Welcome to: The School of Computer Science Roadshow Carnegie Mellon

Who We Are Jennifer Marlow Trisha Quan Laura TrutoiuAnthony Velazquez

Computer Science is all about solving problems… …and using the computer to solve some very difficult problems.

? Who is a Computer Scientist? Ready to guess

What Is Computer Science?

Lets solve a problem! In computer science we build Algorithms… a sequence of steps/instructions to solve a problem Computer Science is about problem solving

Problem Solving A farmer has to get a sheep, a carrot and a wolf over the river to the grassy field. BUT he can only take one of them with him at a time …

BUT if left alone, Problem Solving The wolf will eat the sheep The sheep will eat the carrot

Internet Safety

Who Uses the Internet? Who Uses and IM? Who has Internet connection at home?

Some Examples: Purchasing music, movies, and t.v. shows Managing money (online banking) Ordering food Getting directions Playing games And SO many others…

Here’s the BAD news… Crime has followed the same trend and gone online as well… Introducing CYBERCRIME

The CAPTCHA & reCAPTCHA projects was developed by computer scientists from the Aladdin Center at Carnegie Mellon How CAPTCHAs weed out the bots Artificial Intelligence (computer bots) vs Humans

Can you break the code ? FPVRAPR Key A = N B = O C = P D = Q E = R F = S G = T H = U I = V J = W K = X L = Y M = Z Cryptography

Can you break the code ? FPVRAPR Key A = N B = O C = P D = Q E = R F = S G = T H = U I = V J = W K = X L = Y M = Z Cryptography SCIENCE

What about Computer Science and Sports?

Ben Roethlisberger Can computer science help the Steelers win Superbowl 2010?

Motion Analysis

Raise your hand if you think computer science can help these athletes!

Tiger Woods, golfer

Veronica Campbell, sprinter

Michael Phelps, swimmer

Jeanette Lee, pool player

Maria Sharapova, tennis player

What Does Computer Science have to do with Art?

Computer Animated Films...

Computer Animated Films …..

…are made by Computer Scientists

Computer Scientists take this...

And make this!

Can Computer Science... Help solve crimes? Help athletes perform better? Create pieces of art?

Can Computer Science... Help solve crimes? Help athletes perform better? Create pieces of art?

Human Computer Interaction Does your computer ever make you feel like this?

Human Computer Interaction Computer scientists working in human computer interaction work to make computers easier to use.

Human Computer Interaction So that hopefully you feel less frustrated when using your computer

A computer can only do what it is told to do A program is a set of instructions telling a machine what to do Programming involves learning how to write instructions that do specific tasks COMPUTER SCIENCE IS SO MUCH MORE! What is Programming?

Let’s program Anthony the Robot to make a jelly sandwich!

Plan Act Sense Camera Sonar Laser range-finders Planning Scheduling Machine Learning Manipulation Locomotion Navigation Robotics

Plan Act Sense Camera Sonar Laser range-finders Planning Scheduling Machine Learning Manipulation Locomotion Navigation Robotics

Some Robots

Robocup

Robot Vision

Computer Science is Part of Many Fields!

Think about your interests….. You can bet computer scientists are working in these areas! Health! Biology! Art! Graphics! Music! Sports! Recreation ! Math! Puzzles! Games!

? Thank You!! We are happy to answer any questions