Why study Computer Science?

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Hello World Bart Van Loon 1999-2005: some studies on Computer Science, Mathematics, Artiﬁcial Intelligence at KULeuven 2007: co-founded Zeropoint.IT (Picture by Pitslamp.be) Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 2 / 16

Zeropoint.IT facilitates software development outsourcing to Pakistan strong focus on Open Source software and philosophy international company, running for 99% on Open Source infrastructure Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 3 / 16

RulesRule #1: It doesn’t matter what you study (You’re an engineer anyway) Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 4 / 16

Erik Duval Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 5 / 16

RulesRule #2: But CS is still the best ;-) Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 6 / 16

No physics! Computer Science is the most abstract ﬁeld of engineering. Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 7 / 16

No physics! Computer Science is the most abstract ﬁeld of engineering. But it’s probably the most relevant in today’s society. . . Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 7 / 16

Looooooong time ago Architecture Civil Engineering Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 8 / 16

First Chemical Revolution (1773) Chemistry Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 9 / 16

18th - 19th century: Industrial Revolution Mechanics Materials Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 10 / 16

20th century: Great Electrical Progress Electrical Engineering Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 11 / 16

NOW: Information Age (Computer Age, Digital Era, . . . ) Computer Science Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 12 / 16

Remember what ICT stands for? Information and Communication Technologies Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 13 / 16

It’s for the cool kids! Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 14 / 16

Remember: Whatever you do. . . . . . you’ll probably sit in front of a computer all day anyway. Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 15 / 16

Remember: Whatever you do. . . . . . you’ll probably sit in front of a computer all day anyway. And it’s nice to understand something about it. Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 15 / 16

Question?Bart Van Loonbart@zeropoint.it(+32) 472/94.14.34blog: http://bbbart.eu/blogtwitter: @b b b a r t Bart Van Loon () Why Computer Science? 16 / 16

Why study Computer Science?

by Bart Van Loon on Mar 20, 2011

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