Murray State University

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Murray State University!!
Department of Computer Science Information
Systems
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Decisions, Decisions.!!!!
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Job Prospects

• will be best for college graduates who are up to
  date with the latest skills and technologies.
  (Occupational Outlook Handbook, National Bureau
  of Labor Statistics)

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Decisions, Decisions!!!
Which school?
MSU
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National Rankings
Want some clout with your degree??
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Murray State University
U.S. News World Report Top 10
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Murray, Kentucky U. S. A
Close to home!!
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A Student-Centered University
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Decisions, Decisions!!!
Which area of study?
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5 of top 20 jobs are in CSIS !!
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Bureau of Labor Statistics says

• Computer scientists and database administrators
  are expected to be among the fastest growing
  occupations through 2014.
• 2006-2007 Occupational Outlook Handbook

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College of Business Public Affairs
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Department of Computer Science Information
Systems
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Who can do CSIS
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Winners at AITP Computer Programming Competition
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Outstanding Senior Computer Science Student
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Computer Professionals a few graduates of our
CSIS program
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What can you do with Computer Science
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Problem Solving
Learn how to build Algorithms ... a sequence of
steps/instructions to solve a problem
Algorithm type Puzzle

• you have a pair of scales
• you have 12 coins
• 11 weigh the same
• the other is heavier
• How do you find the heavy coin if you are
  allowed 3 weighings? ..

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Programming

• 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
• Programming is an important part of computer
  science
• BUT COMPUTER SCIENCE IS SO MUCH MORE!

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Cryptography
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
codes
Guvf vf n frperg zrffntr!
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How does your cell phone work??
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How does the Internet work?
Have you ever wondered how your email goes from
your computer to your friends computer?
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Robotics
Camera Sonar Laser range-finders Planning Sche
duling Machine Learning Manipulation Locomotion
Navigation
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Robotics
Camera Sonar Laser range-finders Planning Sche
duling Machine Learning Manipulation Locomotion
Navigation
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Robotics
Rhex http//www.rhex.net/
Created and Developed by professors and graduate
students from University of Michigan, McGill
University, Berkeley University of California,
and Carnegie Mellon University Robotics
Institute.
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Robots that can play soccer Sports Computer
Science
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Robot Dogs
Carnegie Mellon's RoboSoccer team is headed by
Professor Manuela Veloso.http//www.cs.cmu.edu/r
obosoccer/main/
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Agriculture Robot designed by our own Dr.
Robert Pilgrim
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Robots in Space Astronomy Computer Science
Mars
Lunar rover
Solar sail
Lunar Ice Discovery
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Languages Computer Science
Learning a foreign language
Wearable Language Support
LingWear - http//www.is.cs.cmu.edu/mie/lingwear.h
tml aims to develop wearable language support to
assist tourists, visitors, humanitarian and
military personal that are moving in a foreign
language environment.
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Talking heads
Developed by OHSU Center for Spoken Language
Understanding, CU Center for SpokenLanguage
Research, UoE Centre for Speech Technology
Research, and UC Santa Cruz Perceptual Science
Laboratory
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Talking heads
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User interfaces for speech
recognition
When's the next plane to Boston?
The next train to Austin leaves at 445pm.
How do we keep users happy
when a system is likely to make errors?
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Human Computer Interaction
Learning Technologies
Automatic Sign Translation
Human Vehicle Communications
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The Brain Project Neuroscience Computer
Science
We can use computers to see what happens in a
persons brain when they think, and to model how
the brain solves problems
Light traveling into the eye
Brain activity what it looks like when you think
A neuron your brain is
made up of millions of these
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Biology Computer Science
We can use computer science to find patterns in
DNA, model biological systems, determine the
structure of molecules, and much much more
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Graphics Art Computer Science
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Artificial Intelligence Computer Science
The Captcha Project was developed by computer
scientists from the Aladdin Center at Carnegie
Mellon http//www.captcha.net
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CAPTCHA
http//www.captcha.net
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Creating Websites
www.murraystate.edu
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Classes
Undergraduate Computer Science Studies include

• Several Areas
• Computer Science
• Mathematics/Statistics
• Natural Sciences
• Humanities and Arts
• Required Minor
• Free Electives

http//www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cbpa/compsci/cscre
qs.htm
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Jobs With a Bachelors degree in Computer Science
you can be

• Software Engineer
• 3D Graphics Programmer
• Software Developer
• Finance Analyst
• Research Assistant
• Design Engineer
• Web Developer
• Game Programmer
• Application Developer
• Consultant

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• Analyst
• Artificial Intelligence Engineer
• Automation Engineer
• Business Consultant
• Business Development Associate
• Documentation Tools Specialist
• Interface Designer
• Issue Associate
• IT Development Program Associate
• Patent Examiner, Computer Networks Division
• Quantum Computing Researcher
• Research Associate
• Usability Consultant
• User Interface Coordinator
• Web Experience Developer
• Database Administrator

Job list courtesy of Kevin Collins, SCS Career
Advisor, Carnegie Melon
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So What is Computer Science?
We hope we have shown you that computer science
can be many things . and computer scientists
can be many different types of people .
including YOU!!
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Puzzle 2.
You come to a fork in the road and meet a twin
and ask the way to go. One twin always tells
the truth One twin always tells lies. How do
you decide which way to go?
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Puzzle 3.

• Three children sit one behind the other in a
  row.  The third child can see the first two, the
  second child can only see the first and the first
  child can't see either of the other two. 
• A teacher has a box of five hats, two red ones
  and three black ones.  The teacher places a
  different hat on each of the three children. 
• She instructs each one to call out the color of
  their hat once they are sure of it.  All of the
  children are perfectly logical. 
• Within a few minutes the first child correctly
  states the color of her hat. 
• What color is it?

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Puzzle 4.
There is a certain type of rope that when lit at
one end, will take an hour to burn.  The
burning however is not uniform and so it might,
for example, take ten minutes for the first half
to burn and fifty minutes for the second half to
burn.  You have two such ropes, but they are
not identicalYour number of matches is not a
concern.  How can you measure exactly 45
minutes?
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Answer puzzle 1.

• split into 3 lots of 4
• take the first 4 coins and weigh against second
  lot
• with one weighing you know  if the heavy coin is
  in the 1st or 2nd group because the balance will
  go down or if they stay balanced it's in the
  3rd group
• now take your group of 4 coins and split into 2's
  now you can separate the pair and see which is
  the heavy coin.

To make this a more difficult problem try finding
the coin of different weight without knowing if
it's heavier or lighter  .... think about it...
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Answer puzzle 2.
You say to the twin "If I asked your twin which
road to take what would she say? " ....and then
you take the other road...
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Answer Puzzle 3

• Black. 
• If the third child does not reply first then she
  must be confused by the hats of the other two. 
• If the hats of the first two were red, then the
  third would know she had a black. 
• The second child, hearing the silence of the
  third realizes that he and the first child can't
  both have red hats. 
• If the first child has a red hat then the second
  child knows, since he cannot also have a red hat,
  that his hat is black. 
• The first child, noticing the silence of the
  other two, realizes that she cannot have a red
  hat. 
• Therefore, her hat must be black.

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Answer Puzzle 4.
You set the two ends of one rope and one end of
the second rope on fire. Once the first rope
has burned out a half hour has passed.  By
lighting the other end of the second rope at that
time, it will take fifteen additional minutes
for the second rope to completely burn out.
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Thank you!
If you would like to learn more about anything
youve just seen, dont hesitate to ask, or email
us at csis_at_murraystate.edu