NSF ICER Workshop - Midwest Region December 2

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NSF ICER Workshop- Midwest RegionDecember 2
3, 2005Chicago

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NSF ICER WorkshopPreparing IT Graduates for
2010 and Beyond"---------------------------------
------------------ Marcella BlackPresident-
Security Scape, LLCPresident- BDPA-DC,
Professional IT Association
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• The biggest challenges that I face in my role as
  an Educator, Employer and Association Leader
• Finding motivated students who understand the
  vast amount of opportunities that are available
  to them in pursuing careers in information
  technology.
• The challenge There are not enough role models
  highlighted in the media to grasp the students
  attention to encourage them to attain higher
  career levels in Information Technology
• Solution Target the students
• - seek their input via surveys and interactive
  fun programs
• communicate to them on their level via public
  relations and marketing
• Target diversity universities
• Offer scholarships students go where the money
  is offered,
• in school and in their careers

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• Models for transforming computing education
• An ideal undergraduate model for computing
  education in five years would consist of courses
  in math, science, emerging technologies, IT
  security, international relations, project
  management, wireless technologies, electrical
  engineering, satellite technologies, software
  engineering and robotics.
• Computing education will require studies in the
  complementing areas of business, technology and
  communications.
• Government
• The role of government in this process is to
  ensure all government regulations, policies and
  guidance are communicated to the educational
  communities
• For example, knowledge of Government security
  regulations and policies such as FISMA, NIST,
  DISTCAP, NIACAP and HIPAA are required in order
  for IT Security professionals to perform their
  jobs on government systems.
• Industry Certifications
• PMP, CISSP, MCSE, etc.
• Industry Certifications answer the needs of the
  business world

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Summary of White Paper for NSF ICER Workshop
Ming-Yang Kao, EECS, Northwestern University

• From my experiences as a teacher-administrator-res
  earcher-editor, I recommend
• Computer Science is a foundational and integral
  part of the liberal arts education in the 21st
  century.
• We should train students to have broad crucial
  abilities
• mathematical maturity and programming skills
• problem formulating and problem solving
• scientific discovery and system building
• applying other fields to CS and applying CS to
  other fields
• We should help students to broadly explore
  multi-disciplinary intellectual and career
  opportunities
• Law CS, Policy Making CS, Journalism CS
• Finance CS
• Biology CS
• CS students should have a strong ability to
  communicate CS concepts and excitements to fellow
  citizens.

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Need for Software EngineersDavid Su, NIST

• IT systems has progressively become more complex
• Distributed Systems Service Oriented
  Applications, Web Services
• Real-time data enabled by sensor networks, RFIDs
  knowledge management
• Our educational system is very good at producing
  theoreticians and researchers, but we also need
  professional who could produce software systems -
  good software engineers.
• Current masters degree program produce just so so
  programmers, not good software engineers.
• There is a need for software engineering training
  at the master level similar to MBA with special
  focus on software engineering.

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Bruce W. WeideCSE, Ohio State University

• "Integration" of computing education and research
  needs to make its way from being mostly about
  research, to being as much about education
• There is too much to learn we need to expect the
  most competent students to earn (at least) MS
  degrees
• An observation about reading...

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RR Women in CSGloria Childress TownsendDePauw
Universitygct_at_depauw.edu

• CMU the Clubhouse
• One person Internetwork of Women
• Peer pressure for deans The List
• ACM-W Student Chapters NCWIT

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A Special CS Program for IT Leaders - David Lee,
OSU

• Outsourcing
• cultural gap
• time difference
• geographic distance
• communication difficulties
• government regulations
• high-cost training
• IP concerns
• difficulty in retention
• social instability

• A Special CS Program
• An IT industry leader, having run a successful
  start-up and ready for IT industry, a
  multi-millionaire
• Ready to be a leader yet not lucky in first start
  up, having valuable experiences for a successful
  career in IT
• A usual CS graduate and ready for graduate study
  or to be hired by industry
• Drop outs cant take the heat or not highly
  motivated

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Learning, Research, EngagementBeth Unger,
K-State

• STEM university perspective
• All UG students should participate in research
  and engagement
• Create environment for this to occur around
  university strengths and IT tools for that
• Collaborate intra/inter institutional,
  business, government, communities
• Commons
• Space, experts, managers,
• Basic skill development modules
• Curriculum inclusion, transcript notation
• GIS, Humanities, Information integration
• Food safety and security
• Bio efforts
• Leadership and strategic studies
• First project
• Food safety correct the basic GIS layer for the
  State of Kansas
• State GIS, counties, 4-H, high schools, plus a
  manager and hopefully teams of undergraduates.

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Life Cycle of Technologies
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Life Cycle of Technologies
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Industry Growth and Personnel Demand
Time
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Industry Growth and Personnel Demand
Time
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Continuous Adaptation
Number of Problems Solved
Number of Problems Solved
Number of Problems Solved
Number of Problems Solved
Paradigm 1
Paradigm 2
Paradigm 3
Paradigm 1
Paradigm 2
Paradigm 3
Paradigm 1
Paradigm 2
Paradigm 3
Paradigm 1
Paradigm 2
Paradigm 3
Time
Time
Time
Time

• Anything that does not adapt becomes extinct?CS
  needs to expand the definition to include
  cross-disciplinary

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Action Items

• Problem Faculty with zero industry experience
  are producing graduates ill-suited for industry.
  Imagine Law or Medical professor without practice
• Solutions
• Some CS students may have industry experience but
  most professors dont
• NSF fund/require industry sabbaticals for CS
  faculty
• Define faculty success of papers implemented
  and not of papers published
• NSF make industry sponsorship and collaboration
  be a required part of research projects. Make
  them part of review groups.
• NSF and ABET require CS programs to have industry
  advisory boards

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David Ratnaraj, Process Services
Manager Advanced Information Services

• Cheaper, Better Faster
• What is expected from Developers
• Knowledge, Discipline and Commitment
• Computer education must include
• Estimating and planning skills
• Quality management skills
• Process discipline
• Ability to gather and analyze performance measures

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On the Horizon

• The fastest-growing occupation in the next decade
  is projected to be computer software engineers
• IT is one of America's fastest growing industries
• In the U.S. alone, 1.5 million additional skilled
  IT professionals are expected to be needed by
  2006
• 50 of IBMs mainframe staff will retire by 2015.
• Approximately 70 million Baby Boomers will exit
  the workforce during the next 15 years, with only
  40 million workers coming in

Watson Wyatt, Monster.com U.S. Department of
Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Information
Technology Association of America
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2004
United States
(A) Agriculture Value from harvesting nature
(G) Goods Value from making products
(S) Services Value from enhancing
the capabilities of things (customizing,
distributing, etc.) and interactions between
things
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Top Ten Nations by Labor Force Size (about 50 of
world labor in just 10 nations) A Agriculture,
G Goods, S Services
2004
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Must understand and leverage the role of IT in
key business processes.

• Services Science, Management Engineering
• (IBM)
• Use-inspired (problem-centered) education