The students began their day by visiting the Audiospatialization Lab at UCSD’s Qualcomm Institute. They learned about sound technology and how it can be used in various fields and applications. For example, they demonstrated a speaker system that can pinpoint individuals and send specific sounds to that travel to the person as they walk around. When would this be useful? To provide translation services to multiple people at a location such as a museum. One of the presenters that shared the work was a Morse graduate!
From there, they visited the Design Lab where we discussed how computer scientists focus on solving problems and it isn’t just about coding. When computer scientists develop automation of processes, they strive to make a solution that can be applied to more than one thing. For example, if an essay autograder was made, then it would be more beneficial to do all essays, not just one on World War I.
Afterwards, they heard from a panel of computer science students from CS4Each. They shared their experiences and dispelled misconceptions. Morse students got a chance to ask their own questions and get mentorship.
After lunch, they a toured of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department, the Graphics Lab and the Robotics Lab. Students got to experience cutting edge technology and how they can begin to learn more about the field to contribute to in the future.
Thank you to Lovella (Morse grade) who arranged for the experience at Qualcomm Institute and Professor Porter who organized the activities at CSE.
