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WELCOME! SCS Outreach Roadshow

WELCOME! SCS Outreach Roadshow. School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon http://www.cs.cmu.edu/. What is the Roadshow ?. A presentation by SCS students aimed at broadening public understanding of computer science. Goals:

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WELCOME! SCS Outreach Roadshow

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  1. WELCOME! SCS Outreach Roadshow School of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellonhttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/

  2. What is the Roadshow? A presentation by SCS students aimed at broadening public understanding of computer science. Goals: • To show computer science as a broad and exciting field with the potential for diverse participants • To challenge stereotypes • To show the breadth of the field • To get students (and parents and teachers) excited about the field and its possibilities • To leave audiences wanting to find out more …hopefully through further studies

  3. Roadshow Details • Teams of 3/4/5 Student Presenters (women and men): • Undergraduates • Graduates:representing Computer Science, Robotics, • Language Technologies, Human Computer Interaction • Software Engineering, and more…….. • Audiences: • K-12 boys and girls (mostly Middle/High School) • Teachers, Parents, Educators • Undergraduate men and women • CS community e.g. conference audiences • Time Commitment and Travel: • One 1 hour practice session (or 2 practices for beginners) • Outreach day depends on location –from 1 hour total to 2 hours • Transportation by CMU outreach bus

  4. What’s in it for Presenters?…. • Public speaking and presenting experience • Team work experience • Teach and talk about subjects you enjoy (teaching/explaining helps you learn) • Build a broader resume • It’s different and it’s Fun!

  5. Presenting in the Middle School Classroom

  6. Presenting at the Western PA School for the Deaf

  7. Presenting at AAAS(American Association for Advancement of Science)

  8. Presenting in a Local Coffee Shop

  9. SCS Students Present the Roadshow • We would not use all of the following slides in one Roadshow. • The Roadshow team selects which slides they want to use … • …….and/or add new ones… • It is important to have lots of interaction, especially with very young • audiences –we include at least one puzzle/game, one short video and • conclude with a demo of our robot dog.

  10. WELCOME! SCS Outreach Roadshow School of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellonhttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/

  11. Who We Are JJ Jana Stephen Jenn Jason Eric

  12. Computer Science is all about solving problems… …and using the computer to solve some very difficult problems.

  13. Who is a Computer Scientist? ? Ready to guess

  14. YES!

  15. YES!

  16. YES!

  17. No! She’s a CMU Astro Physicist

  18. YES!

  19. YES!

  20. What Is Computer Science?

  21. Computer Science is about problem solving • Lets solve a problem! In computer science we build Algorithms… a sequence of steps/instructions to solve a problem Note: Here we ask for 4 volunteers to act out the parts of the farmer, the wolf, the sheep and the carrot—identified by different hats. Sometimes the children need a little help to solve the problem.

  22. Problem Solving A farmer has to get a sheep, a carrot and a wolf over the river to the grassy field. BUT he can only take one of them with him at a time …

  23. The wolf will eat the sheep The sheep will eat the carrot Problem Solving BUT if left alone,

  24. Getting Everyone Across River Alive!

  25. It’s MAGIC!! ……. …….Or is it?

  26. School of Computer Science http://www.cs.cmu.edu/ The Magic of Computer Science! • Our Amazing Program: • Carry on conjuring • The 21 card trick • The out of body experience • The remote control brain experiment Tricks from : CSUnplugged and CS4FN For more tricks from and information check out: Computer Science For Fun Computer Science Unplugged http://www.cs4fn.org/ http://csunplugged.org/

  27. Can Computer Science... • Help solve crimes?

  28. Can Computer Science... • Help solve crimes? • Help athletes perform better?

  29. Can Computer Science... • Help solve crimes? • Help athletes perform better? • Create pieces of art?

  30. Can Computer Science... • Help solve crimes? • Help athletes perform better? • Create pieces of art? • Help the environment?

  31. Crimes and the Internet

  32. Who Uses the Internet? Who Uses E-mail and IM? Who has Internet connection at home?

  33. Some Examples: Purchasing music, movies, and t.v. shows Managing money (online banking) Ordering food Getting directions Playing games And SO many others…

  34. Here’s the BAD news… Crime has followed the same trend and gone online as well… Introducing CYBERCRIME

  35. Artificial Intelligence (computer bots)vs Humans How CAPTCHAs weed out the bots The CAPTCHA & reCAPTCHA projects was developed by computer scientists from the Aladdin Center at Carnegie Mellon http://www.captcha.net

  36. Cryptography 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 Can you break the code? FPVRAPR

  37. Cryptography 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 Can you break the code? FPVRAPR SCIENCE

  38. What about Computer Science and Sports?

  39. Motion Analysis

  40. Raise your hand if you think computer science can help these athletes!

  41. Troy Polamalu, football player

  42. Troy Polamalu, football player YES!

  43. Jeanette Lee, pool player

  44. Jeanette Lee, pool player YES!

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