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Bright Brains in Computer Science –<br />

Helle Köpfe in <strong>der</strong> <strong>Informatik</strong><br />

Starting in summer 2006, the Department of Computer Science joined the support program<br />

‘Aachener Model’ for highly talented pupils from elementary schools in city <strong>an</strong>d county of<br />

Aachen, which was continued in <strong>2007</strong> <strong>an</strong>d <strong>2008</strong>. An external steering committee selected 16<br />

children who attend the new program called ‘Helle Köpfe in <strong>der</strong> <strong>Informatik</strong>’. During six<br />

course meetings, faculty members of the department introduce the talented pupils to basic<br />

topics of computer science. They particularly stress the insight that computer science exceeds<br />

just working with computers by far.<br />

Both rounds in summer <strong>2007</strong> <strong>an</strong>d <strong>2008</strong> addressed the following topics:<br />

• Why is it possible to scratch a CD? (Prof. Rossm<strong>an</strong>ith)<br />

• Searching <strong>an</strong>d Sorting (Prof. Seidl)<br />

• The needle in the haystack (Prof. Katoen)<br />

• How does the internet work? (Prof. Wehrle)<br />

• Create your own music instrument on the computer (Prof. Borchers)<br />

• Kara, the programmable ladybug (Prof. Lichter)<br />

• Programming a robot (Prof. Kowalewski)<br />

Photos of all events c<strong>an</strong> be found in the internet:<br />

http://www.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Aktuelles/HelleKoepfe<br />

The experiences made in the first three rounds were very positive, <strong>an</strong>d the program will be<br />

continued in the next years.<br />

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