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University of Texas at Austin Computer Science Department First Bytes – CS4HS Workshop Welcome
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Welcome and Introductions Session 1, 8:30 – 9:30 Contacts –Mike Scott – (512) 217 4325 –Mary Esther Middleton – (512) 921 8392 J Strother Moore –Chairman of the UT Computer Science department
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Teacher Introductions Where are you from? What do you teach? How long involved in computer science?
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Pre Workshop Survey Please take a few moments to complete the pre-workshop survey.
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WICS Roadshow Session 2, 9:45 – 10:30 Women In Computer Science –www.cs.utexas.edu/~wics/www.cs.utexas.edu/~wics/
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Survey Time WICS Roadshow
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J Moore Fast String Searching Session 3, 10:30 am – Noon www.cs.utexas.edu/~moore/
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Survey Time Fast String Searching, J Strother Moore Next Up: Lunch with UTCS Faculty in Taylor 3.128
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Emmett Witchel Concurrent Programming Session 4, 1:00 – 2:30 pm www.cs.utexas.edu/~witchel/
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Survey Time Concurrent Programming, Emmett Witchel
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Kristen Grauman Visual Search & Recognition Session 5, 2:30 – 4:00 pm www.cs.utexas.edu/~grauman/
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Survey Time Visual Search & Recognition, Kristen Grauman
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Corporate Outlook Session 6, 4:00 – 5:15 pm Scott Bonneau, Google Juanita Baldwin, TCEQ Tim Tenpas, AIS Sarah Epsztein, IBM Janani Jankiraman, IBM
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Corporate Outlook Introduction, yourself and company. Career paths for Computer Scientists at your company. –Are there jobs for CS majors? –What background and skills are you looking for? –Do computer scientists and programmers work in teams at your company?
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Survey Time Corporate Outlook Next Up: Reception in Taylor 3.128
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J Moore Machines that Reason about Machines Session 7, 8:30 – 10:00 am www.cs.utexas.edu/~moore/
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Survey Time Machines that Reason about Machines, J Strother Moore
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David Zuckerman The Role of Randomness in Computation Session 8, 10:00 – 11:30 am www.cs.utexas.edu/~diz/
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Survey Time The Role of Randomness in Computation, David Zuckerman Next Up: Lunch with Students in Taylor 3.128 After lunch: 5 th floor of Painter Hall, 1pm ACES Painter Hall
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Mike Scott A Short Introduction to Alice Session 9, 12:30 – 2:00 pm www.cs.utexas.edu/~scottm/
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Survey Time A Short Introduction to Alice, Mike Scott More Alice Tonight – Optional 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm in this lab. An extended problem to show some of the features of Alice.
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Vijaya Ramachandran Theoretical CS: Cache Oblivious Algorithms Session 10, 2:00 – 3:30 pm www.cs.utexas.edu/~vlr/
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Survey Time Theoretical CS: Cache Oblivious Algorithms, Vijaya Ramachandran
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Bruce Porter Building Knowledgeable Computers Session 11, 3:30 – 5:30 pm www.cs.utexas.edu/~porter/
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Survey Time Building Knowledgeable Computers, Bruce Porter Next Up: Optional Computer Lab time to work with Alice. Back in the 5 th floor lab in Painter Hall.
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Mike Scott Discussion Time and Group Exercise Session 12, 8:30 am – 10:30 am www.cs.utexas.edu/~scottm/
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Group Exercise Break into groups. Time to develop answers. Presentation of results.
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Survey Time Group Exercise
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Panel Gender, Minorities, and Recruiting Session 13, 10:30 – noon J Moore Tiffany Grady, Assistant Director for Special Programs Mike Scott
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Genders, Minorities, and Recruiting Why aren't girls choosing CS? Why should girls choose CS? What can we (UTCS) do in our institution to encourage it? What resources are needed and from whom? What messages should we be sending to Hispanic/African-American students? –Why aren't they choosing CS? Why aren't students taking CS classes in HS? –Has the new TEA rule of getting math credit helped the numbers?
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Resources UTCS Recruitment Video –http://www.cs.utexas.edu/academics/undergra duate/prospective_students/includes/compute rscience.mov University of Washington Recruitment Videos –http://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSEhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSE –Pathways in CSPathways in CS –Power to Change the WorldPower to Change the World –A Day in the LifeA Day in the Life Nerd Girls –website: http://www.nerdgirls.org/indextv.htmlhttp://www.nerdgirls.org/indextv.html –video: http://www.nerdgirls.com/watch.htmlhttp://www.nerdgirls.com/watch.html
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Survey Time Panel - Genders, Minorities, and Recruiting Next Up: Lunch at the Alumni Center – The Schmidt Room UTX Across from the West side of Stadium
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