Computing at Aberystwyth University

1. Computing at Aberystwyth University

2. Plan for the day • Talks: • What you study • Student life • Team building and careers or Show&Tell / Chat Tour Tea and Cake or Show&Tell/ Chat Tour Home

3. Plan for the day • Talks: • What you study • Student life • Team building and careers Tour Tea and Cake Show&Tell / Chat Home

4. Checking out your University choices

5. ….. the town and atmosphere

6. In the top 5 in the world for the best place to be a student, living costs and social activities iGraduate 2013 • Safest university campus in England & Wales Complete University Guide 2013 / Daily Mail • Guaranteed accommodation for first years • September 2014: 1000 new en-suite rooms adjacent to the Penglais Campus (£45m project). • Available for undergraduates and postgraduates

7. ….. the learning environment

8. Top 10 in the world for technology, learning support and accommodation costs iGraduate2013 • Top 10 in the UK for ‘Quality Lecturers’ iGraduate 2013 • 4th in the UK for teaching and learning THES Student Survey 2013

9. …..the equipment • Computers • 2 workstation rooms JUST for CS students, one for linux, one for Macs • DSL - Small computer systems and networking equipment • 4 robotics laboratories • Assembly robots • Mobile robots • Aerobots • VICON vision system • Our own biological laboratory with automated equipment for conducting biological experiments

10. …..the course what will I study? what will I do then? Help you make a decision about Aber and (to some extent) us make a decision about you

11. What does a CS department do? • Consulting with external companies • Research • Latest Research Assessment Exercise: • 100% research being of international quality.. • Best in Wales! • Source of final year projects and even jobs • Teaching – the most important to you!

12. Aim of our courses We seek to produce graduates who have: • a broad knowledge of Computing, • good intellectual skills, and • strengthened interpersonal skills. So that they …. can adapt and be relevant in 10 years time. Do we succeed? • Degrees accredited by British Computer Society (BCS) • Our students get good jobs in the Computing industry ….and also have fun

13. Undergraduate Courses • Common themes to degrees • Common first year of study, and much of second year • Emphasis on adaptable, vocationally oriented computing education • Degree schemes offered: • Computer Science • Software Engineering • Internet Computing and Systems Administration • Business Information Technology • Degree ‘flavours’ linked to our research interests • Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence • AI and Robotics • Computer Graphics, Vision and Games

14. Features of all our degrees • Flexible • you can change scheme or mix and match • Vocational • Activity weekend in first year - team skills • Professional skills weekend in second year • Encouraged to spend a year in industry • Projectbased • Hard Work – Lots of project work!

15. Common First Yearbut YOU are all different…

16. Mary– G451 Maths A level Computing A level (with programming) No databases Bill – G400 No Maths A level No programming IT A level (with databases) Elective Databases Concepts in Programming (Java and …) Intro to Programming (Java) Maths driving license Advanced maths Operating Systems End of semester 1 Telecomms Web Tools (xml, html, Javascript) Professional Develop. Software Development End of semester 2

17. Mary– G451 Maths A level Computing A level (with programming) No databases Bill – G400 No Maths A level No programming IT A level (with databases) Elective Databases Paul – G501 Mature student with qualifications in Art, French & Business Concepts in Programming (Java and …) Intro to Programming (Java) Maths driving license Advanced maths Operating Systems End of semester 1 Telecomms Web Tools (xml, html, Javascript) Professional Develop. An elective Software Development OR End of semester 2

18. Moving into the Second Year • You may arrive on one degree scheme and wish to change to another • That is fine if you have the prerequisites • Many students change scheme more than once

19. Some of the Modules - Year 2 • Systems Admin. • Web Programming • Image Processing • Interactive Graphics for web • Mobile Computing • User Centred Design • Commercial Databases • …………….and more • Data Structures & Algorithms • Architecture & Hardware • C and Unix • C++ • Database and Modelling • Artificial Intelligence (x2) • Introduction to Robotics • Focus: Software Development Lifecycle (Group Project)

20. Between years 2 and 3 Year in Industry (optional)

21. Distributed Systems Agile Methodologies Professional Issues E-commerce Network Technologies Internet Admin. Intelligent Robotics Ubiquitous Computing Open Source Development Artificial Intelligence Concepts Space Robotics Advanced Computer Graphics Computer Vision Visualisation …………….and more Some of the Modules - Year ‘3’ • Focus: Individual Project (33% of time)

22. Modules - Year ‘4’ (MEng) • Developing applications for mobile platforms • Hot Topics in Software Engineering • The Internet And How It ‘Really’ Works • Introduction to Intelligent Systems • Developing Advanced Internet-Based Applications • Distributed Group project

23. Support and tutoring All of the following are available for help and advice: Personal tutor – member of staff Tutors for small groups in years 1 and 2 Academic Advisor Year tutor – in charge of whole year Lecturers – happy to answer questions Demonstrators –in the labs (more advanced students) Industrial Year supervisor – visits you on site Final year project supervisor – weekly meetings Careers office Student Support

24. To help you decide: http://courses.aber.ac.uk/ http://www.aber.ac.uk/modules Ask anyone today or call/email later cs-admissions@aber.ac.uk