Regional Competitiveness: Developing Intellectual Capital

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Regional Competitiveness Developing
Intellectual Capital

• William W. Durgin
• Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
• June 6, 2002

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Regional Competitiveness

• Importance of intellectual capital
• Manufacturing output increasing despite shrinking
  workforce
• Factories much more productive
• ITs central role, e.g., Nypro

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Outline

• Non-Credit Training Certificates
• BS Degree Programs
• Graduate Certificate and Degree Programs
• Applications/Research
• Future

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Non-Credit IT Training

• Computer and Network Security 10 weeks
• XML and other Markup Languages 3 days
• JAVA Certificate 9 weeks/28 weeks
• Oracle DBA Certificate 9 weeks/28 weeks
• UNIX System/C/C Certificate 9 weeks/28 weeks
• Windows 2000 MCSE 6 weeks/20 weeks
• Web Technologies Certificate 9 weeks/28 weeks

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Undergraduate IT Programs

• Management Information System (MIS) Major and
  Computer Science Minor
• Computer Science Major and MIS Minor

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Graduate Programs

• Computer and Communications Networks (CCN)
• Local Wide-Area Networks
• Telecommunications Technologies
• Network Performance Modeling
• Wireless Information Systems
• Cryptography and Data Security
• Online Wireless Certificate Program
• Networking
• Wireless Information Networks
• Mobile Data Networking
• Signal Processing

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Applications

• Manufacturing
• CAD Systems
• NC Machining
• Teaching
• Blackboard
• Distance Learning
• Research
• Medical Imaging
• Database Mining
• Encryption/Security

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Future

• Reconfigurable Networks
• Medical Records
• Bio-informatics
• Secure Networks
• e-Business
• Anti-terrorism

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Locations

• Worcester
• Metro-West (Rt. 9 and 495)
• Waltham (Rt. 128)
• Distance Learning
• On-Site Programs