Dillon Weeks

I am a computer science student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The CS program focuses on a "thread" system that allows students to focus in on two specific areas of computer science. Traditionally, computer science students traverse two years of skill and knowledge development before they apply what they are learning to their own goals and career trajectory. With Georgia Tech's thread system, students combine regular computer science instruction with classes related to particular areas of application. This results in an intensely focused undergraduate program tailored to a student’s interests and real-world opportunities. My threads are People and Media. The People thread is where computing meets users. This thread prepares students by helping them to understand the theoretical and computational foundations for designing, building, and evaluating systems that treat the human as a central component. Whereas the Media thread prepares students by helping them to understand the technical and computational capabilities of systems in order to utilize their abilities to provide creative outlets.