Title: COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT www.cs.ipfw.edu SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
1COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT www.cs.ipfw.eduSC
HOOL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGYAND COMPUTER
SCIENCE
BRAG SHEET SPECIAL EDITION FALL, 2005
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE
2Brag Sheet
- This annual presentation informs all of our
stakeholders about their GREAT department. - These stakeholders include
- Alumni
- Students (prospective and current)
- Faculty and Administrators
- Colleagues
- Parents
- Advisory boards
- Community
- Special Edition means this version has numbers
that will probably not be shared with general
public
3Mission
- The Department strives to offer students
excellent instructional and educational
opportunities in Computer Science, Information
Systems, and Applied Computer Science.
4Mission
- It endeavors to provide its students a durable
technical foundation in an environment of rapid
technical change, to enable and promote their
professional growth through contact with best
professional practice, and to play a role of
resource and technical leadership in the regional
communities.
5Educational ObjectivesComputer Science and
Information Systems
- Analyze, design, implement, and evaluate a
computerized solution to a real life problem
using appropriate tools - Communicate effectively through speaking,
writing, and the use of presentation tools - Work effectively as a team member.
6Educational ObjectivesComputer Science and
Information Systems
- Enter a professional computer science/
information systems position or an appropriate
graduate program - Pursue life-long learning and continued
professional development - Be aware of ethical and societal concerns
relating to computers in society and apply this
knowledge in the conduct of their careers
7Educational ObjectivesB.S. Computer Science
- Understand the fundamentals of the discipline of
computer science - programming
- data structure design
- computer architecture
- data communication
- programming language design
- algorithm analysis and design
- operating systems
- computer graphics
- database design
8Educational ObjectivesB.S. Information Systems
- Understand the fundamentals of the discipline of
information systems - programming
- data structure design
- business data processing
- computer architecture
- data communication
- database systems
- system analysis and design
- project management
- strategic issues in information systems
9Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
10Brag Sheet History of CS Department
- 1963 IPFW founded Building A (Kettler Hall)
- 1967 First Graduates with A.S. in CS
- 1973 First Graduates with B.S. in CS
- 1974 First Graduates with B.S. in Computer
Technology (predecessor of IS program) - 1978 First Graduates with A.S. in Computer
Technology - 1985 Computer Technology and Computer Science
program in Mathematics combine to become Computer
Science Department - 1999 First Graduates with M.S. in Applied
Computer Science - Summer, 2004 Moved department to ETCS bldg
- August, 2004 B.S. in CS accredited by CAC/ABET
- Spring, 2005 1335 graduates of all programs!
11Accreditation of CS B.S.
- Received accreditation notice in August, 2004
first one in Indiana! - Applied for national professional accreditation
in January, 2003 from Computing Accreditation
Commission of Accreditation Board of Engineering
and Technology (CAC/ABET), composed of ACM
IEEE-CS, to join 175 accredited programs - Official Site visit by CAC on October 5-7, 2003
- Covered objectives, assessments, students,
faculty, curriculum, labs, institutional support
and facilities, graded coursework/projects
12Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
13Alumni
- One may judge a University by its faculty, its
- research, or its students, but the best measure
is - the quality and character of its alumni, as
reflected - in their professional achievement, in their
citizen - service, in the way they live and in the values
by - which they live.
- Dr. David Dodds Henry
- President Emeritus
- University of Illinois
- 1955-71
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23Program Objectives B.S. CS
BS CS IPFW
- Analyze, design, implement, and evaluate a
computerized solution to a real life problem
using appropriate tools. - Communicate effectively through speaking,
writing, and the use of presentation tools. - Work effectively as a team member.
- Enter a professional computer science position or
an appropriate graduate program. - Pursue life-long learning and continued
professional development. - Be aware of ethical and societal concerns
relating to computers and apply this knowledge in
the conduct of their careers.
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25International Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Greece,
India, Thailand
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28Where are the females????
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32Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
33Career Prospects for Graduates
- Top ten majors for 2004/2005 with highest average
salaries almost exclusively computer science and
engineering - High 90 Average
Low 25
B.S. in CS Up 4.9 63,000 51,292 46,000
B.S. in IS Up 3.9 43,741
M.S. in CS 85,000 63,350 50,000
National Association of Colleges and Employers,
April, 2005
34Fastest Growing Fields
1. Network Systems Communication Analysts 57.0
3. Software Engineers 44.6
6. Database Administrators 44.2
9. Computer Systems Analysts 39.4
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37Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
38StudentsFall, 2005
Decrease in CS majors Nationwide IPFW
Total 2000-2004 60 27 and beginning to flatten out!
