1. Welcome to Computer Science at Missouri S&T Daniel TauritzDan Lin Associate Professor Assistant Professor Margret A. Steele undergraduate

2. What is Computer Science? Computer Science is about problem solving In computer science we build Algorithms… a sequence of steps/instructions to solve a problem Computer Scientists make computers smarter and smarter !

3. This is a computer program Gender Guesser You will see 10 pairs of images. For each pair, choose the one that you prefer. http://www.gwap.com/gwap/

4. What are the differences? Computer Science? Information Science and Technology? Computer Engineering?

5. Information Science & Technology Build computer hardware Build computing systems and software Use existing computer science technology Computer Engineering Computer Science Hardware Software

6. COMPUTER CAN TALK TO YOU AS A HUMAN

7. Artificial Intelligence Program Her name is Alice. She is also a computer program. Talk to her and see if you can find out any logic errors that she made. http://alice.pandorabots.com/

8. An Interesting Research Project in Our Department

10. Opportunities at Missouri S&T

11. Scholarship Endowed Scholarships –Accenture Scholarship –Computer Science Alumni Scholarship Fund –John W. Hamblen Computer Science Endowed Scholarship Fund –Howard L. and Lois M. Cook Endowed Scholarship Fund –Rex Widmer-RWS-Software Archaeology Computer Science Scholarship –Ellen M. Hodges Memorial Scholarship Federally Funded Fellowships for U.S. Graduate Students –GAANN Others –Google Anita –More…

12. Career

13. VF Project Demo

14. Take Home Message Useful Skills for CS –Communication –Technical writing –Teamwork spirit –Computer science –Mathematics and logic

15. Thank You! Questions?