TCF

03/27/2025

3 days left until TCF 2025! Here is a peak at the TCNJ ECE Department's Senior Project presentations that will be taking place on Track 10!

03/25/2025

4 days until TCF 2025!! Here is a quick look at the talks coming this Saturday on Tracks 8 and 9. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

03/25/2025

TCF 2025 just 5 days away ! A further look at the talks and workshops coming this Saturday :)

03/24/2025

The countdown begins ! TCF 2025 is only 6 days away, featuring 11 tracks with unique talks and workshops from professionals, academics, hobbyists, and more! Hope you have your tickets ready- see you soon!

03/18/2025

The College of New Jersey School of Engineering invites you to join us at TCF 2025 to celebrate the storied history of the Trenton Computer Festival, which is the longest running festival for computers and technology in the world.

This year we mark the end of our decades-long role as the event’s organizer and sponsor, and 2025 will be the only running of TCF without its co-founder and driving force, and our colleague, Dr. Al Katz. We want to take this moment to recognize the outsized impact that Dr. Katz has had on the success of TCF – leading it through periods of exponential growth, and regularly attracting industry luminaries like John Mauchly (designed the first electronic computer), Gary Kildall (developed the first microcomputer operating system), Brian Kernighan (who coined the term “Hello, world!”), Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation and GNU), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Bjarne Stroustrup (inventor of C++) and, this year, Dale Dougherty, founder of Make magazine, the worldwide Maker Faires, and the modern “Maker Movement”.

Every year Dr. Katz worked tirelessly to produce a varied program designed to appeal to a broad audience of tech enthusiasts. So we invite everyone to make an extra effort to be with us this year, and share in this major milestone for TCF.

At the conclusion of this year’s festival the Princeton Central Jersey Section of IEEE Computer Society and the ACM will assume the role of TCF organizer and sponsor, and thus a new era for TCF will begin!

03/11/2025

03/02/2025

Some important announcements regarding TCF 2025! Just a few weeks away!

Please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tcf2025-tickets-1041863209907?internal_ref=social&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY3TbTdXE7RujxYy2f2_iJjTXY-aahafUpbEtzd3Lcak2p3XxNGxRfLop8_aem_1h_Xn8JFCUVPiTy2fFidEA
to purchase tickets for both entry and banquet tickets and https://tcf-nj.org/ for our website!

TCF is organized by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The College of New Jersey, a non-profit institution. Money collected goes to defraying the costs of TCF, and any unused funds go to educational programs.

Please direct any questions regarding TCF to Larry Pearlstein, at email [email protected].

03/02/2025

TCF 2025 will feature an interesting talk from Otherworld Philadelphia technical leads, Matt Schenck and David Skovron. Otherworld Philadelphia is an interactive and immersive art experience featuring ground breaking technology. We are so excited to hear about our speakers' experience working on such a unique project!

02/17/2025

Sneak peak at TCF Talks Track 2! These talks will also discuss this year's theme: Fun With Technology. We have so many interesting topics lined up for TCF 2025 and we hope to see you there!

02/15/2025

We are excited to provide details about TCF 2025 Keynote speaker, Dale Dougherty's talk!! Known for his influential work in the Maker Movement, we are excited to hear what Dale has to say about his experience!