Dr. Jiannan Wang gave a 5-min speech on the SFU Professional Master's Program at new student orientation sessions. The speech covered program history, student achievement, and advice for new students.

1. SFU Professional Master’s Program
in Computing Science
Jiannan Wang
Director, Professional Master's Program
School of Computing Science
Simon Fraser University
Sept 2019
https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~jnwang/

2. Big Data Cohort 1
Big Data Cohort 4
Visual Computing
Cohort 1
Have Trained 251 Students

3. Train the next generation of technical global leaders
in strategically important areas of society
Big Data Visual Computing
Launched in 2014 Launched in 2018
Our Vision

4. Big Data Program is On Fire
~100
238
365
659
760
1108
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
#Applications
11 X increase in # applications 100% placement for co-op

5. Visual Computing Program
Has a Huge Potential
Ranked 7th in Computer Vision and Graphics
in North America (source: csrankings.org)

6. Media Coverage and Awards
Vancouver hackathon (2017) RBC Amplify competition (2017)RBC Amplify competition (2016)
Full Article: http://tiny.cc/yt33bz Presentation: http://tiny.cc/pj43bz

7. Our Vision is Moving Closer to Reality
Promoted to a leadership position Launched a startup

8. Advice For New Students
• Find Your Job
Career
• Organize meetups/industrial visits
• Contribute to open-source projects
• Write technical blog posts on Medium
• Form a study group to help others to grow
• Going For Grades
Beyond
• Find what you passionate about
• Pursue a lifelong goal