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DISCOVERY DAY
Dr. Wayne Summers
TSYS School of Computer Science
Columbus State University
23 March 2013
Computing / IT in Georgia • 54% of projected job openings could be filled by
computing degrees.
• AP Computer Science Test-takers 2009: 743
• Degrees Earned in Computer and Information Sciences 2007-2008 Academic Year Associate's: 818
Bachelor's: 1168 TOTAL: 2511 Master's: 467 Doctoral: 58
• Projected Workforce Indicators (2006-2016)
Average Annual Computing Job Openings: 4660 10-year Percent Change in Computing Jobs: 24.8% 10-year Change in Number of Computing Jobs: 24,050
http://www.ncwit.org/edjobsmap
Employment for CS/IT Graduates 2011-2012
UNDERGRAD
DEGREES EMPLOYED %
CS - Systems 4 4 100%
Applied CS 12 12 100%
CS - Games 10 10 100%
IT 9 7* 78%
35 33 94%
GRAD SCHOOL
GaTech 2
CSU 9
total 11
percentage 31%
EMPLOYMENT
CSU (UITS) 7
TSYS 9
AFLAC 3
OmegaFi 2
Gentiva Health Services 1
CACI 1
WTVM 1
Eyes Wide games (ATL) 1
Progress (ATL) 1
Consilium1 (ATL) 1
Defense contractor (Augusta) 1
Intelligent Automation (MD) 1
Planned Systems Intl (DC) 1
Dean Evans (CO) 1
Graduate Assistant 2
interviewing 2
Challenge
• Professionals in computing say
that you should like:
•Problem solving
•Working with others in a team
•Problem solving
•Being creative
•Problem solving
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Computer Science
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Computer Science
Some Quick Facts about CS Students
• Approximately 300 undergraduates
• Approximately 90 graduate students
• Increasing student research opportunities
• Variety of internship and coop opportunities
• Study-abroad opportunities
• ACM Student Chapter
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Academic Programs in Computer Science
• BS Computer Science - Applied Track
• BS Computer Science - Games Track
• BS Computer Science - Systems Track
• BS Information Technology
• BS Information Technology (online)
• Combined BS/MS Computer Science
• Computer Science Teaching Endorsement
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Computer Science
Academic Programs in
Computer Science • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
– Systems • designed for students who plan on continuing to a graduate
program in Computer Science or who want a more traditional and theoretical degree
– Applied • less theoretical with a focus on mainframe programming and
web programming
– Games • designed for students who plan on continuing to a graduate
program in Computer Science or who want to work in the gaming, modeling, and simulation industry
• Minor Computer Science (18 semester hours)
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Collaboration with Industry
Internships for students
Collaborative Research in: o Security / CyberForensics
oMobile App Development
oWireless Networking / Pervasive Computing
oModeling and Simulations (Serious Games)
o Software Development
oData Visualization
oData Warehousing / Data Mining / Data Analytics
o Legacy Code Translation
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Computers in the 1940s
How many
computers in
this picture?
TSYS School of
Computer Science
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The PC of tomorrow
• Sixth Sense (wearable technology) 4:41
• Oblong (mezzanine) 4:55
• Oblong (g-speak) 3:06
• A Day Made of Glass (5:33)
• A Day Made of Glass2: Unpacked (11:25)
• CES 2013: Mind-controlled helicopters,
games for kids with ADHD (3 min)
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TSYS School of Computer
Science PREVIEW
• Mobile Apps
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle & Robots
• Games and Simulations
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QUESTIONS?
Wayne Summers
TSYS School of Computer Science – CSU
http://cs.ColumbusState.edu
(706) 507-8170