Department of Computer
Science and Engineering:
An Introduction
The end of computing is not numbers but insight.
Richard Hamming
Later: … but the end of computing is not in sight ...
Oscar N. Garcia
NCR Distinguished Professor and Chairman
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Wright State
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Introduction
An Introduction to the programs of the
CS&E Department
 Admission, Administration and Advising
 CS and CEG: How are they alike? How are
they different?
 An Overview of the Department
 Summary and Advice
 A Demonstration
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Admission to the College
In general, when you come into WSU as a
freshman, you are part of the University
College which handles your advising and
placement testing.
 There are two ways of being admitted to the
College and to your program of preference:
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 You
complete 45 QH, keep a 2.25 QPA average on
all courses and in all CS&E courses, C or better in
all core courses (English, Math, Physics, CS)
 Your High School and SAT/ACT scores qualify you
for Direct Admission to the College and program.
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CS&E First Year in
College
High
School
University
College
COECS
Program
Transfer
Students
Most of the time you take a year of Computer Science
courses (CS240, 241,242), a year of Calculus (MTH229,
230,231), Intro. to Engn. (EGR 190, 191), English and Gen.
Ed. Courses, and CEG255 for Computer Science majors
or CEG 260 for Computer Engineering Majors. THERE
ARE HELP ROOMS FOR MATH AND FOR
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
SCIENCE (RC308)
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Department Programs
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At the Undergraduate Level
 BS
in Computer Science (CSAB Accredited)
 320
Students
 Options: CS, Business, Science, Bioinformatics TBA
 BS
in Computer Engineering (ABET Accredited)
 210
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Students
At the Graduate Level
 Master
Degrees in Computer Science
 Master Degree in Computer Engineering
 PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
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The Computer Science and
Engineering Department
Administration
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Departmental Administration Offices: RC 303
 Oscar
N. Garcia, NCR Dist. Prof. and Chair
 Jay DeJongh, Assistant Chair
 Dan Spiegel, Curriculum Advisor who helps you
with your Program of Study (POS)
 Staff
 Paula
Price, Senior Secretary
 Jennifer Limoli, Secretary
 Valerie Smith, Secretary
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Mentors and
Curriculum Advisor
Once you are admitted to the College of
Engineering and Computer Science and to the
CS&E Department you are assigned a
Mentor who is a faculty member in the
Department on whom you can call for any
non-program of study (POS) question.
 All POS questions are handled by Mr. Dan
Spiegel by appointment in the Departmental
office (RC303).
 A student-mentor list
is posted across RC305
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CS&E Department Faculty
(could be your Mentors)
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Full Professors (3)
 Oscar
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Garcia (Chair), Philip Chen,Tom Sudkamp
Associate Professors (9)
 Abdul Awwal,
Soon Chung, Guozhu Dong, Ardeshir
Goshtasby, Jack Jean, Prabhaker Mateti, T. K. Prasad,
Francis Quek, Mateen Rizki,
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Assistant Professors (7)
 Wasfi Al-Khatib,
Michael Cox, Travis Doom, John
Gallagher, Michael Raymer, Ricardo Gutierrez, Bin Wang
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Instructors (4) and Lecturers*(2)
 Stephen
Carl, Michael Findler, Robert Rea, Ron Taylor,
Karen Meyer*, Dan Spiegel *
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Computer Science or
Computer Engineering?
Computer Scientists are interested in the
computer as a logical machine that enables
symbolic manipulation through programming
and data transformations and analysis.
 Computer Engineers are interested in the
economic design, reliability, reparability, and
use of the physical machine, but must know CS.
 Both are concerned with the social and
economic impacts of computing and with
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Brief Comparison between
CS and CEG
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Total number of QHs: CS 192; CEG 196
 Computer
Science: 8 CS + 7 CEG courses
 Compute Engineering: 5 CS + 9 CEG
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CEG is somewhat related to EE and other
engineering subjects; in CS there is more
flexibility in the electives and may even
include a Business or Science option (or a
Bioinformatics option in the near future.)
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Computer Engineering
Program Overview
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In addition to the “core courses”:
 CEG
402 Networks
 CEG 453 Computer System Design
plus EE and ME courses such as
ME 212-3 Statics and Dynamics
EE 301-4 Circuit Analysis I and II and Labs
EE 321-2 Linear Systems I and II
EE 331-2 Electronic Devices and Lab
and a few electives.
