Academics / Undergraduates
We have chosen a track emphasis to attract and motivate students. We recognize that girls are drawn to professions where they feel that they can make a difference, and we will show them that careers in computing can make a difference -- through advances in computing technology, they can help organize the inventory in their uncle's deli, analyze their grandmother's mammography images, or search for legal briefs to help their neighbor's deportment case. We also recognize that many girls particularly enjoy being creative. One of the main reasons that young women steer away from computer science is that they are not aware of the range of purposeful, practical applications of computing and the necessity for creative thinking and design in order to apply computing principles successfully.
Thus, we have chosen five tracks for this demonstration project around which the academic aspects of the project revolve. Each of the project PIs has expertise in one of the areas:
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
CS0
Computing: Its Nature, Power and Limits
Professor Ira Rudowsky
Fall 07
CS1
Introduction to Programming with C++
Professor Ira Rudowsky
Fall 06 | Spring 08
CS2
Advanced Programming Techniques
Professor Ira Rudowsky
Spring 07
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
CS0
Biomedical Computing
Professor Simon Parsons
Fall 06
CS1
Biomedical Computing
Professor Simon Parsons
Spring 07
CS2
Biomedical Computing
Professor Simon Parsons
Fall 07
LEGAL APPLICATIONS
CS0
Computing: Its Nature, Power and Limits
Professor Samir Chopra
Spring 07
CS1
CS2
Advanced Programming Techniques using C++
Prof. Arif Tuna Ozgelen
Summer 08
GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
CS0
Computing and Art: Nature, Power, and Limits
Chipp Jansen
Fall 07
CS1
Introduction to Computing (Graphics & Gaming)
Prof. Sheila Tejada
Fall 07
CS2
Advanced Programming Techniques (C++ Games)
Prof. Sheila Tejada
Spring 08
ROBOTICS AND SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES
CS0
Computing: nature, power and limits
Professor Elizabeth Sklar
Fall 06
CS1
Introduction to computing using c++
Professor Elizabeth Sklar
Spring 07
CS2
Advanced programming techniques using c++
Professor Elizabeth Sklar
Fall 07