Multidisciplinary computer science through conducting robots

Authors:
Andrea Salgian;Christopher Ault;Teresa M. Nakra;Yunfeng Wang;Meredith K. Stone
Affiliations:
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA;The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA;The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA;The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA;Independent Evaluator, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2011

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe an ongoing multidisciplinary undergraduate seminar that we have developed, in which student teams build non-human systems that conduct our college orchestra. Students and faculty in the course come from four disciplines: computer science, interactive multimedia, music, and mechanical engineering. This paper describes the course structure, computer science components, final projects, team dynamics, and assessments. We evaluate the results to-date and discuss ongoing revisions and expectations for the future.