{"id":2,"date":"2022-09-06T19:33:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/erik-johnson\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-10-16T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T19:31:23","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/erik-johnson\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\">COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJORS CAN NOW CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONCENTRATIONS:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Computer Engineering<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Science<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Game Development<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Software Engineering<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>General CS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; For more details, see Tarleton&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/csee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CSEE website<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/List\/Best-Jobs-in-America-LST_KQ0,20.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE LATEST JOB SURVEY BY GLASSDOOR<\/a>&nbsp;HAS COMPUTER SCIENCE JOBS IN THE FIRST THREE PLACES, AND THREE MORE AMONG THE TOP TEN!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/agapie\/documents\/student_opportunities_2017-18.pdf\">JOBS, RESEARCH, INTERNSHIPS, CONFERENCES<\/a>&nbsp;(LAST UPDATE MAY 2018)&nbsp;RAYTHEON HAS OPENINGS FOR CS AND MECHANICAL ENG. GRADUATES IN&nbsp;MCKINNEY, TX AND TUCSON, AZ!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FOLLOW OUR GRADUATES:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/agapie\/documents\/companies_hired_cs_grads_2017.pdf\">COMPANIES THAT HIRED OUR CS GRADUATES<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/job-market\/trends-and-predictions\/employer-demand-for-graduates-by-degree-level\/\">TRENDS IN THE CS JOB MARKET &#8211; 2017<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CAREERS FOR CS GRADUATES:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/oedb.org\/fast-track-careers-computer-science\">1<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/computingcareers.acm.org\/?page_id=8\">2<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/susanadams\/2012\/09\/20\/the-cities-with-the-most-computer-science-jobs\/\">3<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/careerplanning.about.com\/od\/occupations\/a\/computercareers.htm\">4&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;HOT&#8221; AREAS FOR CS MAJORS (LOTS OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING ONLINE DEGREES):\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastersindatascience.org\/careers\/data-scientist\">DATA SCIENCE<\/a>, WITH JOB AND EARNINGS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.berkeley.edu\/blog\/data-scientist-salary\/\">PROSPECTS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/typesofengineeringdegrees.org\/software-engineering\/\">SOFTWARE ENGINEERING<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>THE&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.tarleton.edu\/agapie\/Roadmap%20for%20US%20Robotics\">ROADMAP FOR US ROBOTICS<\/a>&nbsp;AND THE&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503641\">NATIONAL ROBOTICS INITIATIVE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\">Free Online Classes:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.udacity.com\/\">UDACITY<\/a>: COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATH, PHYSICS (MANY OF THEIR CLASSES TEACH AND USE PYTHON).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/\">COURSERA<\/a>: FREE ONLINE CLASSES FROM TOP UNIVERSITIES<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News from AI and Robotics:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EU is leading in Machine Learning regulation:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingaiinstitute.com\/blog\/how-the-european-unions-gdpr-rules-impact-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GPRD (General Data Protection Regulation)<\/a>. An in-depth explanation can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ora.ox.ac.uk\/objects\/uuid:593169ee-0457-4051-9337-e007064cf67c\/download_file?file_format=application\/pdf&amp;safe_filename=euregs.pdf&amp;type_of_work=Journal%20article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@francois.chollet\/the-impossibility-of-intelligence-explosion-5be4a9eda6ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Putting AI in perspective<\/a>: Don&#8217;t expect &#8220;super-AI&#8221; to take over the world anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/alphazero-annihilates-world-s-best-chess-bot-after-just-1821081928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AlphaZero continues its winning streak<\/a>: learns chess in 4 hours, then destroys the leading chess-playing engine, Stockfish, in 100-game match (28 wins, 72 draws)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/ai-versus-ai-self-taught-alphago-zero-vanquishes-its-predecessor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AlphaZero<\/a>&nbsp;learns go in 40 days without human input, and then it beats AlphaGo 100-0! (Oct 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AlphaGo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AlphaGo<\/a>&nbsp;beats the two leading human go champions, Lee Sedol (March 2016) and Je Kie! (May 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2017\/jan\/30\/libratus-poker-artificial-intelligence-professional-human-players-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Libratus beats four top human poker players<\/a>&nbsp;at the Brains vs. Artificial Intelligence competition! (Jan 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icra2017.org\/conference\/robot-challenges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The four robotics challenges at ICRA 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/machines-ham-best-robots-ces-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The best robots at CES 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nautil.us\/issue\/27\/dark-matter\/artificial-intelligence-is-already-weirdly-inhuman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deep Neural Networks make weird mistakes<\/a>&nbsp;&#8230; and people cannot figure out why (August 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/humanoids\/how-kaist-drc-hubo-won-darpa-robotics-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South-Korean &#8220;transformer&#8221; robot wins DARPA Robotics Challenge!<\/a>&nbsp;(June 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/robotics\/artificial-intelligence\/machinelearning-maestro-michael-jordan-on-the-delusions-of-big-data-and-other-huge-engineering-efforts\/?utm_source=techalert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great interview<\/a>&nbsp;with Prof. Michael I. 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