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8 Movies Computer Scientists Will Enjoy
Below you will find movies that might interest you as a computer scientist. Some documentary and history on how computers came to be what they are today, as well as the mega tech companies such as Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple. One movie is about data analytics being used to create a great team on a budget using data analytics, which is one of the hottest job titles for 2017, that is a mixture of computer science, statistics, databases, and sometimes machine learning . While the majority of these movies are actual events that have already taken place there are others that makes you think outside the box to a possible future with computers and artificial intelligence.
Triumph of the Nerds
Triumph of the Nerds is a 1996 British/American television documentary, produced by John Gau Productions and Oregon Public Broadcasting for Channel 4 and PBS. It explores the development of the personal computer in the United States from World War II to 1995.
Pirates of Silicon Valley
A biographical look at the men who made the world of technology what it is today, and what it took to build up the global corporate empires of Apple Computer Corporation and Microsoft Inc.
The Social Network
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend (Andrew Garfield). Based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires.”
