Professional Advisory Board Meeting
Department of Computer Science
April 15, 2016
Agenda
Time
Scheduled item
9:45am – 10:00am
Welcome and Introduction (Interim Dean Raez, BKim)
10:00am – 10:30am
Report on CS Dept and Undergrad programs (BKim)
10:30am – 10:40am
Report on ACS graduate program (Jin Yoo)
10:40am – 11:00am
New faculty introduction
11:00am – 12:15pm
Open discussion items
12:15pm – 12:45pm
Lunch with CS faculty
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Closed meeting for PAB recommendations
Welcome and Introductions
Carlos Pomalaza-Raez, Interim ETCS Dean &
Beomjin Kim, CS Department Chair
Report on PAB Recommendation
•
Recommendation dated on April 10, 2015
1. Establish cooperative work experiences and internships
2. Increasing the number of dual credit courses offered in
high schools
3. Promote computer science as a field in high schools
4. Add a junior project to the degree requirements
5. Further involvement of PAB members
6. Update PAB membership list
Report on PAB Recommendation
1. Establish cooperative work experiences and
internships
•
•
•
Co-op Edu & Interns for Indiana programs
 Fall 2010-present
 19 students (CS: 14, IS: 5) at 10 different companies
 Several students worked multiple semesters
Flyer provided in the package
Debra Barrick, Director, (260) 481-5471
Office of Academic Internships, Cooperative Education
and Service Learning
Report on PAB Recommendation
2. Increasing the number of dual credit courses
offered in high schools
• Nine participating schools
- Garrett, DeKalb, Northrop, Concordia, Adams Central,
Canterbury, Wayne, Manchester, Huntington
•
Courses Offered




CS 112 – Survey Of Computer Science
CS 114 – Introduction To Visual Basic
CS 160 – Intro To Computer Science I
CS 161 – Intro To Computer Science II
Report on PAB Recommendation
2. Increasing the number of dual credit courses
offered in high schools
•
•
Year
Num of schools
Students
Cr. Hours
2011/12
1
3
9
2012/13
1
3
9
2013/14
3
14
44
2014/15
7
69
228
2015/16
7
50
161
Priority $25 per credit hour
Contact: Adolfo Coronado, Matthew Parker
Report on PAB Recommendation
•
Promote computer science as a field in high schools
 High School Programming Challenge/Problem Solving


•
•
•
on Apr. 23rd, 2016 at IPFW
Campus Visit Day, Experience Day , etc.
Adventures in Computing for Teens Summer Exploration
Add a junior project to the degree requirements
Further involvement of PAB members
Update PAB membership list
Highlights of Past Year
•
Faculty left

Robert Sedlmeyer, Robert Sanders,
Lubomir Stanchev, Britton Wolfe
•
New faculty

Aleshia Hayes, John Licato, Karim Elish,
Zesheng Chen
Highlights of Past Year
•
Grants
 John Licato, 2016 Air Force Young Investigator Research
Program Award, $360,000, 2016-2019

Adolfo Coronado, Technical assistance agreement grant
from McCoy Bolt Works, Inc., 2016

Beomjin Kim, Industry-sponsored Research Grant,
Parkview Health System, $20,085 + $30,000 (Phase 2
funding approved), 2015-2016
 Zesheng Chen, John Licato, Summer Faculty Grant from
the Purdue Research Foundation, 2016
Highlights of Past Year
•
Student Achievement
 Employment at Google, AutoDesk, MathWorks, Naval
Sea Systems Command-CRANE, etc.
 Graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Daniel Brewer, Simon Sharudin, Aaron Lilley, Dr. Zesheng
Chen, IEEE Standards Education Grant