Females 1998-2004 80 54
39StudentsFall, 2005
- Largest department in School of ETCS since 1996,
in terms of majors enrolled, and, with one
exception, since before 1990 in terms of student
credit hours - 267 undergraduate majors
- 24 graduate majors
- 61.2 of the B.S. graduates complete degree
within six years IPFW average is 67 - Average class size over last three years is 19.25
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41and worse for females..
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44Students (cont)Fall, 2005
- Between 10-14 CS students receive scholarships
worth a total of 14-18K annually from 5-6
sources Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, ITT,
Zollner, Air Force, SETCS - Over 20 professional journal and conference
papers have been given by students in the last
five years. - A team of graduate students won first place in a
state-wide programming contest in 2002. - An undergraduate won first prize in the annual
campus-wide Sigma Xi contest.
45Students (cont)Fall, 2005
- Persistence rate from Fall, 2001 to Fall, 2002
(those students staying in the same major) was
71.8, above the 69 for the IPFW campus. - Computer Information Association (CIA) has 25
members (sponsor Dr. B. J. Kim)
http//www.student.ipfw.edu/7Ecia/ - ACM Student Chapter has 25 members (sponsor
Professor Bob Sedlmeyer) http//www.student.ipfw.e
du/7Eacm/ - UPE (Upsilon Pi Epsilon) International Honor
Society for the Computing and Information
Disciplines has 14 charter members (sponsor Ken
Modesitt) http//www.student.ipfw.edu/upe/
46Students (cont)Fall, 2005
- SAT Verbal scores of CS freshmen have been first
or second in ETCS since at least 1998. Also
consistently higher than IPFW averages for
Verbal, Math, and Total.
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49CS Students DiversityFall 2002/2003/2004
American Indian/Alaskan Native 2 2 2
Asian or Pacific Islander 23 19 16
Black 9 10 10
Hispanic Americans 5 6 11
Non-resident Alien 30 23 15
Other 4 1 6
Refuse to Answer 2 2 2
Unknown 2 0 0
White non-Hispanic 290 269 240
TOTAL 367 332 302
50Co-op Program for CS
- Over 98 of the employers rate the overall
performance of our students as either Very Good
or Outstanding/Excellent - Student Evaluation Employer Eval Employer
Comments - Outstanding Outstanding Fantastic
- Very Satisfactory Very Good XX is a goodteam
player - Very Satisfactory Very Good Recommend Software
Engineering - Very Satisfactory Very Good Look forward to
hiring XX full-time - Outstanding Outstanding Most outstanding ever
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52Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
53Full-Time FacultyFall, 2005
- First
- Faculty Year Degree/Field/University
- Barrett 1979 M.S./BA/Indiana Univ.
- Erbach-Chair 1999 Ph.D/Mathematics/Cambridge
- Kim 1998 Ph.D/CS/Illinois Inst. Tech
- Liu 2004 Ph.D/CS/Ohio State
- Modesitt 1972 Ph.D/CS/Washington St. Un.
- Petruska 2000 Ph.D/Mathematics/Eotvos Hungary
- Sanders 1968 M.A./EducationHistory/St.
Francis - Sedlmeyer 1977 M.S./CS/Purdue
- Stanchev 2005 Ph.D./CS/Waterloo
- Temte 1983 Ph.D/Mathematics/Univ.of Maryland
- Udoh 2000 Ph.D/Hydrology/U. ErlangenGermany
54Full-Time FacultyFall, 2005
- Every member of the department has
publications, exceeding 40 over the last six
years. For their entire professional careers,
the totals are near 240 - Nine of the eleven faculty have received
grants, totaling over 40 - Ten of the eleven faculty have received
awards, totaling 18 - All members belong to at least one
professional society, ranging from one to six - All eleven have attended professional
conferences, totaling at least 190
55Faculty Research Expertise (1)
Algorithmic Design and Complexity Stanchev
Bioinformatics and Environmental Modeling Udoh
Combinatorial Geometry Petruska
Computer Algebra Temte
Education Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems Barrett, Erbach, Modesitt, Parker, Toscos
Computing as Catalyst for Economic Development Erbach
Databases Liu, Stanchev, Udoh, Sanders
Distributed Learning Modesitt, Sedlmeyer
Embedded Systems Stanchev
Expert Systems, Genetic Algorithms, Machine Learning Erbach, Modesitt, Sedlmeyer
Grid Computing Liu
Graphics Kim
Java Programming Toscos
56Faculty Research Expertise (2)
Image Processing General and Medical Kim
Information Visualization Kim
Linux Kim, Yi
Informatics____________________________ Manufacturing Resource Planning Barrett_________________ Sanders
Networks Liu, Sedlmeyer, Yi
Object-Oriented Design Kim, Petruska
Query Optimization Stanchev
Security Networks and Systems Liu
Societal Concerns about Computing Parker, Udoh
Software Engineering Erbach, Modesitt, Sedlmeyer, Stanchev
Real-time Systems Liu
Visual Basic, VB.net Sanders
57FacultySpring, 2005
- 92.2 of the students gave excellent or good
evaluations for interest/ enthusiasm to faculty
on end-of-term evaluations - 89.3 of the students gave excellent or good
evaluations for concern/ helpfulness to faculty
on end-of-term evaluations
58Faculty Quality
59Associate Faculty
- Some teaching since 1982
- Usually full-time software practitioners in local
Information Technology firms, e.g., Northrop
Grumman, IBM, Accenture, Lincoln Life, etc. - Most have M.S. degrees, including some from IPFW!
