1. The Birth of a Discipline
Observations From Two ‘Midwives’
Corey Schou
Gene ‘Spaf’ Spafford

2. Dramatis Personae
In today’s performance Spaff is not well. His part will be extemporaneously performed by others in the show.
In addition, Roger Schou will be played by Corey Schou.
Opinions expressed may or may not represent Spaff’s views.
If you do not like the show blame Roger – If you do remember Corey

3. Setting the Scene

4. Quiz
What is this?
What is this?
What do they have in common?

6. Specialization is for Insects
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein

7. What are these

8. What are these

9. Which One Are You?

10. Does this look like you

14. Interdependence Breeds Hard Problems
Critical Infrastructure
Education
DHS
Bio-tech
International Trade
Trans National
Law Enforcement
Government
Industry
Academia
Transportation
Research
Development
Federal
State & Local
Banking and Finance
Research
Defense

15. The Wonderful Cat Dog Nickelodeon

16. What is This?
A systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Mathematics
Physics
Political Science --- Hmm
Computer Science

17. Software Engineering

18. Bring Out Your Dead 14th Century 60 Percent Of Europeans Died Causes
Bad Air – Smoke
Evil Fogs –
Blue Mist
Yellow Mist
Miasma’s
WE Must Make Do Something