{"id":65442,"date":"2007-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/top-computer-science-computer-engineering-student-to-graduate-from-uri\/"},"modified":"2007-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"top-computer-science-computer-engineering-student-to-graduate-from-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/05\/top-computer-science-computer-engineering-student-to-graduate-from-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Top computer science, computer engineering student to graduate from 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 9, 2007 \u2013 Growing up in Tiverton, Derek Aguiar was always the one that friends and family went to for help troubleshooting their computers. So it only seemed natural for him to focus his academic studies in college on computers.<\/p>\n


\n\tOn May 20, Aguiar will graduate from the 溏心vlog免费B站 and receive the President\u2019s Award for Student Excellence as the top student in both the computer science and computer engineering departments.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cComputer science is mostly about designing and implementing algorithms through software, whereas computer engineering is more integrating software and hardware and making the two work seamlessly,\u201d Aguiar explained. \u201cComputer scientists don\u2019t care how things work, they just use it. Computer engineers need to understand how everything about a computer works.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAlthough he started his 溏心vlog免费B站 studies without knowing what aspect of computers he liked best, through his coursework he found that he enjoyed software engineering, web application development and graphics. He was particularly fond of a course in compiler designs in which he learned to develop computer applications \u201cto convert one representation of data into another representation of data.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI came to 溏心vlog免费B站 partly because of proximity and partly because I heard that it had a great engineering program,\u201d he said. \u201cBut originally I just wanted to study computer science. I picked up the engineering later when I felt like I wanted to learn more math and science.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWith a grade point average of 3.97, Aguiar amassed an impressive list of academic honors during his time at 溏心vlog免费B站, including numerous scholarships and nominations for induction into national honor societies. He also was named the outstanding junior in the computer engineering program.<\/p>\n


\n\tA recreational guitar player and competitive soccer player who starred at Tiverton High School and still plays regularly, the 溏心vlog免费B站 student seems most proud of his part-time job as a mission innovation engineer at Raytheon, where he works as part of a team developing web applications for its Integrated Defense Systems division. He was recently hired by the company for a full-time position starting in July to continue his current project, but he hopes to eventually work on the Naval warship DDG-1000, programming a data processing system that will make the ship more automated and require less manpower to operate.<\/p>\n


\n\tAguiar\u2019s younger brother Sean is also a 溏心vlog免费B站 student studying computer engineering, and his older brother Patrick graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2006 and now works in Boston. The three siblings are the first generation of the Aguiar family to attend a four-year college. Derek Aguiar plans to continue his education even further. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI definitely want to go back to school for a master\u2019s degree, or maybe even a Ph.D.,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd eventually I\u2019d like to teach at the college level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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