Inaugural Meeting Department of Computer

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Inaugural MeetingDepartment of Computer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• August 21, 2009

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Industry Guests
• Organizational Chart
• Academic Programs
• Objectives Academics and Research
• Industry Relationships
• New NSF-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative
  Research Center
• Research and Academic Incentives and Awards
• Staff Functions and Responsibilities
• Departmental Committees
• Advising and Course Scheduling
• Faculty Assignments
• Short-term Plans
• New Ideas and Open Discussion

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CEECS Family (Gang)
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CEECS Family (Gang)
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Deans Family (Gang)
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Other Families
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Distinguished Industry Guests

• Jaime Borras, Motorolas Vice President (till
  2008), now CEO of Wireless Silicon Group
• Armando Escalante, CTO, Lexis Nexis
• John Yin, CEO of PartnerCommunity
• Mahesh Bhuta, Director, Research in Motion

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Deans Office
Dean
Technology Innovations
Student Srv.
Financial
Pre-Professional Program
Innovation Leadership Honors Program
Undergraduate Programs
Graduate/ Research Programs
IT Support
Undergraduate Committee
Graduate/ Research Committee
Pre-Professional Committee
Innovation Leadership Honors Committee
CE, EE, CS, ITM, BE
CE
EE
BIET
CS
Faculty
Chair
Research Professors
Department of Computer and Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science (CEECS)
Staff
Accreditation Committee
Research and Industry Relations
On-line programs
Weekend/Special Programs
Scheduling
Advising
I/UCRC
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Department of Computer and Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science (CEECS)
Chairman
ABET and other Accreditations
Associate Chair

• Staff
• Financials
• Program
• Coordination
• Logistics

Associate Chair
Scheduling
Assignments
Activity Reports
Appraisals
Advising
Faculty
Research Professors
International programs
Innovation Leadership
Undergraduate
Graduate/ Research
Pre-Professional
Marketing and Advertising
Research
Committee
Committee
Graduate Committee
Website
Weekend Programs
CE
EE
BIET
CS
Promotional Material
Centers
CE, EE, ITM, CS, BE

• Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Laboratory
• Systems Integration
• Data Mining and Machine Learning and Empirical
• Software Engineering Lab
• Logic Design Microprocessor and Embedded Systems
  
• Mobile Computing Lab
• Multimedia Lab
• Secure Systems Research Group
• Software Engineering and Webbased Application
  Lab
• Telecommunication and Computer Networking Lab
• Wireless and Sensor Networking Lab

On-line programs
Industry Advisory Board
I/UCRC
Student Organizations
Interdisc. teams
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Quick Academic Facts

• 1,100 students (College 2,200)
• 230 graduate students (College 350)
• 60 Ph.D. students
• 38 faculty
• Boca, Port St. Lucie Jupiter

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Academic Programs

• Undergraduate
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Information Engineering Technology
• Graduate
• Computer Engineering (MS PhD)
• Electrical Engineering (MS PhD)
• Computer Science (MS PhD)
• Information Technology and Management (MS)
• Bioengineering (MS)

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Special Programs and Projects

• Weekend Master Program in CS
• International Programs (Nirma, LACCEI)
• NSF PIRE Program
• Industry Seminars (Motorola, Citrix, Pace Micro)
• NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research
  Center (NEW!)
• Online and Distance Learning Programs

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New Trend The Entrepreneurial University

• Industry trends research funding drastically
  reduced chances for universities
• Universities can only effectively become
  incubators of entrepreneurship and innovation if
  they themselves practice entrepreneurship
• This re-conceptualization involves
  non-traditional, often radical university
  arrangements

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Different Strategies to Redesign
University/Industry Relationship

• Abolishing academic departments, creating new
  ones, finding new academic disciplines (ASU)
• Global university concept (GMU) using wide
  range of technologies and communication
  strategies to link individuals, localities,
  national units, multi-national businesses, and
  trans-national regions
• Erasmus University in Rotterdam a new education
  curriculum that trains students in
  entrepreneurship

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FAU (CEECS) Strategy

• At College level Innovation Leadership Program
• NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research
  Center
• Collaboration with RD Park at FAU
• Industry Advisory Board and Industry Affiliates
  Program
• Embedding companies in the Department (Department
  is an incubator!)

