Why Computer Science?
Bart Van Loon
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Hello World
Bart Van Loon
1999-2005: some studies on ComputerScience, Mathematics, ArtificialIntelligence at KULeuven
2007: co-founded Zeropoint.IT
(Picture by Pitslamp.be)
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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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Rules
Rule #1: It doesn’t matter what you study (You’re an engineer anyway)
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Erik Duval
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Erik Duval
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Erik Duval
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Rules
Rule #2: But CS is still the best ;-)
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No physics!
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Computer Science is the mostabstract field of engineering.
No physics!
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But it’s probably the mostrelevant in today’s society. . .
Computer Science is the mostabstract field of engineering.
Looooooong time ago
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Architecture
Civil Engineering
First Chemical Revolution (1773)
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Chemistry
18th - 19th century: Industrial Revolution
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Mechanics
Materials
20th century: Great Electrical Progress
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Electrical Engineering
NOW: Information Age (Computer Age, Digital Era, . . . )
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Computer Science
Remember what ICT stands for?
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Information and Communication Technologies
It’s for the cool kids!
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Remember: Whatever you do. . .
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. . . you’ll probably sit in frontof a computer all dayanyway.
Remember: Whatever you do. . .
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And it’s nice to understandsomething about it.
. . . you’ll probably sit in frontof a computer all dayanyway.
Question?
Bart Van Loon
[email protected](+32) 472/94.14.34
blog: http://bbbart.eu/blogtwitter: @b b b a r t
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