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Before Reading's

Before Denning articles, answer the following questions

When you hear the term computer science, what comes to mind?

Hardware, software, the enigma machine, zeros and ones, binary, java, python, c++, compilers, electrical engineering, circuits, switches, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, transformer architecture.

When older relatives or friends hear the term computer science, what do you think comes to their minds?

Punch cards, analog computers, enigma machine, huge mainframes.

When younger relatives or friends hear the term computer science, what do you think comes to their minds?

Video games, AI, newer languages

Before Reading the Janovy chapter (on your honor) answer the following questions

When you hear the term biology, what comes to mind?

Humans, Cells, DNA, Transcription

Do you consider yourself a *biologist*? why or why not?

Im interested in biology, but I don’t have the practical knowledge or experiences I would need to consider myself a biologist. (I read this article before answering these questions accidentally so I am trying to answer as if I hadn’t read the article, I did not read the Denning articles ahead of time though)

Dean's Entry

Before reading the Denning articles

1. When I hear computer science, I think of lots of code on a computer screen that seems cryptic and basically in another language (because it essentially is). I do not understand much about computer science, nor do I know of the languages of coding.
2. When older relatives hear the term computer science, they likely think of big tech companies like google or Microsoft, and they think of all of the work that goes into all of their products and software.
3. When younger relatives hear the term computer science, they likely think of video games or animation, which are the kinds of things that they interact with in regards to computer science.

Before reading the Janovy chapter

1. When I hear the term biology, I think of dissections of animals and their anatomy, although I understand that that relates to a more surface level study of biology whereas the field dives much deeper into the foundations of life.
2. I do not necessarily consider myself a biologist, for I will graduate college with only a minor in the field. However I know that a minor does give me more of a background in the field than most people.

After Reading the Articles

1. The Denning article titled "voices of computing"'s purpose was to give a summary for the different perspectives of the different concentrations and careers within the large field of computing. The purpose of the second Denning article called "Computing is a natural science" was to give insight into the current state of the field of computing. Considering that today many people regard it as a field that is quite different from the natural sciences such as Biology or Chemistry, but it makes the point that computing is not such a different field and it connects it to the other sciences in this reading. The purpose of the Janovy reading "On becoming a Biologist" was to provide an account of how he found himself and how he ended up becoming a biologist.
2. The voice that appeals to me the most is the voice of the computational thinker, for I do find myself often looking for patterns or systematic ways of understanding the world, and attempting to apply them to everything, similar to how the computational thinker uses algorithms and problem solving skills.