Welcome to WPI Computer Science!

1. Welcome to WPI Computer Science! October 9, 2006 Department of Computer Science

2. CS at WPI • Programs • People • Projects • Breadth • Careers Department of Computer Science

3. Undergraduate Programs • BS Computer Science • BS Computers with Applications • BS/MS program • Minor in Computer Science • NEW:BS Interactive Media & Game Dev • PROPOSED: BS Bioinformatics • PLANNING: BS Robotics Engineering Department of Computer Science

4. Flexibility • Wide choices in courses, projects • Recommended background for courses • 7-week terms • Frequent course offerings: 44 Offerings of 28 Courses in 200607 • Sample courses: Webware, Computer Animation, Data Mining, Adv Databases, Human-Computer Interaction Department of Computer Science

5. CS at WPI • Programs • People • Projects • Breadth • Careers Department of Computer Science

6. People • Courses • Projects • Research • Advising Students Faculty Department of Computer Science

7. Faculty • Innovative educators and scholars • 3 WPI Teaching Technology Fellows • 1 Fulbright Scholar • 5 NSF Career / PYI Awards • Chair conferences WWW, Info Viz, Multimedia, Software Eng • All tenure-track faculty have PhDs CMU, Columbia, Duke, GWU, MIT, Northeastern, Ohio State, Penn, Purdue, Technion, UChicago, UCIrvine, UCLA, UConn, UIndiana, UMass, UMd, UMinn Department of Computer Science

8. CS Student Organizations • ACM • Programming contests • Laboratory • Social events • Women in Computer Science • WICS lounge • Tutoring sessions • Also IEEE, Game Development Club, … Department of Computer Science

9. CS at WPI • Programs • People • Projects • Breadth • Careers Department of Computer Science

10. Projects • Real solutions to real problems • Many at industry, government labs • Fun, challenging, professional • Course projects Department of Computer Science

11. CS MQP Project Centers:Wall St LEHMAN BROTHERS Department of Computer Science

12. CS MQP Project Centers:Silicon Valley Department of Computer Science

13. Other CS Project Sponsors Department of Computer Science

14. CS at WPI • Programs • People • Projects • Breadth • Careers Department of Computer Science

15. Breadth Humanities areas • Art • Drama • Music • Languages • History • Literature • Philosophy • … and more! Global projects • Project centers • Washington • Denmark • Ireland • London • Namibia • Australia • Boston / Worcester • + CS Project Centers • … and more! • 1 term or summer Department of Computer Science

16. CS Research Groups & Labs • Artificial Intelligence • Artificial Intelligence in Design • Congestion Control • Data/Knowledge Bases • Human Interaction in Virtual Environments • Image Science • Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining More... Department of Computer Science

17. CS Research Groups & Labs • Mobile Graphics • Performance Evaluation of Distributed Systems (Networks) • Research in FiltEring & Recommendation • Software Engineering • Software Tools Technology • Theory Umbrella Group • Intelligent Tutoring Systems Department of Computer Science

18. Undergraduate CS Program Department of Computer Science

19. Sample CS First Term Department of Computer Science

20. Sample Weekly Schedule Department of Computer Science

21. CS Courses: 1000 level • Introduction to Program Design • Accelerated Introduction to Program Design Department of Computer Science

22. CS Courses: 2000 level • Introduction to Machine Organization and Assembly Language • Discrete Mathematics • Object-Oriented Design Concepts • Object-oriented Design Concepts For Business Applications • Algorithms • Systems Programming Concepts Department of Computer Science

23. CS Courses: 3000 level • Operating Systems • Human-Computer Interaction • Social Implications of Information Processing • Foundations of Computer Science • Database Systems I • Software Engineering Department of Computer Science

24. CS Courses: 4000 level • Numerical Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Systems • Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equations • Analysis of Algorithms • Theory of Computation • Object-Oriented Analysis and Design • Webware: Computational Technology for Network Information Systems • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence More... Department of Computer Science

25. CS Courses: 4000 level • Database Systems II • Distributed Computer Systems • Computer Networks: Architecture and Implementation • Computer Architecture • Techniques of Programming Language Translation • Computer Graphics • Computer Animation Department of Computer Science

26. CS at WPI • Programs • People • Projects • Breadth • Careers Department of Computer Science

27. Careers WPI CS Graduates are in demand Reasons: • Smart • Motivated • Experienced • Professional • They “Get it” • “The whole project-based education pays off in spades.” • Matt Young ’00, • Manager, Microsoft Department of Computer Science

28. Outlook • “Highly favorable opportunities are expected for college graduates with at least a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science and with practical work experience.” U.S. Dept. of Labor, 2004. • “The job market for computer science graduates moves so quickly that by the time anything is said about it, something new pops up … . However, two words will remain standard for some time to come—booming and profitable.” graduatingengineer.com, 2005. • “The California Employment Development Department estimates the need for computer software engineers will rise 43 percent between now and 2012.” San Jose Bus. J., 2005. Department of Computer Science

29. CS at WPI • Programs • People • Projects • Breadth • Careers Department of Computer Science

30. MQPs from the Student’s Perspective Department of Computer Science

31. Questions? Department of Computer Science