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Welcome to WPI Computer Science!

October 9, 2006

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Undergraduate ProgramsBS Computer ScienceBS Computers with ApplicationsBS/MS programMinor in Computer ScienceNEW: BS Interactive Media & Game DevPROPOSED: BS BioinformaticsPLANNING: BS Robotics Engineering

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FlexibilityWide choices in courses, projectsRecommended background for courses7-week termsFrequent course offerings:

44 Offerings of 28 Courses in 200607Sample courses:

Webware, Computer Animation, Data Mining, Adv Databases, Human-Computer Interaction

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People

Faculty Students

CoursesProjectsResearchAdvising

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FacultyInnovative educators and scholars3 WPI Teaching Technology Fellows1 Fulbright Scholar5 NSF Career / PYI AwardsChair conferences

WWW, Info Viz, Multimedia, Software EngAll 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 OrganizationsACM

• Programming contests• Laboratory• Social events

Women in Computer Science• WICS lounge• Tutoring sessions

Also IEEE, Game Development Club, …

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Projects

Real solutions to real problemsMany at industry, government labsFun, challenging, professionalCourse 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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BreadthHumanities areasArtDramaMusicLanguagesHistory LiteraturePhilosophy… and more!

Global projectsProject centers

• 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

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CS Research Groups & LabsMobile GraphicsPerformance Evaluation of Distributed

Systems (Networks)Research in FiltEring & RecommendationSoftware Engineering Software Tools Technology Theory Umbrella GroupIntelligent Tutoring Systems

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Undergraduate CS Program

Phys Ed

Soc SciIQP

MathCS

HU&A Free

Sci/Eng

MQP

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Sample CS First Term

CS 1101or

CS 1102

Introduction to Program Designor

Accelerated Intro to Prog DesignMA 1021 Calculus IEN 2231 American Literature: The Raven,

The Whale, And The Woodchuck

PE 1018 Co-Ed Volleyball

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Sample Weekly ScheduleMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8:00a

9:00a CS 1101 Lecture

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10:00a EN 2231Lecture

EN 2231Lecture

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11:00a CS 1101Lab

12:00n

1:00p MA 1021Lecture

MA 1021Lecture

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MA 1021Lecture

2:00p PE 1018 PE 1018

3:00p MA 1021Conference

MA 1021Lab

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CS Courses: 1000 levelIntroduction to Program DesignAccelerated Introduction to Program

Design

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CS Courses: 2000 levelIntroduction to Machine Organization

and Assembly LanguageDiscrete MathematicsObject-Oriented Design ConceptsObject-oriented Design Concepts For

Business ApplicationsAlgorithmsSystems Programming Concepts

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CS Courses: 3000 levelOperating SystemsHuman-Computer InteractionSocial Implications of Information

ProcessingFoundations of Computer ScienceDatabase Systems ISoftware Engineering

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CS Courses: 4000 levelNumerical Methods for Linear and Nonlinear

SystemsNumerical Methods for Calculus and Differential

EquationsAnalysis of AlgorithmsTheory of ComputationObject-Oriented Analysis and DesignWebware: Computational Technology for

Network Information Systems Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

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CS Courses: 4000 levelDatabase Systems IIDistributed Computer SystemsComputer Networks: Architecture and

ImplementationComputer ArchitectureTechniques of Programming Language

Translation Computer GraphicsComputer Animation

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CareersWPI CS Graduates are in demandReasons:SmartMotivatedExperiencedProfessionalThey “Get it”

“The whole project-based education pays off in spades.”-Matt Young ’00, Manager, Microsoft

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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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MQPs from the Student’s Perspective

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Questions?