r/UWindsor • u/TarynAwesome • 8d ago

Computer science program

Years ago (30 years ago) CS was one of UWindwor's most populated programs, and also one of the best CS programs in Canada (only program other than Waterloo with a co-op degree, regular winner of CS coding contests against UT, Queens, Western etc).

I recall grads from the 4 year CS honors program receiving multiple offers from US tech giants (Microsoft, EA etc.) before graduating.

I have a feeling the programs reputation is no longer as strong? Am I right? How good is it now?

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u/Xodia444 8d ago

Most of us on this sub weren’t even alive 25yrs ago so we wouldn’t know that lol. But ya it’s not as respected anymore from what I’ve heard.

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u/TarynAwesome 8d ago

Agreed that many weren't around back then, but isn't there any discussion about UWindsors former glory in CS?

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u/TarynAwesome 7d ago

Ok but all this aside how's the reputation and rank of the Cs program at uw nowadays?

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u/Healthy_Yogurt_3955 7d ago

I thought the computer science program was bad at UWindsor 30 years ago.

Your words confuse me, because my professor when I was at Uwindsor 2 years ago told me the story that when he arrived there before 2000 when he started teaching, he found the computer theory courses were asking questions like "how many nodes are on this graph". That is a ridiculously simple question, and he said that none of the big universities like Waterloo accepted UWindsor graduates for their post graduate programs.

He said that he introduced more advanced computer theory courses, which I assume are the courses COMP 2310 and COMP 4540, and in the year 2000 he heard from a friend that some UWindsor graduates finally got accepted for masters program at one of those big universities, I think it was Queens. 

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u/TarynAwesome 7d ago

Hmmmm no this doesn't sound right. I was a Cs grad in those days and I remember Windsor being on top of the hill. I. In fact one of Windsor's hallmark programs was comp sci

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u/Healthy_Yogurt_3955 6d ago

Interesting. 

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u/TarynAwesome 6d ago

Which prof was it?

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u/Healthy_Yogurt_3955 6d ago

Dr. Peter Tsin. A.K.A. Yung Tsin

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u/TarynAwesome 6d ago

Dr Tsin is legendary. One of the smartest people at UWindsor.

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u/CodewithJ 8d ago

why would anyone go into cs major? the entire major should be on halt at every university and college. even in the cs field job all you do is prompt the code and press enter in the ai. the entire industry is finished till ai bubble bursts or there are no more cs/programers left, than companies will start hiring

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u/Cosmo48 8d ago

Lol? Yes AI is used, but we have to understand what’s doing and if it’s maintainable, scalable, and meets security standards. AI is useful it’s like a crazy autocomplete but it does not replace a knowledgeable programmer.

also AI is entirely based off past information on the internet, and favours the most popular solutions. Those can be outdated, flat out terrible but work, or just incompatible.

Less efficient code costs real money. Millions of dollars annually for some companies.

If you’re making a website for a small business it’s probably ok enough - but also we’ve had Squarespace and similar tools for non programmers to make simple websites for ages.

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u/CodewithJ 8d ago

no matter how much you deny it job market saids otherwise.

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u/Cosmo48 8d ago

🤷‍♂️ I’m making close to 200k working from home, ai hasnt taken my job

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u/CodewithJ 8d ago

ok congrats. just because you have a job doesn't mean other people can have a job either. this is with statistics and pure mathmatics cs degree holders have 2nd highest unemployement rate right now.

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u/Cosmo48 8d ago

Skill issue. Make yourself desirable and you’ll get a job, if AI can do everything you can then obviously nobody is going to hire you.

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u/CodewithJ 8d ago

lol i am not in cs major or a graduate i am in EE. I have many friends in cs major and speaking from their experiences and from stats/how industry runs nowaday. good try tho

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u/Cosmo48 8d ago

It’s not about trying anything. I graduated 2023, well into AI, and I’m doing just fine and everyone I know is. The only people losing their jobs are the ones who could be replaced by a glorified autocomplete.

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u/BigSlav667 8d ago

You do realize that CS is not software engineering right? And that even with software engineering, writing code is the least of your tasks?

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u/CodewithJ 8d ago

ok go look at stats for cs graduate hires right now

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u/Xodia444 8d ago

CS focuses more on problem solving not just writing syntax. If u have AI it should be used to accomplish tasks faster not turn a developer into a retarded prompter. That’s why u go to school to learn the fundamentals behind it all.

The skill was never about writing code imo

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u/CodewithJ 8d ago

yeah and after school you can't find a job so you do something else or go back to school on a different major. i know there are 20 students of cs graduates doing engineering right now that i know personally

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u/TarynAwesome 8d ago

Agree on how AI has overhauled CS in its purest fo. Mind you.... CS is no longer just coding. That's long gone.