Computer Science Department Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 cs.smith

Computer Science

Department

Smith College

Northampton, MA 01063

www.cs.smith.edu

Arts oriented courses:

csc106, Introduction to

Computing and the Arts;

csc240, Computer Graphics;

csc354 Seminar on Digital

Sound and Music Processing,

and others.

For more information on these courses, visit the computer

science web site at www.cs.smith.edu.

Justine Kurtz '08Double CS/German major

Computer Science Major:The major is a set of at least 11 semester courses distributed over Theory,Programming, and Systems. All students take a seminar on the state-of-the-art of a topic in computer science such as computer architecture, machine vision, parallel processing, robotics, and digital sound and music processing.

Computer Science Minors:digital art, digital music, theory, programming, systems, computer science and language, and mathematical foundations of computer science, or self-designed.

Sarah Unnokon '08CS major, Art Studio minor

Moitri Ghosh '08Psychology major,CS digital art minor

Computer Science collaborates with the Art, Theatre, Dance, and Music Departments, in developing a program in Arts and Technology

TessaTaylor ‘08JCS major

Diana Larry ‘08CS major, Engineering minor

Computer Science shares the Center for Design and Fabrication, a college-wide resource used by artists and scientists alike.

Applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator; Macromedia Dreamweaver; Matlab and Mathematica; Final Cut Pro; Processing, Flash and Sketch up are available, as are QT, Java, and python for advanced programming; Keykit, Csound, and Pure Data for computer sound and music; and OpenGL, GameMaker, and POV-Ray, and blender for computer graphics.

Facilities

Computer Science contains and shares assorted computer-equipped classrooms in the science center. Machines include dual boot linux/windows workstations as well as triple boot Macintosh computers.

Students and faculty members pursue interdisciplinary research and class work using digital circuits and microprocessor kits; robot arms, dogs, and platforms; sensors and synthesizers, for digital sound and music; digital video cameras and a Gypsy 3.0 wireless model motion capture system; and a 3-D printer, a laser scanner and a laser cutter for rapid prototyping.

Students

Computer Science students are very active in the department. Two liaisons (Jordan Crouser & Stephanie Gibbons this year) attend department meetings, and run social events like movie and game night. Many students work as teaching assistants, running help sessions, grading, and aiding students during teaching labs.

Many students also do research as special studies, as research grant assistants, or as honors theses.

Jordan Crouser '08Double CS/Math major

StephanieGibbons '08CS major

LaurenKvalheim '08Double CS/Artmajor

Shae Smith '08 CS major

Ngiare Underhill ‘08Double CS/Economics major

April 2008