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Seminar Series – Dr. Susan Reiser
August 26, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Dr. Susan Reiser is a Senior Lecturer Emerita from UNC-Asheville who has taught classes in computer science, new media, and mechatronics engineering and developed over 25 courses in these three disciplines. Before teaching, she worked in an industry position as a software developer and systems engineer. Currently, she collaborates with Texas A&M’s Courtney Starrett on data materialization projects.
Location: BLOC 220 and Zoom
Zoom Meeting ID: 974 9688 4861
Passcode: 923446
Seminar Abstract
A liberal arts curriculum includes foundational knowledge across the arts and sciences with an emphasis on developing critical skills and problem-solving, Historically the liberal arts curriculum excluded computer science as an “unnatural” science. But given that projects in computer graphics—including visualization, data science, and interactive techniques—are inherently interdisciplinary, or at times trans-disciplinary, and demand critical and creative thinking; they actually exemplify the ideals of the liberal arts. Computer graphics students must be life-long learners because technology will change. Students will need to adapt their theoretical knowledge to new tools and will need to apply them to solve new problems. Furthermore, data support that courses that link STEM content to real-world problems help retain women and people of color in the discipline.
In this seminar, we will look at example projects and courses that work to connect computer graphics and society and cross reference CS2023 (Computer Science Curricula 2023). To that end, we will illustrate why computer graphics can be an interdisciplinary cornerstone of a modern liberal arts curriculum.
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