Research publications
•
Anthony Garcia, Eric Migono, Dr. Adolfo Coronado
2016 Esri User Conference in San Diego, CA
•
Maxwell Fowler, Chris Bellis, Chris Perry, Dr. Beomjin Kim
2016 MAICS Conference in Dayton, OH
Enrollment (Percent change size 2011)
Fall Enrollment Data (Students)
Fall Semester Student Enrollment
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
CS Total
346
349
316
308
313
ETCS Total IPFW Total
1,681
12,719
1,736
13,214
1,757
13,459
1,814
13,771
1,896
14,326
0.00%
Fall Enrollment Data (Students)
-5.00%
-10.00%
-15.00%
2011
2012
2013
CS
ETCS
2014
IPFW
2015
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
CS Total
10.54%
11.50%
0.96%
-1.60%
0.00%
ETCS Total IPFW Total
-11.34%
-11.22%
-8.44%
-7.76%
-7.33%
-6.05%
-4.32%
-3.87%
0.00%
0.00%
Enrollment (Percent change size 2011)
COMPUTER SCIENCE FALL
ENROLLMENT
Computer Science Fall
Enrollment
Computer Science BS&BA&AS
Information Systems BS&AS
Applied Computer Science MS
Total
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
349
313
346
316
308
10.00%
0.00%
249
217
206
249
-10.00%
211
-20.00%
-30.00%
95
77
26
77
20
77
28
63
23
34
-40.00%
2011
2012
Computer Science BS&BA&AS
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Applied Computer Science MS
2013
2014
Information Systems BS&AS
2015
Graduation
CS Graduation by Year
35
30
CS in
IS in ACS in Head
BS&BA BS&BA MS count
25
20
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
15
10
5
0
2010-2011
2011-2012
CS in BS&BA
2012-2013
IS in BS&BA
2013-2014
ACS in MS
2014-2015
14
14
20
24
29
N/A
20
21
24
18
9
16
5
15
4
242
313
308
316
349
CAC-ABET Update
• Onsite visit by CAC of the ABET team on Oct. 18-20, 2015
• The Draft Statement listed five weaknesses of CS program
Completed Actions
Program
Weakness
The CS Department revised the Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
1
The CS Department revised the evaluation process of the PEOs
2
The CS Department revised the direct and indirect measures for the PEOs
2
The CS Department revised the evaluation process of the Student Outcomes
(SOs)
The CS Department revised the direct and indirect measures for the SOs
3
3
The CS Department is developing direct measures for the SOs
4
The CS Department established the CS Assessment Committee
5
The College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science instituted the
ETCS Assessment Committee
5
Senior Capstone Projects
•
2014-2015
 10 / 16 senior projects teams
 7 External, 5 Internal, 4 Research
•
2015-2016
 10 / 14 senior projects teams
 9 External, 2 Internal, 3 Research
•
2016-2017 (As of Apr. 14th, 2016)
 9 collected proposal / 3-4 on the way
 6 External, 1 Internal, 2 Research
Senior Capstone Projects
•
Project Sponsors
 Allen County Public Library, Allied Payment Network, City
of Fort Wayne, Extension Healthcare, Lincoln Financial
Group, NeighborLink Fort Wayne, Parkview Research
Center, RINEHOLD Nutrition Services, etc.
• 2016-2017 Senior Capstone Proposal due, April 20, 2016
• 2016-2017 Kick-off meeting, April 22, 2016
• 2015-2016 Senior Capstone Competition Apr. 22 ~ 28, 2016
• Senior Capstone Presentation, Apr. 29, 2016 from 1:00pm in
Walb Student Union 222-226
Department directions and goals
• To support IPFW 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 2 0 Strategic Plan
• CS Department will focus on
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Increase the retention rate and graduation rates
Maintain high employment rate and the rate of graduates
attending graduate programs
Collaborative learning activities among students, faculty, and
local industry and community partners
Improve the quality and degree programs incorporating
current trends in computing technology and information
systems
Improve quality, number of graduate students, and the
quality of graduate program
Question on
CS Dept or Programs?
MS in Applied Computer Science
Director of ACS program: Jin S Yoo
Applied Computer Science (ACS)
•
•
Initiated in 1997 with an emphasis on
software engineering
Applications with an undergraduate degree
in computer science, mathematics,
engineering, business, or another
undergraduate degree and significant
experience in professional computer
practice.
Number of ACS Students
•
Use this slide template for your presentation
• If you have any suggestion, let me know.
2
2
3
24
2011-2012
2012-2013
ACS
0
32
26
23
2013-2014
2014-2015
17
2
Pre-ACS (Non-degree)
2015-2016
Graduate Students in ETCS School
32
26
24
17
15
14
23
15
11
8
3
3
2011-2012
3
3
10
6
2012-2013
7
3 4 1
2013-2014
3
6
9
8 8
2
2014-2015
2015-2016
ACS
MSE-Computer
MSE-Electrical
MSE-Mechanical
MSE-Systems
Technology-Info Tech
Degree Requirement
•
Non-thesis Option
• Total 30 course credits including 6 core course
credits from
o
o
o
o
•
ACS 56000 Software Engineering
CS 5800 Algorithm Design Analysis and Implementation
CS 50300 Operating Systems
ACS 57400 Advanced Computer Networks
Thesis Option
• Total 24 course credits plus 6 credits from ACS
69800 Research MS Thesis in two semesters
Number of M. S. Degrees Granted
•
Use this slide template for your presentation
• If you have any suggestion, let me know.
16
15
5
4
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
Curriculum
•
Centers on a core of courses covering major traditional
areas of CS, and also allows to acquire in-depth
knowledge of specialized area
Courses
Required
(Core
