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Welcome to WPI
Computer Science!
October 9, 2006
Department of Computer Science
CS at WPI
Programs
People
Projects
Breadth
Careers
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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
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Flexibility
Wide choices in courses, projects
Recommended background for courses
7-week terms
Frequent course offerings:
44 Offerings of 28 Courses in 200607
Sample courses:
Webware, Computer Animation, Data Mining, Adv
Databases, Human-Computer Interaction
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CS at WPI
Programs
People
Projects
Breadth
Careers
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People
Faculty
Students
Courses
Projects
Research
Advising
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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
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CS Student Organizations
ACM
• Programming contests
• Laboratory
• Social events
Women in Computer Science
• WICS lounge
• Tutoring sessions
Also IEEE, Game Development Club, …
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CS at WPI
Programs
People
Projects
Breadth
Careers
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Projects
Real solutions to real problems
Many at industry, government labs
Fun, challenging, professional
Course projects
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CS MQP Project Centers:
Wall St
LEHMAN BROTHERS
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CS MQP Project Centers:
Silicon Valley
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Other CS Project Sponsors
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CS at WPI
Programs
People
Projects
Breadth
Careers
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Breadth
Humanities areas
Art
Drama
Music
Languages
History
Literature
Philosophy
… and more!
Global projects
Project centers
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Washington
Denmark
Ireland
London
Namibia
Australia
Boston / Worcester
+ CS Project Centers
… and more!
1 term or summer
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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...
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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
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Undergraduate CS Program
Free HU&A
MQP
Soc Sci
IQP
CS
Math
Phys Ed
Sci/Eng
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Sample CS First Term
CS 1101 Introduction to Program Design
or
CS 1102
MA 1021
or
Accelerated Intro to Prog Design
Calculus I
EN 2231 American Literature: The Raven,
The Whale, And The Woodchuck
PE 1018 Co-Ed Volleyball
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Sample Weekly Schedule
Monday
Tuesday
CS 1101
Lecture
EN 2231
Lecture
CS 1101
Lecture
EN 2231
Lecture
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
CS 1101
Lecture
EN 2231
Lecture
CS 1101
Lecture
EN 2231
Lecture
MA 1021
Lecture
MA 1021
Lecture
MA 1021
Lecture
PE 1018
PE 1018
8:00a
9:00a
10:00a
CS 1101
Lab
11:00a
12:00n
1:00p
MA 1021
Lecture
2:00p
3:00p
MA 1021
Conference
MA 1021
Lab
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CS Courses: 1000 level
Introduction to Program Design
Accelerated Introduction to Program
Design
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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
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CS Courses: 3000 level
Operating Systems
Human-Computer Interaction
Social Implications of Information
Processing
Foundations of Computer Science
Database Systems I
Software Engineering
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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...
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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
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CS at WPI
Programs
People
Projects
Breadth
Careers
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Careers
WPI CS Graduates are in demand
Reasons:
“The whole projectSmart
based education pays
Motivated
off in spades.”
Experienced
-Matt Young ’00,
Professional
Manager, Microsoft
They “Get it”
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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.
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CS at WPI
Programs
People
Projects
Breadth
Careers
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MQPs from the
Student’s Perspective
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Questions?
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