NATIONAL ENGINEERS MONTH 2014A WORLD OF I.T.

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

NOW IT’S TIME TO TEST YOUR I.T.

SKILLS!