courses)
Electives
Fall
CS503 Operating Systems
CS560 Software Engineering
CS580 Alg Design Analysis & Imp
ACS574 Adv. Computer Networks
Software Engineering Area
Data Engineering Area
Visualization
Networking & Security
Web Technology
Scientific Computation
Research MS Thesis
Spring
CS503 Operating Systems
CS560 Software Engineering
CS580 Alg Design Analysis & Imp
Software Engineering Area
Data Engineering Area
Visualization
Networking & Security
Web Technology
Scientific Computation
Research MS Thesis
New Graduate Practicum Course
•
CS590: Graduate Practicum I/II, 3 Credits
• Provides graduate students more opportunities to
•
•
•
apply their skills to a real-world project of their
choice with their faculty project advisor
Showcase and evaluate the computer science
skills obtained through the IPFW ACS programs.
Provides outreach to the NE Indiana region in a
manner consistent with the missions of IPFW and
ACS program.
Starts from Fall 2016
New Faculty Introduction
John Licato
Research Overview
Artificial Intelligence
Human-level
Reasoning
Cognitive Robotics
Proof-rooted AI
Analogical
Reasoning
Moral and
Ethical
Reasoning
Counterdeception
Explanation Generation Requires Reasoning
“According to my algorithm, I am 67.2%
sure you have cancer.”
This is a chain of commonsense causeeffect inferences, that machine learning
algorithms are bad at generating
“According to this x-ray, there is this
mass that typically is a strong indicator of
(etc etc)”
Category: US Cities
How could this have happened?
More importantly: In mission-critical
domains (healthcare, military, etc.),
we need more proof-based reasoning
systems
Funding
•
Federal grants awarded since
2015:
• AFOSR YIP - $360,000 with
•
•
possible $240,000 extension
(2016-2019, possibly 2021)
co-PI with RPI and UIUC $25,000
Future Grants being
developed:
• RPI/UIUC extension (submitted)
•
– approx. $175,000
NSF robotics grant (in
development)
Outreach
New Faculty Introduction
Zesheng Chen
Introduction
The Spread of Internet Epidemics
Illustration of the Spread of Code Red v2 (From CAIDA)
Information Dissemination in
Social Networks
Information Dissemination through
Movement
b
a
s
d
Information Dissemination in
Software Projects and Classroom
New Faculty Introduction
Aleshia Hayes
Aleshia Hayes, Researcher
• IPFW Alumnae (Undergraduate Education & MA)
• University of Central Florida (Certificate, MS, and PhD)
• Modeling & Simulation
• Instructional Design
• VR/AR design
• Game Design
• Game Evaluation
• Emerging Technology
• User Testing
Aleshia Hayes – Student Advocate
• IPFW Alumnae
• Student Advising
• Student Experiences – experiential learning
• Interdisciplinary Work
• UPE – Student Advisor
• Game Development SIG
Aleshia Hayes - Collaboration
• Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC)
• Mirro Center for Research and Innovation
• University of Central Florida – Synthetic Reality Lab
• Mursion Interpersonal Simulations
• IPFW VCD
• IPFW Business
• IPFW College of Nursing
• Local Businesses
IS Program Revision Plan
Adolfo S. Coronado
Changes to the IS Program
Strategy
Business Intellenge Focus
Changes in Programming Courses
Changes in Math/Stat Requirements
Changes in upper level courses
Changes to the IS Program
Current Courses
Proposed Courses
Intro to Visual Basic
Intro to .NET Programming
(C#)
Advanced Visual Basic
Advanced .NET Programming
(C#)
Java
Python
Discrete Math
Advanced Statistical Methods
Changes to the IS Program
Changes in Upper Level Courses
Revise upper level course with an
emphasis in Business Intelligence
Senior Capstone Project
• Parallel with CS Students
Open Discussion
Partnerships with local industry
Student employment
Student employment
•
82% of class of 2015 is employed, Cont. Edu, military,
volunteering, or not seeking employment (Destinations Survey)
College /
Department
Cont.
Edu on
Fulltime
Parttime
Seek
Emp
Other
Employed or
Cont. Ed.
ETCS (n=191)
13%
62%
8%
14%
3%
83%
13%
55%
19%
13%
0%
87%
12%
73%
6%
9%
0%
91%
Engineering (n=29)
3%
79%
3%
14%
0%
86%
Mftg, Constr, Engr
Tech (n=40)
8%
70%
6%
10%
6%
84%
Comp/Elect. Info
Tech (n=31)
Computer Science
(n=33)
Open Discussion
Senior Capstone Courses
Senior Capstone Courses
•
Two-semester course sequence emphasis on
 The practice of software engineering skills learned from





CS 360
For teamwork, project management, and oral and
written communication
Developing either application-oriented or researchoriented software project
Students experience real work problems
Experience potential employees or future employers
Project sponsors can acquire a software solution
needed or want to explore
Senior Capstone Project Team
• Course director
 Schedule & coordinate entire course
• Project advisor
 Regularly meet and guide a team of students to
•
•
complete a project
Project sponsor
 External organization, Students-driven
Students team
 2-4 senior students majoring in CS
 Expect to work 500~600 hr for two semesters
Senior Capstone Courses
Time
Activity
Till mid-April
Soliciting proposals
Late April
Start-up meeting
Till fall semester
Requirement analysis
Fall semester (CS460)
Complete SW design
Spring semester (CS465)
Complete SW construction
End of Spring semester
Presentation & SW Delivery
Open Discussion
Needs of local community,
Discussion items from PAB
Lunch with CS faculty
Closed meeting for PAB recommendations
Thank You!