School of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

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the Outreach Roadshow

Presents

Supported in part by the NSF-ALADDIN CenterCarnegie Mellon University

Computer Science is all about solving problems……

and using the computer to help solve some very difficult problems

Who We Are

Stephanie Rosenthal

Ruth Wylie

Who can do Computer Science

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Who is a Computer Scientist?

Ready to guess

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What is

Computer Scienceand

What can you do with it

A farmer has to get the sheep, the carrot and the wolf over the river to the grassy field.

But he can only take one of them with him at a time …

Problem SolvingLearn how to build Algorithms…a sequence of steps/instructions to solve a problem

Algorithm Puzzle:

If left alone,

Problem Solving

The wolf will eat the sheepThe sheep will eat the carrot

A computer can only do what it is told to do

A program is a set of instructions telling a machine what to do

Programming involves learning how to write instructions that do specific tasks

COMPUTER SCIENCE IS SO MUCH MORE!

What is Programming?

Can you solve the code?

FPVRAPR

Key

A = N

B = O

C = P

D = Q

E = R

F = S

G = T

H = U

I = V

J = W

K = X

L = Y

M = Z

Decode the secret word:

Cryptography

Creating WebsitesCreating Websites

The Internet

Computer Scientists learn how the internet and email and IM work and help to improve these

systems

E-mail and IM

Smiley Emoticon

Art + Computers = Graphics

Human Computer Interaction

Human Computer Interaction

Human Computer Interaction

The Turing Test & Human Computation

The CAPTCHA & reCAPTCHA projects was developed by computer scientists from the Aladdin Center at Carnegie Mellon

http://www.captcha.net

Can you tell the difference between a human and a computer?

The Turing Test & Human Computation

The CAPTCHA & reCAPTCHA projects was developed by computer scientists from the Aladdin Center at Carnegie Mellon

http://www.captcha.net

Can you tell the difference between a human and a computer?

Artificial Intelligencex

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Plan

Act

Sense

CameraSonarLaser range-finders

PlanningSchedulingMachine Learning

ManipulationLocomotionNavigation

Robotics

Plan

Act

Sense

CameraSonarLaser range-finders

PlanningSchedulingMachine Learning

ManipulationLocomotionNavigation

Robotics

RoboCup

Computer scienceMathematics and logicJoin the math club (?)ScienceJoin the robotics club (?)Teamwork skillsCommunication skills

Useful Skills for CS

Job list courtesy of Kevin Collins, SCS Career Advisor

Jobs for Computer Scientists

Hardware & Software: • Microsoft • Dell• Sun• IBM• Intel• Boeing• Apple• Lockheed Martin

Web Search:• Google• Microsoft• Amazon• Yahoo• Vivisimo

Finance:• Goldman Sachs• Morgan Stanley• Merrill Lynch

Consulting:• Accenture• Deloitte & Touche• PricewaterhouseCoopers

Arts & Entertainment:• Dolby• Lucas Arts Film Company • Pixar Animation Studios• Walt Disney Imaging

You could work here!

So…what is

?Computer Science

Computer Science can be many things…

Computer Scientists can be many people…

…including YOU!