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Welcome to: The School of Computer Science Roadshow Carnegie Mellon http://www.cs.cmu.edu/
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Who We Are Jennifer Marlow Trisha Quan Laura TrutoiuAnthony Velazquez
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Computer Science is all about solving problems… …and using the computer to solve some very difficult problems.
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? Who is a Computer Scientist? Ready to guess
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What Is Computer Science?
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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
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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 …
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BUT if left alone, Problem Solving The wolf will eat the sheep The sheep will eat the carrot
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Internet Safety
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Who Uses the Internet? Who Uses E-mail and IM? Who has Internet connection at home?
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Some Examples: Purchasing music, movies, and t.v. shows Managing money (online banking) Ordering food Getting directions Playing games And SO many others…
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Here’s the BAD news… Crime has followed the same trend and gone online as well… Introducing CYBERCRIME
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The CAPTCHA & reCAPTCHA projects was developed by computer scientists from the Aladdin Center at Carnegie Mellon http://www.captcha.nethttp://www.captcha.net How CAPTCHAs weed out the bots Artificial Intelligence (computer bots) vs Humans
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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
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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
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What about Computer Science and Sports?
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Ben Roethlisberger Can computer science help the Steelers win Superbowl 2010?
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Motion Analysis
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Raise your hand if you think computer science can help these athletes!
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Tiger Woods, golfer
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Veronica Campbell, sprinter
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Michael Phelps, swimmer
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Jeanette Lee, pool player
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Maria Sharapova, tennis player
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What Does Computer Science have to do with Art?
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Computer Animated Films...
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Computer Animated Films …..
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…are made by Computer Scientists
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Computer Scientists take this...
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And make this!
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Can Computer Science... Help solve crimes? Help athletes perform better? Create pieces of art?
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Can Computer Science... Help solve crimes? Help athletes perform better? Create pieces of art?
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Human Computer Interaction Does your computer ever make you feel like this?
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Human Computer Interaction Computer scientists working in human computer interaction work to make computers easier to use.
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Human Computer Interaction So that hopefully you feel less frustrated when using your computer
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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?
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Let’s program Anthony the Robot to make a jelly sandwich!
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Plan Act Sense Camera Sonar Laser range-finders Planning Scheduling Machine Learning Manipulation Locomotion Navigation Robotics
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Plan Act Sense Camera Sonar Laser range-finders Planning Scheduling Machine Learning Manipulation Locomotion Navigation Robotics
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Some Robots
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Robocup
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Robot Vision
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Computer Science is Part of Many Fields!
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Think about your interests….. You can bet computer scientists are working in these areas! Health! Biology! Art! Graphics! Music! Sports! Recreation ! Math! Puzzles! Games!
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? Thank You!! We are happy to answer any questions
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