Insightful Understanding of China's Higher Education and Research in Computer Science and Information Technology

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Insightful Understanding of China's Higher
Education and Research in Computer Science and
Information Technology Fred
Roberts Co-Organizer US NSF Senior Computer
Scientists Delegation
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Motivation

• China now is playing a very critical role in the
  global economy.
• China has rapidly developed its college and
  graduate education and research programs
• Almost all the major and leading U.S. computer
  software and hardware companies have quickly
  established Research Labs in China.
• Research in Computer Science and Information
  Technology is burgeoning in China and many
  important projects are underway.

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Related Projects

• There are already a number of collaborative
  US-China NSF-sponsored projects.
• Some Samples
• Giga-Scale System-On-A-Chip
• Cyber-enabled Ecological Inquiry
• Million Book Digital Library Project
• GLORIAD Global Ring Network for Advanced
  Applications Development
• Dragon Star Project

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Giga-Scale System-On-A-Chip ???????????

• This project led to establishment and successful
  operation of the International Research Center on
  System-On-a-Chip (SOC) Designs (IC-SOC)
• The project involves researchers from seven major
  universities in the United States and China
  (including Taiwan).

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Giga-Scale System-On-A-Chip ???????????
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Cyber Enabled Ecological Inquiry - A
Cyber-Physical Learning Environment for
Ecological Education and Assessment Research A
collaborative project between Information
Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching
and Learning at TAMU and the Computer Network
Information Center (CNIC) of Chinese Academy of
Sciences (supported by a supplement grant to the
ITS Center, NSFESI-0083336)
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Cyber Enabled Ecological Inquiry - A
Cyber-Physical Learning Environment for
Ecological Education and Assessment Research A
collaborative project between Information
Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching
and Learning at TAMU and the Computer Network
Information Center (CNIC) of Chinese Academy of
Sciences (supported by a supplement grant to the
ITS Center, NSFESI-0083336)
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Million Book Digital Library Project

• This is an international project to create a
  free-to-read, searchable collection of one
  million books, available to everyone over the
  Internet.
• Project partners include government, academic
  institutions, and libraries in China, India, and
  the United States.

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Million Book Digital Library Project

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GLORIAD Global Ring Network for Advanced
Applications Development

• GLORIAD provides scientists around the globe with
  advanced networking tools that improve
  communications and data exchange.
• GLORIAD exists today due to the shared commitment
  of the US, China, and many other countries to
  increased engagement and cooperation.
• The benefits are shared with SE communities
  throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. 

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GLORIAD Global Ring Network for Advanced
Applications Development
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The Dragon Star Program

• A volunteer organization for teaching graduate
  courses in China by outstanding overseas
  professors.
• Between 2002 and 2005, 21 professors taught 32
  courses (15 - 30 hours each) hosted by 17 Chinese
  institutions for 2,637 Chinese students.

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The Dragon Star Program
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USF NSF CISE Delegations

• April 2005, a CISE delegation, led by Peter
  Freeman, visited more than 15 institutions
• May 2006, our delegation consists of deans and
  dept. heads from top US universities
• Objectives of our visits
• To establish a dialogue between leaders of major
  U.S. Computer Science departments in the U.S. and
  their counterparts in China,
• To identify key areas of information technology
  research in China,
• To gain insight into current and future trends in
  IT research in China, and
• To lay the groundwork for potential future
  interactions.

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Exchange Visits and Leadership Summits
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