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King Fahd Universityof Petroleum
MineralsCCSE College Infrastructure
Committee(2004 2005)
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Team Members

• Chairman
• Dr. Marwan Abu-Amara (COE)
• Members
• Dr. H. E. Shabaik (SE)
• Dr. M. F. Khan (COE)
• Mr. Muhammad Wasiq (ICS)
• Mr. Shaik Arifusalam (SE)
• Mr. S. M. Shamsul Islam (COE)

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Objective

• Implement strategies and action plans to improve
  college infrastructure
• includes network, common resources, etc.
• Assist college in achieving the objective set in
  the Strategic Plan regarding college
  infrastructure
• Continuously build and modernize college
  infrastructure including computing facilities,
  laboratories

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Committee Specific Tasks

1. Benchmark with known schools facilities
2. Assess availability of network access to faculty
   and students
3. Review lab status on yearly basis
4. Modernize and update class rooms

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Achievements

• Benchmark with known schools facilities
• of workstations to student ratio is 0.4
• of technical staff to workstation ratio is
  0.016
• 1 technical staff per 64 workstations
• Industry recommended level of support for schools
  is 1 technical staff per 40 computers

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Achievements (Contd.)

• Assess availability of network access to faculty
  and students
• Avg. number of logins per day per computer 10
• Avg. session time per login 70 minutes
• Thus, avg. utilization per day per computer 700
  minutes (i.e. 11.66 hours ? ½ day)
• PC labs usage is extremely high !!!

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Achievements (Contd.)

1. Review lab status on yearly basis

• Notes
• One ICS lab is used both as a student lab and as
  a research lab
• 10 or more software/hardware upgrade is
  considered a software/hardware upgrade
• Some of the labs are in the process of being
  upgraded

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Achievements (Contd.)

• Modernize and update class rooms
• Survey about buildings 22, 23, and 24 classrooms
  adequacy for teaching was developed and
  distributed to CCSE faculty
• 14 different responses/observations were provided
• The temperature is too cold/hot
• Ventilation is not adequate
• No sound proof
• Equip. layout in classrooms and some labs is not
  suitable
• Immediate help when facing problems with
  classroom PC and projector is lacking

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Suggestions Ideas for Improvements

• Workstations to student ratio, of technical
  staff to workstation ratio, and availability of
  network access to faculty and students
• Add 2 new PC labs with around 30 PCs each
• Requires additional space !!!
• Provision more wireless access points
• Assumes that large number of students have
  laptops
• Relieves the immediate need for additional PC
  labs
• Increase the popularity of Unix among students
• CCSE Unix lab is mostly under-loaded
• Hire more technical staff provide 24 hour
  technical support

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Suggestions Ideas for Improvements

• Lab status
• Address the labs that need immediate upgrade
• More space is needed if new labs is to be added
• Introduce new KPIs related to the labs
• Measure the number of courses per lab usage
• Modernize and update class rooms
• Joint committee needs to study and address the
  issues observed in the survey conducted
• Representatives from CCSE, ITC, deanship of
  academic affairs, and registrar

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Conclusion

• High utilization of workstations by students
• Understaffed with respect to technical staff
  administering workstations
• Some labs need immediate upgrade
• Major issues regarding classroom/labs adequacy
  for teaching
• Additional space is a major concern that has a
  direct impact on improving the college
  infrastructure