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The Journey Through Software Design

Spring 2019 Edition

Ben Hill

Amon Millner

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The Team

Faculty

Ben Hill x 5

Amon Millner x 5

Multi-year NINJAs

Matt Brucker x 2

Vicky McDermott x 2

Ashley Swanson x 2

Newly Added NINJAs

Hyegi Bang 

Diego Berny

 Anna Griffin

Hwei-Shin Harriman 

Emma Pan

Shyheim Russell

 Julian Stone 

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Computing as an

Interdisciplinary Toolkit

The Framing

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Computation

Biology

Physics

Art and Music

Cognitive Science

Robotics

Linguistics

Economics

Epidemiology

Political Science

Social Justice

Data Mining

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Biology

Physics

Art and Music

Cognitive Science

Robotics

Linguistics

Economics

Epidemiology

Political Science

Social Justice

Data Mining

Why not just view the world like this???

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Anecdotes from Recent Faculty Search

Computation in Astronomy
Computation in Healthcare
Computation in Social Justice
…

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a few examples to inspire

Computing Artifacts Across Fields

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Computer Graphics

demos from the major graphics conference

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Political Science

I just finished a BA with a political science major. I also have one year of a computer science degree. While doing political science, there were many times I wished I was better at programming and able to write programs that could retrieve and analyze data. I used programs for mapping patterns. Again, I wished I could redesign those programs to work better for political science. Then there's algorithms. I wish I was better at discrete mathematics. There are patterns that can be found and predictions that can be made. If you are doing election related analysis there is so much that can be done with computer science. Those polls have a lot of room for improvement. Simulation would provide a lot of insight to visualize events, scenarios, and patterns. Every sub discipline of P.S. has statistical components that could be improved by algorithms and programs. Political science is nothing other than 'information to be processed'

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Bioinformatics

Has the potential to lead to better screening and understanding of complex syndromes and diseases.

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Personalized Medicine

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AI / Machine Learning

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AI / Machine Learning

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Robotics: Self-driving Cars

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AI / Machine Learning

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Wearable Sensing

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Crypto Currencies

BitCoin mining hardware

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Virtual Composers

ART and Music

The Triumph of the Cyborg Composer

Emily Howell sample track

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(by skills we mean super powers)

Skills Developed in Software Design

^*The SoftDes faculty assume no liability if this class does not actually give you superpowers

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If you know how to use professional software engineering tools and processes, you can:

Combine multiple existing software packages to do amazing things
Build your own tool from scratch to solve problems (or help some people) that are important to you

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If you know how to frame a problem computationally, you can:

Develop creative solutions to hard problems
See connections between your problem and other problems that initially seemed unrelated

If you know how to effectively communicate and understand computational ideas, you can:

Maximize the impact of code you write
Work effectively (speak the same language) as software developers that you might collaborate with or hire

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a few final project videos from the past

what the NINJAs did

The SoftDes Skills Applied

Computation

Biology

Physics

Art and Music

Cognitive Science

Design

Linguistics

Productivity

Gaming / history

Political Science

Social Justice

Data Mining

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