Schedule for CS1000
Explorations in Computing
Fall 2015


Week Date Topic Information
1 Tue, 09/01 Course information, go over the syllabus
Barbara Oakley's talk on Thursday
Computer Science Department curriculum information
lecture slides (pdf)
1 Thu, 09/03 Assignment:
First Year Engineering and First Year Computer Science
Opening Lecture
"High School Math Dropout to Engineer ... It Can Be Done!"
by Prof. Barbara Oakley
The Rozsa Center, Main Auditorium
Thursday, September 3, 2015
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Flier
2 Tue, 09/08 Overview of the Career Fair
Resume writing
lecture slides (pdf)
sample first year resume:
   Basic version ( docx ) ( pdf )
   Expanded version ( docx ) ( pdf )
3 Tue, 09/15 Interview skills lecture slides (pdf)
Guest speaker Mitch Davis' interview tips ( slides )
4 Tue, 09/22 Elevator speeches lecture slides (pdf)
Career Fair updates (pdf)
5 Tue, 09/29 Study Abroad presentation
Career Fair review
Presentation by Target
 
5 Tue, 09/15 Assignment:
Michigan Tech Fall Career Fair 2015
Student Development Complex
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Career Fair web site
6 Tue, 10/06 Presentation by Dr. Laura Brown
   Data Mining and Data Science
lecture slides (pdf)
black and white (pdf)
7 Tue, 10/13 Presentation by Dr. Soner Onder
   Computer Architecture
Presentation by Dr. Philart Jeon
   Human Computer Interaction

lecture slides (pdf)

lecture slides (pdf)
8 Tue, 10/20 Presentation by Dr. Keith Vertanen
   Designing Interactive Systems that Embrace Uncertainty
lecture slides (pdf)
9 Tue, 10/27 Presentation by Dr. Scott Kuhl
   Immersive Virtual Environments (Virtual Reality)
lecture slides (pdf)
10 Tue, 11/03 Presentation by Dr. John Lowther
   Founding the Computer Science Department at Tech
CS1000 lecture on undergraduate research
lecture slides (pdf)
11 Tue, 11/10 Presentation by Dr. Zhenlin Wang
   Cloud Computing
lecture slides (pdf)
12 Tue, 11/17 Presentation by Mr. Kim Tracy
   Software History
lecture slides (pdf)
Break Tue, 11/24 Thanksgiving recess  
13 Tue, 12/01    
14 Tue, 12/08    
(Created: August 28, 2015)