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Computer Science
Program Overview
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In addition to the “core courses”:
 CEG
255 Introd. to Computer Info. Systems
 CS 405 Introd. to Data Base Management Syst.
 CS 466 Introd. to Formal Languages
 CS 480 Comparative Languages
plus a wider range of electives and options in
Business, Science, or other concentrations,
and in Bioinformatics in the near future.
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Computational Processes
Most frequently have been visualized as:
Data or
Sensor
Input
Processing or
Logical
Transformation
Output or
Robotic
Actuator
These processes have been classically considered
as carried out by hardware and software under
the control of operating systems that manage the
access and flow of the information.
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The new IT world: distributed
computation, databases
and networking
Logic Databases
Machine Reasoning
Searching
DataWarehousing
Datamining
Human-Computer Interaction
Web Programming
Parallelism
Video on Demand
WWW
Classical View
Modern IT View
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Teaching and Research Labs
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RC025 - Neural Dynamics and Control Laboratory
RC112 - Optical Computing Laboratory
RC152A - PC Computing Laboratory
RC263 - Supercomputing Laboratory (SGI and NCR)
RC304 - Intelligent Systems Laboratory
RC315 - Hardware Projects Laboratory
RC339 - Microprocessor Design Laboratory
RC346 - PC Networking Laboratory
RC347 - HCI Research Laboratory
RC348 - Vision Interface and Systems Laboratory
RC355 - Digital Design Laboratory
RC357 - Computer Networks Laboratory
RC407 - Adaptive Vision Laboratory
RC429 - Operating Systems and Internet Security
RC444 - Collaboration and Cognition Laboratory
RC445 - Parallel Computing Laboratory
RC446 - Software Engineering and Database Laboratory
RC448 - Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab.
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SGI Origin 2000 Supercomputer
(32 R12000, 300MHz )
Control
350 GB
(fiber channel,
I/O)
Disk Cabinet
(Partially
Hidden)
2x16 Processor Cabinets
(12 GB RAM)
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New Hardware, New Projects:
NCR 4800 (2 nodes X 4
processors 500MHz P-III Xeon)
RAID5 Disk
4 GB
Array 200
GB
RAM
NT-based TOR 2.0
Database System
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SGI Onyx-2 Infinite
Reality
In Room RC347
8 R10,000
Parallel Processors
each with 512 MB
(4 GB total)
connected to the
Net as ITRIOnyx
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We are strong in Research
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In FY2000 the department received $5.3M in
research grants from different agencies.
In FY1999 the WSU CS&E department received
more basic research grants and more per faculty
dollars from NSF than any other public CS
department in Ohio
Advanced undergraduates participate in many of
these research activities in their junior or senior
years through REUs or Research Experiences for
Undergraduates
ITRI is closely associated with the Department.
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Areas of Research Interest
Database and Knowledge-Based Systems
 Machine Intelligence, Intelligent Interfaces,
and Neural Networks
 Hardware, Optical, and Network Systems
 Software Engn., Computer Graphics, and
Visualization
 Parallel Computing and VLSI
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Selected Current Research
Projects
Human Computer Interaction Workbench
 FPGA Run-Time Reconfiguration
 OCARNet ATM Project
 Microphone Array Project
 MM Database Project
 Vision Project: Stereo Tracking and 3-D
Capture with Laser Range
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To integrate multiple modalities in communications between
humans and computers and between humans.
Metallic
Rear Projection Projection on two
on Softboard and side-screens in
Vertical Screen “control room”
mode
for 2 and 3-D
Wooden
Desktop Projection
Area - On right:
Camera for hand
and face tracking
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Position and
Motion Tracking
using 8 Ascension
Flock of Birds
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Advice @ $0.00
Start the Day with a Smile!
 Keep your priorities in line, w/o contradictions
 Every day make a list of what you will do
every hour during that day
 If you need help: NEITHER BE BASHFUL
NOR WAIT TOO LONG TO ASK FOR IT!
 Live One Day at a Time
 Survive the This Year, the others will follow
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Good luck!!!
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Summary
The Computer Science and Engineering
Department at WSU is one of the leading (if not
the leading) departments in the field in Ohio
 We are also a department that cares for its
undergraduates, but the initiative to contact
Mentors, the Curriculum Advisor and Help
Rooms must rest with the student.
 Your department faculty and administration are
willing and able to listen to anything you have
to say anytime and help you if you ask.
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