Slide Deck I use yearly to lure innocent engineering bachelors into the Computer Science master...

1. Why Computer Science?
Bart Van Loon
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2. 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)
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3. 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
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4. Rules
Rule #1: It doesn’t matter what you study (You’re an engineer anyway)
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5. Erik Duval
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6. Erik Duval
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7. Erik Duval
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8. Rules
Rule #2: But CS is still the best ;-)
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9. No physics!
Computer Science is the most
abstract field of engineering.
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10. No physics!
Computer Science is the most
abstract field of engineering.
But it’s probably the most
relevant in today’s society. . .
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11. Looooooong time ago
Architecture
Civil Engineering
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12. First Chemical Revolution (1773)
Chemistry
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13. 18th - 19th century: Industrial Revolution
Mechanics
Materials
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14. 20th century: Great Electrical Progress
Electrical Engineering
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15. NOW: Information Age (Computer Age, Digital Era, . . . )
Computer Science
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16. Remember what ICT stands for?
Information and Communication Technologies
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17. It’s for the cool kids!
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18. Remember: Whatever you do. . .
. . . you’ll probably sit in front
of a computer all day
anyway.
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19. 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.
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20. Question?
Bart Van Loon
bart@zeropoint.it
(+32) 472/94.14.34
blog: http://bbbart.eu/blog
twitter: @b b b a r t
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