Save The Bees which earned her the Kinschi Undergraduate Research Fellowship Funding award and a presentation spot at the PyOhio Conference in 2019.

Awards Banquet & Keynote Address

Josh Hulst is the co-founder and managing partner of Michigan Software Labs, creator of transformational software solutions for middle market and Fortune 500 companies alike. He is a graduate of the GE Edison Engineering Development Program, winner of the State of Michigan’s Code Michigan event, and a contributor to IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security.

Breakout Sessions



How to Communicate with Users


Interviewing Workshop - Sponsored By TekSystems

Competitions

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Some Competitions are denoted with special labels such as Beginner Competition. These labels indicate something special about the type / difficulty of the competition. Some Competitions are denoted with some supported platform icons such as These icons indicate what platforms will be required to be able to compete in the competition.


.NET Development with Visual Studio

 

Learning Competition

Cybersecurity

       

Data Analytics I with MS Office

 

Data Analytics II with Tableau

   

Database Design

     

Learning Competition

ERP with ScrimmageSIM

       

Java Development

     

Beginner Competition

Mainframe Systems with IBM Z Xplore

     

Learning Competition

Microcontroller Fundamentals with Arduino

     

Network Design

     

Beginner Competition

Project Management with SimProject

       

Python Development

     

System Analysis and Design

Schedule

Friday, March 24 2023

Competition
Breakout
Event

Saturday, March 25 2023

Competition
Breakout
Event

Contact

Dr. John Reynolds

Conference Coordinator

mwc3foundation@gmail.com

(616) 204-7315

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