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Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

• From NSF page The I/UCRC program develops
  long-term partnerships among industry, academe,
  and government
• Through innovative education of talented
  graduate and undergraduate students, the I/UCRCs
  are providing the next generation of scientists
  and engineers with a broad, industrially oriented
  perspective on engineering research and
  practice.
• Currently there are approximately 50 I/UCRCs
• http//www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/iucrc/

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Information, Communication, and Computing, 9
Centers in USA (3 planned)
Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC)University
of Florida, University of Arizona, Rutgers
University Center for Identification Technology
Research (CITeR)West Virginia University,
University of Arizona Center for Information
Protection (CIP)Iowa State University,
University of California - Davis - Planned
Center for Advanced Knowledge EnablementFlorida
International University, Florida Atlantic
University Center for Embedded Systems -
PlannedArizona State University, University of
California - Irvine, Southers Illinois University
- Carbondale, Southern Methodist University,
University of North Texas, University of Texas -
Dallas, State University of New York - Stony
Brook, University of Texas - San Antonio Center
for Experimental Research in Computer Systems
(CERCS)Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio
State University Center for Hybrid Multicore
Productivity ResearchUniversity of Maryland -
Baltimore County, Georgia Tech, University of
California - San Diego I/UCRC for Intelligent
Storage - PlannedUniversity of Minnesota,
University of California Santa Cruz
High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing
(CHREC)University of Florida, The George
Washington University, Virginia Tech University,
Brigham Young University Center for Software for
Ultra Large Systems - PlannedUniversity of
Virginia, Michigan State University, Vanderbilt
University, University of South Dakota Wireless
Internet Center for Advanced Technology
(WICAT)Polytechnic University, University of
Virginia, Auburn University, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University. Advanced Space
Technologies Research and Engineering Center
(ASTREC) University of Florida and North
Carolina State University
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Model of the I/UCRC
Industry partner 2
Industry partner 4
Industry partner 1
Universities (FIU FAU)
NSF
Industry partner 3

• Industry partners pay the memberships (5K to
  50K per year)
• NSF sponsors the Center (60K to 200K per
  university per year)
• Industry Advisory Board selects the research
  projects
• Industry members select the products for
  commercialization no royalties
• Expectations 750K from NSF 7.5M from
  Industry (5years)

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Industry Advisory Board Meeting 2008
IAB Members Motorola LexisNexis IBM Siemens Citri
x PartnerCommunity Avocent ScriptLogic Tyco Acxess
Radisys Graphics Security Hiconversion Tolly
Group
Next meeting October 16
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Industry Affiliates Program

• Established in fall 2002 to provide an effective
  partnership between FAU CSE and members of the IT
  industry
• Benefits of membership access to faculty, access
  to top students, influence research directions,
  access to research results, visibility
• Members Motorola, LexisNexis, Citrix, Avocent,
  ScriptLogic, m2sys

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Florida Atlantic Research and Development Parks
Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach
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• FAU Research Park We collaborate(d) with
• ?850 New high tech jobs in 24 companies Acxess,
  Hiconversion, GeoFocus, Interfuse Technology,
  Mekanika
• Incubator with 17 start-ups Pace Micro
  Technology, Tolly Group, Data Warehouse

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Joint University/Industry Labs

• Creating joint university-industry labs
• Incubator as part of the Department
• Examples Pronto Progress Developing Web services
  for customers
• Motorola Developing tools and techniques for
  mobile applications
• Several companies interested to join this model

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PIRE NSF Project

• NSF FIU/FAU Grant (2.3M), 2007-12
• Provides students with international experience
  and training that will prepare them for careers
  in an increasingly global arena
• 2008 18 students 2009 24 students
• Countries China, India, Spain, Argentina,
  France, Italy, Brazil

LA Grid Summit, October 2008 PIRE students
presented their research
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Center for High Performance Computing NSF Grant
(500,000)
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Mobile Technology Consortium

• To bridge the university wisdom with the local
  entrepreneur spirit for the growth of mobile
  technology user experience
• To bring together system companies, small
  businesses, universities, and government agencies
  to evolve next generation Mobile Technology
  platforms, applications and automation
• To provide a quarterly session to present Hot
  Technology Topics and collect needs of the local
  entrepreneurs and businesses. Initiate 3 projects
  by year end and spin one company by 2010.
• Next meeting September 11, 2009

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New Building
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1st Floor
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2nd Floor
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2nd Floor
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3rd Floor
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4th Floor
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5th Floor
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Sponsored Research
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Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams

• Bioengineering/Bioinformatics/Healthcare
• Mobile Systems and Applications
• Secure Communication Systems
• Signal Processing and Embedded Systems
• New Digital Media in Entertainment and Arts
• Energy Systems and Climate Change
• Electromagnetic Systems and Applications
• And more

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Research Goals (Based on 30
Research Faculty)

• Number of proposals submitted 45/year
• Number of proposals awarded 22/year (Hit
  ratio 50)
• Yearly funding 1.5M
• Number of faculty involved in sponsored research
  20 (67)
• Number of journal publications (with high impact
  factor) 45/year
• Number of PhDs graduating 12/year

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Research Professors

• Creating a pool of research professors (Courtesy
  appointments) who work with our researchers and
  students
• Currently 3 research professors
• Dr. Mirjana Pavlovic, MD (wrote 9 grant
  proposals),
• Dr. Mike VanHilst
• Dr. Jason Van Hulse
• Goal10 by the end of 2010

