Computing Day at York University

I was able to experience University life during the course of the full day at York University Keele Campus. I have been in this area several times but never actually visited York University. I was planning on taking the TTC but my dad was kind enough to drop me as it was snowing in the morning.

I arrived a few minutes after 9 am and we registered in at the Computer Science and Engineering Department building. We waited in the lobby for the rest of the class to arrive. The first presentation began at 10 am describing what is computer science and whether it has an intellectual dimension or is it only about Technology? It was presented by Jeff Edmonds in a big lecture hall.

Following this presentation, we headed to Hall C for a presentation by the York University Rover team. It was intriguing with their mind, body, soul concept and I was impressed with their achievements in the University Challenges from the previous years were they placed 1st rank. My eyes were glued to their design and I was picturing it on the red terrain of Mars. However, it was time to leave.

The next presentation was a hands-on experience where we were attacking our partner's computer as a trojan virus. I really enjoyed it and at the same time was shocked to see the several things a virus could do to your computer. I was getting hungry as it was 15 minutes past 12 and luckily it was lunch time.

We had until 1:30 to finish our lunches. This was like any other lunch except I decided to buy a medium hot chocolate at Tim Hortons. My friends and I were chatting about the possibility of winning the roll up to win contest. We headed back to the lobby as it was almost 1:30.

The final presentation was gruesome and interesting at the same time. The speaker, Burton Ma showed us several methods of surgery with the help of computers and how successful they are becoming in preventing deaths after this new addition. I finished drinking my hot chocolate and as I rolled up the cup, it was highlighted in red so I thought it said please play again. However, I read gagnez in french and I definitely knew that meant "WIN". I won a donut and I was delighted. Overall, this trip was not only educational but at the same time, extremely enjoyable. The donut made my day even luckier.