Computer Science

as a Career

Dr. Martine Ceberio, Professor at UTEP

Ibero Academy’s Career Day, May 15, 2014

A little about me…

Where did I work?

Where else did I work?

And then, straight to UTEP!

My job, in a nutshell

Professor: I teach Computer Science

Researcher: I look for new and better ways to do stuff (more on this later )

Other activities include:

Outreach

Travel

But… What is Computer Science about???What is a computer scientist? Software engineer? Software architect? Etc.???

CS is about solving problems / building things that happen to need computers, like: …

Games: on computers, WII, iPhone, iPad, etc. & Movies

Weather forecast: a lot of computations!!! Helps predict catastrophes!

Medicine: detect diseases, guide surgery with robots…

What are computer scientists like?

Problem solvers

Entrepreneurs

Inventors

Coders

Leaders

Techies

Designers

Innovators

WHO ARE YOU?

Who can be a computer scientist?

Everyone!

YOU!

HOW???

Getting started / fun activities!

Lightbot: Control a robot = program your computer

http://light-bot.com/hocflash.html

Flappy birds: Program your own flappy bird game!!!

http://learn.code.org/s/Flappy%20Levels/level/151

Scratch: Program your own video, your own game, just like you play with Legos

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=getStarted

Pieces of Adviceor… How to be successful?

Pick what you like, not what you are told

Explore many areas to find what you really like

Everything can be learned

Use resources (people, web, etc.)

Be proactive, be passionate!

There is no age to start Computer Science!