Marin Saric (University of Chicago)

Computers

Abstract

The attendees of Summer School of Science will be faced with a rare opportunity to find out about the newest trends and developments in Computer Science. The purpose of these lectures is to motivate as many students as possible to join this exciting area of science. Students of different backgrounds will learn about acquiring the basic skills to formalize their thought process and streamline it into both declarative and imperative forms of programming. Concepts, abstractions and ideas will be greatly emphasized over technique, because the attendees that gain interest in the lectured fields have plenty of opportunity to polish their programming syntax elsewhere. Popular, yet rarely explained topics will be covered, such as: the future of computing and its upcoming developmental obstacles, the internals of Internet communication protocols, the most important skills in becoming a programmer and thinking like one, the operational specifications of computer virii, major issues and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, trends and history of the computer industry, recent development of data mining and information retrieval areas and their effect on individual's right to privacy, various management, design and organizing areas in computer industry that do not necessarily involve programming and also the local, Croatian, perspective in Computer Science will be discussed with the attendees. The lectures will be organized in a brief introductory monologue and the longer, more interactive, question and answer sessions.