ASU 101: The ASU Experience Computer Science Perspective

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ASU 101 The ASU ExperienceComputer Science
Perspective

• Aviral Shrivastava
• Compiler Microarchitecture Lab
• Arizona State University

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Phoenix/Tempe Valley of the Sun and the Sonoran
Desert
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ASU The New American University

• Focus on Individual
• Global Engagement
• Intellectual Fusion
• Knowledge Entrepreneur
• Leverage our Place
• Social Embeddedness
• Societal Transformation
• Use-Inspired Research

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Best College Degrees
Best and Worst 200 Jobs in America based on
environment, income, employment outlook, physical
demands and stress
Rank Job Starting salary Midlevel salary Top level salary
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1 ACTUARY 49,000 85,000 161,000
2 SOFTWARE ENGINEER 54,000 85,000 129,000
3 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST 45,000 76,000 118,000
4 BIOLOGIST 39,000 71,000 148,000
5 HISTORIAN 34,000 62,000 111,000
6 MATHEMATICIAN 54,000 95,000 141,000
7 PARALEGAL ASSISTANT 29,000 46,000 73,000
8 STATISTICIAN 40,000 73,000 117,000
9 ACCOUNTANT 37,000 59,000 102,000
10 DENTAL HYGIENIST 44,000 67,000 91,000
11 PHILOSOPHER 33,000 60,000 105,000
12 METEOROLOGIST 39,000 81,000 127,000
13 TECHNICAL WRITER 37,000 62,000 97,000
14 BANK OFFICER 54,000 88,000 171,000
15 WEB DEVELOPER 48,000 60,000 91,000
16 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER 48,000 74,000 107,000
17 FINANCIAL PLANNER 32,000 59,000 145,000
18 AEROSPACE ENGINEER 58,000 93,000 135,000
19 PHARMACIST 77,000 106,000 131,000
20 MEDICAL RECORDS TECHNICIAN 20,000 31,000 50,000
21 SOCIOLOGIST 41,000 69,000 122,000
22 STENOGRAPHER/COURT REPORTER 25,000 50,000 84,000
23 MEDICAL SECRETARY 21,000 30,000 43,000
24 BOOKKEEPER 21,000 33,000 49,000
25 ASTRONOMER 45,000 101,000 157,000
26 ECONOMIST 44,000 84,000 149,000
27 PHYSICIST 57,000 103,000 159,000
28 DIETICIAN 31,000 51,000 73,000
29 PAROLE OFFICER 29,000 46,000 78,000
30 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST 36,000 54,000 75,000
31 MOTION PICTURE EDITOR 25,000 51,000 112,000
32 GEOLOGIST 42,000 79,000 155,000
33 CIVIL ENGINEER 48,000 75,000 116,000
34 COMPUTER PROGRAMMER 40,000 70,000 111,000
35 INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER 31,000 57,000 98,000
36 PETROLEUM ENGINEER 58,000 108,000 146,000
37 MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN 23,000 35,000 54,000
38 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST 43,000 67,000 98,000
39 INSURANCE UNDERWRITER 35,000 57,000 100,000
40 PURCHASING AGENT 34,000 54,000 89,000
CNNMoney.com July 24, 2009
CareerCast.com Jan. 6, 2010 (top 40 shown)
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Best-Paying Degrees in 2010
The in-demand and most-lucrative bachelor's
degrees for this year's graduates by Charles
Purdy, Yahoo! HotJobs
Top-Paid Bachelor's DegreesSource Winter 2010
Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges
and Employers. 1. Major Petroleum
EngineeringAverage Salary Offer 86,2202.
Major Chemical EngineeringAverage Salary Offer
65,1423. Major Mining Mineral Engineering
(including Geological)Average Salary Offer
64,5524. Major Computer ScienceAverage
Salary Offer 61,2055. Major Computer
EngineeringAverage Salary Offer 60,8796.
Major Electrical/Electronics Communications
EngineeringAverage Salary Offer 59,0747.
Major Mechanical EngineeringAverage Salary
Offer 58,3928. Major Industrial/Manufacturing
EngineeringAverage Salary Offer 57,7349.
Major Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical
EngineeringAverage Salary Offer 57,23110.
Major Information Sciences SystemsAverage
Salary Offer 54,038
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Our Mission is

• Defining and Creating the Information Driven
  Society
• (Computing Our Way to a Better World)
• Data ? Information ? Decisions ? Action

Innovation Entrepreneurship Academic Excellence
Impact
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ASU 101 Course Goals

• Familiarize you with ASU, Fulton and CSE
• How to be successful at ASU/Fulton/CSE
• Overview and advice on career paths in CSE
• Academic Integrity
• Resume Building
• Interesting topics in Computer Science
• Will be biased by instructors interests

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Grading?

• Not a formal course
• You have to work hard to get a bad grade
• You can get one by
• Not showing up for the class
• Not participating
• Not trying the homeworks

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Class Blog

• http//fall2010-asu101-aviral.blogspot.com/

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Todays Agenda

• Introductions
• Introduce yourself (your name)
• Why did you choose CSE major? Any specific areas
  of CSE that are of particular interest to you?
• What did you use to do in free time?
• Say something interesting about yourself
• You will enter this also as your first blog
  post

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Todays Assignment

• Tell us about yourself
• Transition from HS/CC to ASU
• Why ASU, CSE?
• Anything else you may want to write
• Send me a link to the blog
• Create a blog on Blogger
• Write a paragraph
• Due Date Next Monday

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What do faculty do?

• Teach undergraduate and graduate classes
• Lead research in the laboratory, field or virtual
  space.
• Mentor graduate and undergraduate students and
  post-doctoral researchers conducting research
• Serve on department, school and university
  committees
• Active involvement in professional associations,
  national research programs, review proposals and
  articles