MerrickFurst
College of Computing
Georgia Tech
"Threads: Restructuring Computer Science Curricula for a Flat World"
Abstract:
“There is only one message: You have to constantly upgrade your skills. There will be plenty of good jobs out there in the flat world for people with the knowledge and ideas to seize them.”
--- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
“Symphonic thinking is the signature ability of composers and conductors, whose jobs involve corralling a diverse group of notes, instruments, and performers producing a unified and pleasing sound. Entrepreneurs and inventors have long relied on this ability. But today, Symphony is becoming an essential aptitude for a much wider swath of the population.”
--- Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age The old way of doing things is not going to work.
Old-school software engineers and computer programmers trained using traditional undergraduate computer science curricula will find it difficult to differentiate themselves and remain competitive in an increasingly global, interconnected economy. The new breed of computing graduates must adapt their views of, and integration into, the world to be successful. In a pioneering effort, The College of Computing at Georgia Tech, one of the few college-level computing programs in the nation, has been working over the past several years to develop a paradigm-changing undergraduate computing program: Threads.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
3:00 - 4:15
Wu & Chen
101 Levine Hall