Welcome to Loyola College

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Welcome to Loyola College

• Computer Science Department

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Why Computer Science?

• Care about science?
• Many applications - physics, biology,more
• Foundational questions about knowledge
• Arithmetic is random!? - Gregory Chaitin
• Care about others?
• Help bridge the digital divide
• Opportunities endless - Telecenter
• Care about making a living?
• Salaries are doing well - salaries surge

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Why Loyola?

• Strong liberal arts education
• Strong computer science department
• All research faculty have won NSF funding
• All come from first rate schools
• Accredited program
• Location, location, location -Strong employers in
  Baltimore/Washington
• NASA, NSA, NOAA, DOD, Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen
  Hamilton and many more
• Internships, summer research, grants

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Oh, students have fun
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and achieve.

• Jon Squire
• Now at Dow Jones - information security
• Jackie Kenney 2007
• PhD program UMass- mobile manipulation
• Scott Emrich 2002
• Now at Notre Dame - bioinformatics

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And more

• Jason Corso
• Now at U. Buffalo through Johns Hopkins
• Julie Pointek, Kelly McGuire
• DOD, NSA
• Michael Stone, Jeff Kirk
• NASA
• Pat Cronin, Aidan Ryan
• Peace Corp, Oakdale Middle School
• Matt Wollenweber, Shannon Kennedy
• Lockheed Martin, Northrup-Grumman
• Steve Anderson, Mark Keefer
• Booz Allen Hamilton, UPS

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How do you get there?

• B.S. program
• Accredited by CSAB
• B.A. program
• First two years same as B.S.
• More opportunities for electives, joint majors
  (English, Bio, History)
• B.S./M.S. five year program
• Move directly into graduate courses

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Your guides on the way
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First Year

• Computer science I and II
• Calculus I and II
• Core - writing, literature, history

• Closed labs in CS I/II
• Small classes, hands on instruction

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First Year Options

• Alpha course, First Year Experience

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Second Year

• Data Structures I and II
• Computer Engineering (hardware)
• Physics (or other science), Linear Algebra
• Core - Philosophy, History, Art

• Move to Linux
• Learn from each other

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Third Year

• Software Engineering
• Operating Systems, Programming Languages
• Statistics
• Computer Science Electives
• Core - Theology, Social Sciences, English

• Begin large projects
• SE team work

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Fourth Year

• Computer Science Project
• Computer Science Theory, 2 more Electives
• Network, Software Engineering tracks available
• Core - Ethics, second course in Social sciences

• Electives Networks, graphics, AI, Database,
  Software Testing, Web programming, OOP, games

• Senior project
• Advanced topics in CS

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Research projects

• Manufacturing robotics (NIST)
• Feedback Compiler Design (NSF)
• Gene Identification Tools (NSF)
• Image Processing (NASA/Goddard)
• International Technology Research Institute
• multiple projects sponsored by DARPA, ONR, NIST,
  NASA, DOD, NSF
• Hauber Program
• Loyola College sponsored Faculty/Student research
  projects

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Internships/Projects

• NASA summer program
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• National Security Scholarship
• Beans and Bread curriculum
• NIST robotic research
• On campus projects and jobs- theater, FISH lab,
  network group

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And when you finish