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by Alicia Crowder
Computer Science
Isn't Just For Geeks
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“Often, it’s not about becoming a new
person, but becoming the person you
were meant to be, and already are, but
don’t know how to be.”― Heath L. Buckmaster
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Purpose
Help the teacher understand the vast
scope of jobs and uses that a Computer
Science degree can provide for their
students.
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What strengths does a student need
to have to be successful in
Computer Science?
• Curious and analytical mind
• Flexible, creative thinking
• Strong math and science background
• Problem solving skills
• Communication and interpersonal skills
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Technology
• Mobile Application Developer
• Software Developer
• Software Designer
• Project Manager
• Webmaster
• Systems Analyst
• Database Manager
• Network Administrator
• Internet Programmer
• Computer Security Specialist
• Operating Systems Programmer
• User Interface Designer
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What percent of Computer
Science jobs are at
technology companies?
50%
So where are the other 50%?
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Accounting/Banking
• Create computer programs that
automatically execute trades based on set
parameters and trends
• Write programs to predict
future trends based on
history
• Write better programs to
do taxes automatically
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Advertising
•Develop algorithms based on websites
searched to target the user's wants/needs
•Develop software to test which type of
advertising is most effective
•Write algorithms to
increase the hit count for
a specific Google search
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Aerospace and Travel
• Find new and exciting
ways to travel around
space
•Find the most efficient route to a
destination
•Research/develop software to be able to
make calls while flying
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Agriculture
• Develop an algorithm to determine how much
fertilizer is needed
• Determine which
crops to plant to
make a maximum
profit
• Determine when
to market your
products to give you the best advantage
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Animals
• Write an application to watch and track animal life
• Develop a system to better communicate with animals
• Determine amount
of medication to
give livestock
• Calculate the
amount of feed for a
cow based on the amount of milk it gives
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Automotive
• Develop technology to make better GPS
software
• Develop a way to
steer a car with your
eyes
•Write software to
adjust settings based
on outside conditions
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Defense
• Eliminate language
barriers via automatic translation and
multilingual search
• Write programs to generate notifications
when suspicious activities are detected
• Write programs to enhance the ability to
detect and defeat specific threats.
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Education
• High School Teacher
• College Professor
• Research ways to
improve education in CS
• Write games that are fun
and educational
• Develop programs to protect children from
internet predators and inappropriate content
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Electronics
• Program robotic
limbs that work with
the human body
• Develop new gadgets that have never been
created before
• Write the software for robots that run on
artificial intelligence
• Create laser surgical tools
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Entertainment and Leisure
• Improve the quality of video clarity
• Find new uses for TV's and other similar
technology
• Improve how sports
are watched by:
Putting computer chips
in balls, on flags, and in
shoes
• Develop video games
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Fashion
• Create technological gadgets to accessorize
people's lives
• Develop computer chips and other objects that
have computer interaction with everyday objects
• Write software to
create outfits that
match a certain style
or color scheme
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Food
• Develop cost effective product management software
• Write programs to manage the operations and
resources of a food processing plant
• Develop the software for more efficient home
appliances
• Develop algorithms to
determine where best to
shelve food items in a
store
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Health Care
• Develop image processing and
pattern recognition technology to
evaluate radiology scans
• Improve electronic medical records
• Improve microscopic surgery using robots
• Develop diagnostics systems to help physicians isolate
the possible causes for a patient's symptoms
• Improve information retrieval and data mining to
provide better methods for early detection of disease
outbreaks
• Develop software for computer assistive devices
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Music
• Develop the next genre/style of music
• Construct instruments and devices to be used in the
future to make music
• Write software that analyzes music and automatically
creates a playlist that would suit a current mood.
Develop a way to teach the
computer how to create
good music from scratch
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Photography
• Improve the quality of digital pictures
• Write software for cameras
• Develop better picture editing software
• Develop a better way to backup pictures on
your computer
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Nationally
• We can fill 61% of 1.4 million jobs available
by 2020
In Utah
• 13,610 jobs available by 2016
• Ready to fill 53%
• In 2009 47 students took the AP CS exam
Gap between Opportunity (jobs) and
Preparedness (people ready to fill those jobs)
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• Petroleum Engineering: $46.75/hr
• Computer Engineering: $35.85/hr
• Chemical Engineering: $33.80/hr
• Computer Science: $32.40/hr
• Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering: $32.20/hr
• Mechanical Engineering: $32.00/hr
• Electrical/Electronics and Communications Engineering: $31.70/hr
• Management Information Systems/Business: $31.55/hr
• Engineering Technology: $31.10/hr
• Finance: $28.70/hr
• Business Administration/Management: $27.60/hr
• Accounting: $26.45/hr
• Nursing: $26.10/hr
Average Starting Hourly Pay (Based on 50 40-hour work weeks in a year)
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Are you surprised at the
significant need for computer
science?
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What am I going to do?
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“I am not a teacher, but an
awakener.”
-Robert Frost
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Questions?