The First NSF LIKES Workshop at Santa Clara University Presented by Wingyan Chung

2 Background Vision – to build a community that will lead the way to make systematic changes in the way computing concepts are integrated into various undergraduate disciplines Goal 1: identifying problems / opportunities / needs in teaching computing concepts in non-CS disciplines Goal 2: mapping computing concepts to the needs of these disciplines A series of four workshops are held under the LIKES initiative

3 The SCU LIKES Workshop Theme: defining problems and identifying applications of the knowledge society Held on Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2007, 8:30 am - 5 pm both days Venue: Santa Clara University Located in the San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley The only LIKES workshop held on west part of the country Workshop hotel, meeting rooms, and restaurants all located within walking distances, with free shuttle to/from airport Keynote speakers Larry A. Rowe, currently FXPAL President, formerly UC Berkeley EECS Professor – “Solving Problems with Tools and Collaboration” James Frew, UC Santa Barbara – “Integrating Digital Libraries and Earth Science Data Systems” Totally 34 participants from the east coast to Hawaii

4 Workshop Deliverables Mapping of Computing Concepts Logic, data structure, HCI, DB, IP, SE, programming, algorithms, visualization, graphs and trees, etc. Mapping of concepts to applications Importance and Ease of Learning these concepts Social context and IP rated to be most important and most easy to learn Graphs and trees, modeling and simluation, and programming rated to be least important and least easy to learn Concepts maps Please read the workshop report for details

5 Summary Identified concepts and problems in different disciplines Identified disciplines that we can focus on in subsequent workshops Fruitful first steps of the LIKES initiative A group of scholars formed Concepts, applications, disciplines Participant satisfaction is generally high Gained useful experience

6 A picture after the last session It’s my turn now! Hey! I’m done! More pictures at