Dr. Wu Feng will be exhibiting at the April 10th KTU!

Dr. Feng from the VT Department of Computer Science will be exhibiting at the April 10th KTU program! He will have 2 exhibits detailed below:

1. What is Computer Science and Engineering?
This exhibit will be a rolling presentation of "What is Computer Science and Engineering?" and will serve to debunk many of the myths perpetuated by Hollywood. The exhibit will show how computer science and engineering seeks to leverage computers to solve problems across a gamut of disciplines - from the arts and humanities to medicine and health to other sciences and engineering. Thought-provoking question: Is the iPhone or Droid a computer? Trivia: Which discipline has consistently been in the top-10 paying jobs of this decade? Which discipline is expected to have 71% of all the job openings in science engineering by 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau Labor & Statistics?

2. MyVICE: My Virtual Instances of Computing Environments
This exhibit will present our computer science curriculum for teaching 3rd-7th graders how to "program with pictures" (or more metaphorically, storyboarding or "moving making"). This curriculum, when coupled with the notion of "virtual computing," will transform the way that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are taught in K-12.