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 NSFsponsored projects.
Some Samples:
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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
千兆级系统集成芯片设计
• 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
千兆级系统集成芯片设计
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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, NSF#ESI-0083336)
6000
Introduced,disturbed vegetation
Snow and ice
Alpine tundra
Alpine meadow
Introduced,disturbed
vegetation
Alpine shrubland
5000
Snow
and shrubland
ice
Subalpine
Abies
fabri
forest
Alpine
tundra
Coniferous
forest
Alpine
meadow
Abies-Rhododendron
forest
Deciduous-coniferous
mixed
forest
Alpine
shrubland
Abies-Bashania
forest
Deciduous
forest
Subalpine
shrublandforest
Abies-Fargesia
Evergreen-deciduous
mixed forest
4000
Coniferous
forest Larix forest
Pinus forest/
Evergreen
forest
Deciduous-coniferous mixed forest
Deciduous forest
Evergreen-deciduous mixed forest
Evergreen forest
3000
2000
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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, NSF#ESI-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 S&E 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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