Department of Computer Science
James K. Hahn, Ph.D., Chair
7th floor Academic Center
The George Washington University
What is CS?
• Use of computers to solve
problems in
– Information processing
– Medicine and Health care
– Arts and Entertainment
– Engineering and Science
– Business and Finance
• Ubiquitous!
• Not just programming!
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Computer Jobs
• Department of Commerce study projects
– 70% of all US job vacancies between 2002-2012 in
Science & Engineering will be in CS and Information
Technology
• All BS students class of 2005 had job offers by summer!
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Options
BS and BA
• Medical Preparation
• Biomedical Computing
• Bioinformatics
• Comp. Security/Information Assurance (CSIA)
• Digital Media
• Computer Science
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• BS
– Designed for strong specialization in CS
– Minor optional
• BA
– Designed for broad multidisciplinary education
– Second major or two minors required
– Example 2nd majors:
Biology, Criminal justice, Economics, Art, Languages,
Health Sciences, Public Health, Biology,
Management…
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Biomedical Computing
BA and BS (with Med Prep)
• Apply computer science principles to solve
problems in medicine/health care
• Examples of areas:
– Electronic medical records
– Patient care and monitoring
– Medical decision support
– Telemedicine
– Medical imaging
– Computer guided surgery
(recent $2.8 M NIH grant joint with MAE)
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Career Opportunities in
Biomedical Computing
• Roles
– Managers
– Project designers
– Researchers
– Programmers
– Systems analysts
– Educators
– Physicians
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• Settings
– Hospitals and health
systems
– Health information
technology vendors
– eHealth companies
– Insurers
– Academic departments
– Clinical and research
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Bioinformatics
BA and BS (with Med Prep)
• Cross-roads of biology, medicine, computer science &
information technology
• Discover new insights into biology and medicine
– Understand molecular bases of living organisms
• Areas in
– Basic research
– Therapeutics (e.g. pharmaceuticals)
– Disease association and diagnostics
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Computer Security and
Information Assurance, BS
• Detect and prevent intrusion or destruction
– Government and business computer systems and networks
• Encompass
– Network security, information warfare, cryptography,
information policy, and computer forensics
• GW's undergraduate program in CSIA
– One of very few in the U.S., and is considered to be one of
the best
• CyberCorps Scholarship program
– Fully paid 2 year scholarships from National Science
Foundation (NSF) and Department of Defense (DOD)
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Digital Media
BA and BS
• Computer Graphics
– Modeling
(create virtual worlds)
– Rendering (create image)
– Animation (create motion)
• Human Computer Interaction
• Multimedia
• Applications
– VR, Games, …
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Alumni
• PIXAR:
Technical Director
(Toy Story, Monster’s Inc, etc.)
• Rhythm & Hues:
Visual effects supervisor
(Men in Black, Stewart Little, etc.)
• Computer Games:
Programmer, Management, Sound producer
• Engineering, Medical, Business
(Government and private sector)
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Courses
• Game Design
CSCI 191
• Computer Graphics/VR
CSCI 171
• Computer Animation
CSCI 181, 182
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Department of Computer Science
Projects/Research
Virtual Reality
Medical Applications
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Smithsonian
Virtual Museum
Information
Visualization
Olympic Swimming
Team Visualization
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Numbers
• Undergraduate enrollment: ~150
• Graduate enrollment: ~240
• 19 full-time faculty
• Research expenditure is over $3.5 million per year
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Recent Graduates
Where are they now?
• Graduate Schools
– GWU
– NYU
– Brown
– Carnegie-Mellon
• Working
– Microsoft
– Google
– AOL
– Fidelity Investments
– NASA, NSA
– Univ Maryland
– Rhythm and Hues
– Univ North Carolina
– Digital Domain
– Univ Washington
– U.S. Patent Office
– Lockheed Martin
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Department of Computer Science
• Law Schools
• Medical Schools
– GWU
– GWU
– Duke
– Univ Maryland
– Lewis & Clark
– NYU
– Pepperdine
• Business Schools
– GWU
– Stanford
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www.cs.gwu.edu
Greg Shirah, NASA
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Larry Gritz, NVIDIA
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Department of Computer Science