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NATIONAL ENGINEERS MONTH 2014A WORLD OF I.T.
YOUR LOGO HERE
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WHAT IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?
Applying science and data for practical purposes
Do you like to…
o Make discoveries?
o Learn how things work?
o Fix things?
o Solve puzzles and problems?
o Create new things?
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First female engineer hired by FacebookRUCHI SANGHVI
o BS and MS in Electrical Computer Engineering
o Joined Facebook in 2005 as one of the main people working on the first version of its news feed
o Became the product lead for Facebook Platform in 2006
o Awarded a TechFellow "Best Engineering Leadership Award" in 2011 for her work at Facebook
o Founded Cove in 2010 and later joined with Dropbox
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President and CEO of Yahoo!MARISSA MAYER
o BS in Symbolic Systems and MS in Computer Science
• Specialization in artificial intelligence
o Joined Google in 1999 as its first female engineer
o Became President and CEO of Yahoo! in 2012
o Ranked 32 in Forbes magazine’s List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2013
o First woman to be listed as number one on Fortune magazine’s annual list of the top 40 business stars under 40 years old
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CAREERS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
o Computer Engineers (CE): design the hardware.
o Computer Scientists (CS): devise the algorithms to process images and information.
o Software Engineers (SE): write software and ensure that it meets quality standards.
o IT professionals (IT): connect equipment to the rest of the high-tech gear.
o Information systems (IS) specialists: ensure that the right staff gets the right information at the right time
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HOW IS I.T. USED EVERYDAY?Video Gameso Powerful chips capable of displaying lifelike
characters in 3D worlds are made by…• Computer Engineers
o Artificial intelligence that makes games challenging and keep you coming back for more are thought up by…
• Software Engineers
o Technical support networks and infrastructure enabling game development are prepared by…
• IT Experts
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HOW IS I.T. USED EVERYDAY?Cell Phoneso Smaller, less power-hungry chips are made by…
• Computer Engineers
o Compression algorithms to transmit information more efficiently are developed by…• Computer Scientists
o Connections between businesses and mobile customers are prepared by…• Information Systems Specialists
o Up-to-date hardware and software are monitored by… • Information Systems Specialists
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HOW IS I.T. USED EVERYDAY?Medical Technologyo Machines that help diagnose patients are designed by…
• Computer Engineers
o Algorithms to process images from electrical impulses are developed by…• Computer Scientists
o Imaging equipment for the hospital equipment is monitored by…• IT Professionals
o The correct medical staff get the right information at the right time because of…• IS Specialists
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NOW IT’S TIME TO TEST YOUR I.T.
SKILLS!