- One, Tammy Toscos, is a charter student in the
new and only Informatics Ph.D. program in the
country as of Fall, 2005, she will be at
I.U.-Bloomington, while teaching distance
learning courses for IPFW!
60Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
61CurriculumConsistently Updated
- M.S. in Applied CS is only graduate program in
the entire School of ETCS - Started use of Java in CS 160, 161 in 1998
- Added 321 (Graphics) in 1999
- Added 232 (Unix and C) in 2002
- Developed CS 160 Honors, on-line, and weekend
sections - Increased use of team projects
- Increased demonstration of communication skills
62CurriculumConsistently Updated
- New courses added in 2004-2005
- CS 112 Survey of Computer Science (likely prereq
to CS 160- Java) - CS 321 Graphics added Linux component
- CS 360 Software Engineering
- CS 460 Capstone Design and Professional Practice
- CS 590 Managing Information Technology
- New courses planned for 2005-2006
- CS 280 Survey of Information Technology
- CS 372 Web Application Development
- CS 368 Human Computer Interface
- CS 590 Topics in Security or Embedded Systems
63B.S. CS Curriculum Concentrations
Software Development Network and Visual Computing
CS 365 Advanced Database Systems CS 368 Human-Computer Interaction
CS 380 Artificial Intelligence CS 372 Web Application Development
CS 384 Numerical Analysis CS 374 Computer Networks
CS 474 Compiler Construction CS 421 Advanced Computer Graphics
64Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
65Computing Labs
- Developed two closed labs for CS 160, CS 161 in
Fall, 1998 - Added closed lab for CS 112 in 2004
- Two new Pentium IV Labs, with move to new
location, one with dual-boot of Windows XP and
Linux in 2004 - State-of-the-art software tools readily
accessible - Qualified lab assistants always available
- Tutors and supplemental instructors often used
- New capstone design and project lab in Fall,
2005, along with faculty and student research
facility
66Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
67Professional Advisory BoardPAB
- First meeting on September 25, 2003
- Quarterly meetings
- Grew from six to 23 members including
- Raytheon, ITT Space Systems, Northrop Grumman,
IBM, Verizon, Logikos, FourD, City of Fort Wayne,
FWCS, International Truck Engine, Parkview,
SIRVA, Superior Essex, smaller consulting firms
from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Canada - Directors of Information Technology Services from
IPFW and University of Windsor - http//www.cs.ipfw.edu/pab/pab.php
68PABVision 2008
- OUR PURPOSE IS TO INFLUENCE THE FACTORS USED TO
ATTRACT AND RETAIN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF
DIVERSE COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES WITH THE
SKILLS AND TRAINING THAT EMPLOYERS WANT TO HIRE,
AND WHO CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADAPT IN THE
GLOBAL MARKET. WE ALSO WANT OPPORTUNITIES TO
HAVE DIRECT INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS AND
FACULTY.
69Student Advisory BoardSAB
- First meeting on November 20, 2003
- 20 charter members
- Meetings three times per year
- Current members include
- Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and
Graduate students - Full-time and part-time
- Officers of student organizations
- http//www.ipfw.edu/cssab/public/homepage.htm
70Brag Sheet Overview
- Accreditation
- Alumni
- Careers
- Students
- Faculty
- Curriculum
- Computing Laboratories
- Advisory Boards
- Whats Coming
71Whats Coming forComputer Science?
- Increased collaboration with regional community
for research - Stable group of 11 full-time faculty able to
concentrate on teaching, research, and service - Increased outreach to community for recruiting of
new students, perhaps as early as middle school - Minor in Informatics for degree enhancement by
students in all other disciplines - Grant to permit trending of assessment data over
multiple years, as part of continuous quality
improvement
72Sample of Trending Results
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