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Incentive Programs

• Academic Incentives
• Weekend programs
• Training programs
• International programs
• Research Incentive Program (NEW!)
• The maximum research supplement available
  annually is 25 of the regular base salary
• Begins January 1, 2010
• Other Incentives
• Supervision of PhD students
• Hot course development
• Online course development
• Personal Website development

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Online and Distance Learning Programs

• Step 1 Reuse FEEDS DVDs and offer online
  undergraduate and graduate classes (mostly in
  Summer)
• Step 2 Develop true online courses using
  Blackboard/Illuminate
• Training and selection of courses and instructors
  will begin in Fall 2009
• First courses offered in Spring 2010

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CEECS Promotion/Marketing/Image

• Integrated new Website
• Creating a new Research Brochure
• www.cse.fau.edu
• Use youtube for our videos
• http//www.cse.fau.edu/research.htm
• Use facebook
• http//www.facebook.com/home.php?/pages/Boca-Rato
  n-FL/FAU-College-of-Engineering-and-Computer-Scien
  ce/47239571731?refts
• And more ..

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Assignment 1 for CEECS Faculty

• Please submit to Tami at tami_at_cse.fau.edu by
  September 11
• List of journal papers (2006-09)
• List of sponsored research projects (2006-09)
• Description of large funded projects
• Your PhD Graduates (2006-09)
• Follow Research Brochure format

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Department/College Committees

• Will be established during Fall 2009
• During transition period old committees should do
  their functions
• Graduate Committees admissions, qualifying exam
• TA/GA Committees selection of TAs
• Etc.

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Undergraduate Students Advisors

• CS,CE, BIET (Boca)
• Tom Fernandez, Lofton Bullard, Joy Woodworth, and
  Tami Sorgente
• EE (Boca)
• Marty Gazourian, John Bagby, Tayler Kung
  (coordinator)
• CS, BIET (Port St. Lucie)
• Ankur Agarwal and Georgiana Hamza-Lup

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Departments Staff

• Helene and Marilyn - office functions and
  logistics including TARs
• Jean is graduate program coordinator
• Rosemary, Esther are fiscal coordinators
• Tayler is EE undergraduate students coordinator
• Chelsie, Alexia, Jordan, and Martha are student
  assistants

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Course Scheduling

• Managed by Associate Chairs and Chair
• Coordinator Joy Woodworth
• Assignment 2 to all faculty
• Submit by Friday, August 28 your teaching
  portfolio to Joy and copy Associate Chairs and
  Chair
• For tenured track and tenure faculty minimum 4
  undergraduate courses and 1 or 2 graduate courses
• For instructors minimum 4 undergraduate courses
  and 1 graduate course for senior instructors

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Summer 2010 Schedule

• Limited funds available at the level of Summer
  2009
• We will also offer a number of online courses
  based on DVDs
• Assignment 3 From the List of online courses
  select your courses, for which you have ready
  DVDs and all assignments
• Ad-hoc Scheduling Committee (Roth, Marques,
  Woodworth, Furht) to define the policy and draft
  schedule

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CSE Online Graduate Courses Example

• Each course consists of lectures on
  DVDs/Blackboard, the textbook, homeworks, exams,
  and projects.

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Teaching Assignments

• 3 3
• Very few publications/proposals - research
  assignments (5)
• 3 2
• Some publications and proposals ( 2 journal
  papers 2 proposals), no funded research
• 2 2
• Publications and proposals ( 2 journal papers
  and 2 proposals), some funded research
• 2 1
• Publications and proposals, funded research,
  buyout in one semester
• 1 1
• Publications and proposals, funded research,
  buyouts in two semesters

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Short-term Plans - 1

• Consolidate the Department (School), its By Laws,
  Committees, and its operation
• Strengthen existing (relatively) new programs
• Bachelor in Information Engineering Technology
  (BIET)
• Master in Bioengineering
• Master in Information Technology and Management
• Develop new programs and courses
• Master in New Media Technology and Entertainment
  (with College of Art and Letters)
• Master in Bioinformatics (with College of
  Science)
• Online courses using Blackboard/Illuminate

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Short-term Plans -2

• Create NSF Industry/University Cooperative
  Research Center and solicit industry partners
• Build interdisciplinary research teams, submit
  proposals, and conduct research
• Strengthen the collaboration with other
  departments (Ocean Energy, Transportation
  projects with Civil Eng., etc.)

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Bioengineering Program

• Create Bioengineering Committee
• Drs. Roth, Shankar, Zhuang, Pandya, Khoshgoftaar,
  Pajunen, Rhodes, Erdol, Pavlovic
• Develop Bioengineering strategy
• How to strengthen academic program (Example
  distinguished adjunct professors)
• How to promote the program (flyer, Website, email
  distribution, etc.)
• How to initiate research in bioengineering

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New Ideas and Open Discussion
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New Ideas and Open Discussion