ACM@USC

ACM will be hosting its first talk of the 2020 Fall Semester. In a new twist we will be conducting our meeting online, and click here to join us on Discord.

We will have a few moments to welcome all of the new members and then we will enter a deep dive into the field of Computer Science in general. Some of the topics covered are:

• A short discussion on what we would do differently as an incoming student, and general good tips

• Origins and Pioneers of Computer Science

• Theoretical Computer Science

  • Computation
  • Complexity
  • Algorithms
  • Information Theory - Computer Engineering
  • Computers
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages and Compilers
  • Artificial Intelligence

• Application

  • GOFAI Good Old Fashioned AI
  • Neural Networks
  • Computer Graphics
    • Ray tracing
    • Path tracing
    • Rasterization
  • Supercomputing

The great thing about this talk is we will only be diving into each topic for 2-3 minutes, as almost every one of these topics can be a talk in themselves. Feel free to chime in with prior experience or thoughts throughout the talk. We look forward to seeing you!

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Update: the slides will be here!