Engineering Honors Computer Science and Engineering Texas A&M University ENGR 181 Presentation Fall 2017

Impact Why CSCE? Impact. Computing touches almost every area of human endeavor: science, engineering, business, entertainment, politics,… https://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2845543003/

super-computer-based Visualization System Science While El Niño events have a significant impact on the entire Earth System, they are most easily visible in measurements of sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface height (SSH) and ocean winds near the surface. In fact, the precursor and the main driver of El Niño events is manifested in the weakening of the normally westward blowing trade winds, or even their complete reversal to blow from west to east, in the Western and Central tropical Pacific. These images show ocean winds near the surface as observed by NASA's ISS-RapidScat on the International Space Station. The monthly average November 2015 anomalous winds (with respect to 2014) are shown. The colors represent the wind speed differences, while the vectors illustrate the direction of the anomaly mean wind components. The El Niño signal is very clearly evident in the eastward blowing anomalous winds observed in the tropical western and central Pacific. The El Niño signal is also seen in the anomalous stronger convergence into the tropical eastern Pacific, as evidenced by the stronger winds moving toward the equator observed in this region. From NASA’s Hyperwall super-computer-based Visualization System

London Tower Bridge: Computer controls raising and lowering Engineering https://www.flickr.com/photos/132084522@N05/16967984348

Entertainment, especially computer graphics and animation. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32737303@N02/14410629982/

Internet of Things https://www.flickr.com/photos/caseorganic/5042194197/

And of course your phone: computer science and engineering used to build hardware, design and implement system software, support phone calls while you are moving, apps, etc. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwy/21751959271

Second reason for choosing CSCE: Opportunities! https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkimpel/9697865744

Computing is Where the Jobs Will Be Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2012-2022, available at www.bls.gov/emp/ Courtesy of Association for Computing Machinery (acm.org)

Computing is Where the Good Jobs Will Be Software Developer Computer Systems Analyst Dentist Nurse Practitioner Pharmacist Registered Nurse Physical Therapist Physician Web Developer Dental Hygienist Source: US News and World Report, 2014 Ranking

Computer Engineering (CSCE track) Careers (2014 Data) Computer Science Average: $64,906 ($40,000 to $105,000) Computer Engineering (CSCE track) Average $65,818 ($50,000 to $110,000) Accenture, Amazon, AT&T, Cisco, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobile, General Motors, IBM, National Instruments, NVIDIA, Oracle, Texas Instruments, Youtube/Google, and many more https://www.flickr.com/photos/68751915@N05/6355318323

What Do Computer Scientists/Engineers Do? Design and implement software in an application field web development interface design security issues mobile computing,… Design digital hardware and software systems communications embedded systems: cell phones, audio players, x-ray machines, laser surgical tools,… You may be curious as to exactly what someone working in the computer field with a degree in CS or CE actually does. It’s quite diverse. http://computingcareers.acm.org/

Two Great Degree Options Computer Engineering Circuits/hardware focus Jointly administered by two departments: Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Computer Science More software focus More flexible overall 4-course support area that you can tailor to your career interests Hardware Software Computer Science Computer Engineering Curriculum between the two tracks is similar

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What’s so fun about CSCE? Would you like to help build the next generation of smart phones, interactive robots, 3D virtual reality “holodecks”, or high-tech clothing? Do you love to solve puzzles, create new apps, or find solutions to real-world problems? Do you want to make a positive difference in the world (e.g., work on human genome project, global health, or attack environmental problems)? Developing high-quality computing solutions is a highly creative activity, and computing supports creative work in many other fields. The best solutions in computing exhibit high levels of elegance and beauty. http://computingcareers.acm.org

Why Honors in CSCE? Impact Opportunities Fun!

Impact: Undergraduate Research Two semesters of research + writing a bachelor’s thesis Explore one of the many topics that the CSCE faculty research: human-computer interaction robotics computer graphics computer architecture computer security big data machine learning natural language processing and much more

Opportunities Priority registration Stand-alone honors sections of many required courses (at most 25 students, top faculty instructors) scholarships provided by IAP members networking with companies, including IAP members additional advising from honors faculty Fast track (get a head start on graduate degree coursework)

Numerous activities every semester Fun! Numerous activities every semester educational and social

Other Features of CSCE Department Student organizations TACS, AWICS, TAGD, UPE, TAMUHack, TAMU Cyber-Security, Aggie AI Society,… Programming competitions Trick or Research Study abroad in Singapore & Brazil

Industrial Affiliates Gold Level Members Silver Level Members Bronze Level Members Industrial Affiliates Sponsor scholarships Help students prepare for job interviews Evaluate our graduating students to help keep our curriculum relevant Evaluate our students’ senior design projects List of members is slightly out of date…