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The University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Computer Sciences Roadshow Goals Introduce the field of Computer Science Get you excited about Computer Science!!! Who we are Who can be a Computer Scientist? Once upon a time … How many computers do you own? How many computers do you own? What can you do with Computer Science? So How does it Work? How does email work? Alice@ Bob@ Domain name - the part of the address after the @ Artificial Intelligence + Computer Science Graphics: Art + Computer Science Computers are helping people everyday Changing Our Lives How is medicine developed? Before computers… Trial and error. Serendipity. The Smallpox Vaccine Smallpox was a deadly disease Some observed that milk maids didn’t get smallpox How Can Computers Help? Understand the chemical or biological effect of viruses and proteins Use computer simulation and visualization Edible Computers Getting computers to do what you want them to do… In a nutshell Identify the starting point and goal Find a path Break the path into steps (Algorithm) A computer can only do what it is told to do! In a nutshell Identify the starting point and goal Find a path Break the path into steps (Algorithm) Make the computer understand (Programming) Magic (Pixie Dust) Eureka! It works! RoboCup and Aibo Dogs Getting the dogs to walk:In the Beginning Guess how the dog ought to move its legs How fast? What joints in what order? How many legs at once? Which ones? The dogs walk like Frankenstein! How do we get them to move quickly (and smoothly)? The Robot: Sony Aibo The Robot: Sony Aibo The Robot: Sony Aibo Running Fast Running is a complex behavior So… have the dogs learn on their own! Science Behind RoboCup How do the Aibo dogs know… where they are? where the other players are? What are good team strategies? RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League RoboCup: Goal By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team.