Professional Advisory Board Meeting
Department of Computer Science
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
April 10, 2015
Welcome!
Dr. Max Yen
Dean
IPFW College of Engineering, Technology &
Computer Science
Outline
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Highlights of the past year
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Overview
High school programs
Senior capstone projects
Information Analytics and Visualization Center
Looking ahead
Working together
 Department directions and goals
 Participate in senior capstone projects
 Partner in research projects
Department Mission
The Department strives to offer students excellent
instruction and educational opportunities in Computer
Science.
It endeavors to...
 provide its students a durable technical foundation in
an environment of rapid technical change,
 to enable and promote their professional growth
through contact with best professional practice,
 and to play a role of resource and technical leadership
in the regional communities.
Department Objectives
Upon graduation, students should be able to...
 Analyze, design, implement, and evaluate a computerized
solution to a real life problem using appropriate tools.
 Communicate effectively through speaking, writing, and
the use of presentation tools.
 Work effectively as a team member.
 Enter a professional computer science/information systems
position or an appropriate graduate program.
 Pursue life-long learning and continued professional
development.
 Be aware of ethical and societal concerns relating to
computers in society and apply this knowledge in the
conduct of their careers.
Degrees Offered
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B.S. in Computer Science
 Prepare for a career as a computer professional or for
graduate study
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B.A. in Computer Science
 Pair computer science with another subject to yield an
interdisciplinary degree
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B.S. in Information Systems
 Management of information in the modern corporate
and organizational environment
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M.S. in Applied Computer Science
Enrollment
Graduates
High School Programs
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Dual credit
 8 High Schools offering CS dual credit courses:
• CS 112: Survey of Computer Science
• CS 114: Introduction to Visual BASIC
• CS 160: Intro to Computer Science I
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First Annual Programming Competition
 6 High Schools, 13 teams and 28 Students
 Bi-weekly programing challenges
 Concludes with a Problem Solving Competition at
IPFW on April 25, 2015
 Cash prices for top 3 teams
Senior Capstone
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Two-semester course sequence emphasis on
 The practice of software engineering skills learned
from CS 360
 Teamwork, project management, and oral and
written communication
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New Course Design From 2014-2015 AY
 Developing either application-oriented or
research-oriented software project
 Seeking for participation from local industry
Benefits from New Course Design
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Provide diversified learning and career
development environments to consider
student interests
Win-win strategies
 Students experience real work problems
• Learn from professionals
 Project sponsors can acquire a software solution
needed or want to explore
 Experience potential employees or future
employers
Senior Capstone Schedule
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
Senior Capstone Project Team
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Course director
 Schedule & coordinate entire course
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Project advisor
 Regularly meet and guide a team of students to
complete a project
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Project sponsor
 External organization, Students-driven
 Faculty - Mainly for research-oriented project
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Students team
 2-4 senior students majoring in CS
 Expect to work 500~700 hr for two semesters
Senior Capstone Projects
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2014-2015 Academic Year
 Collected 16 projects
 10 students teams are developing 10 projects
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2015-2016 Academic Year
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Proposal due by Apr. 17
Start-up meeting on Apr. 24
Final presentation May 1
Collected 8 proposals
• City of Fort Wayne, Extension Healthcare, Lincoln Finance,
Parkview Research Center, IPFW faculty, etc
Perspectives
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Pat Weisz
 CS major senior student
 Senior capstone Team #1 leader
 Associate Developer at Allied Payment Network
Senior Capstone
Topics
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Allied Payment Network
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Problem description
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Project description
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Benefits to the company
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Benefits to the student
Senior Capstone
Allied Payment Network
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Small start-up company
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4 years old
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Located at the innovation center
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12 employees
Offer billpay solutions to financial institutions
Senior Capstone
Allied Payment Continued
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Products
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API
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Web portal
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PicturePay
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Remote deposit
Senior Capstone
Problem Description
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Needed a native solution
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The integration process was slow
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Wanted more control over the flow of app
Senior Capstone
Project Description
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Develop a native solution
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iOS
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Android
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Well documented
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Production quality
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Easy to maintain and modify
Senior Capstone
Benefits for the company
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Free
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Find future employees
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Focus on developing needed features
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Can devote time and resources elsewhere
Production ready application
Senior Capstone
Benefits for the student
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Experience
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In the field
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Working as a team
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Developing production quality applications
Possibility of employment
Information Analytics & Visualization Center
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Opened on February 23, 2011 with $0.5M grant
awarded by the Lilly Endowment Inc.
To serve as a valuable resource for NE Indiana
 Striving to support excellence in teaching and learning
at IPFW
 Contributing to the development of the region
through research and innovative endeavors
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Organized into eight laboratories lead by CS
faculty
Offering a wide range of capabilities and
expertise (Intelligent Systems, Software Engineering,
Data Mining , Networking and Security, etc)
IAV Center Resources
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A large rear-projection system with an optical
head-tracking device
20-node Beowulf cluster
Workstations equipped with high-end graphics
cards including a SGI graphics workstation
3D vision display devices (Nvidia 3D vision,
Oculus, 3D vision-ready projector)
Various mobile devices (iOS, Android)
IAV Center Mission #1
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Conduct research pertaining to information
analytics and visualization
 Awarded grants ($94K / $180K)
 Completed two-year project sponsored by NSF/SERC,
affiliated with Raytheon (About $60K)
• Published papers at professional meetings including a
Journal, Advances in Military Technology, 2014
 Completed New Frontiers Grant awarded from IU
Office of the Vice President for Research ($44K)
 Published research papers on Depth perception
accuracy in VE , Application of 3D vision technology,
Visualization for large data contents, digital library,
mobile devices
IAV Center Mission #2
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Developing multidisciplinary projects and support
students and faculty research
 Collaborative projects with Geoscience and PSY Dept
• Presentation at the 130th Indiana Academy of Science
Annual Academy Meeting, 2015
 Two graduate students completed MS degree via
dissertation option, summer 2014
 Sponsoring three senior capstone projects
 4-5 students develop mobile applications as a team or
independently
 An undergrad student admitted from Ph.D. programs
 A graduate student started to work NSWC Crane
IAV Center Mission #3
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Collaboration / partnership with regional business
and provide service to community
 A grant proposal in review by Parkview Research
Foundation
• Industry Sponsored Research: Title to Project IP
(includes research data and materials) is owned by
Sponsor
• A pilot project utilizing 3D vision technology for
monitoring patients
 Continuously seeking and have executed several projects
with local industry that utilize visualization and mobile
technology for their business
• Allied Payment Network, Zoom Info Systems, etc.
IAV Center Mission #3
• Collaboration / partnership with regional
business and provide service for the community
 Expand project area to data analytics and visualization
designed for / utilizes mobile devices
 Many guests visited IAVC from Orthoworx, American
Axle, BAE Systems, ATS, Inc, Martin-Riley Architects ,
GE Commercial Motors, PHD, Inc., Senator Joe
Donnelly’s staff, and foreign university, etc.
 Presentations to community at IPFW Campus Visit
Day, Open House for high school students, Summer
camp, Middle school career day
Looking Ahead
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Continue to build high school programs
 Benefit the community and profession
 Build relationships to enhance recruiting
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ABET accreditation
 Renewal for BS in CS
 Initial for BA in CS, BS in Information Systems
 Report due in July
 Site visit in Fall 2015
Looking Ahead
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New faculty members
 Dr. Karim Elish
• Graduating from Virginia Tech
• Expertise in mobile security and software engineering
 Dr. John Licato
• Graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Expertise in artificial intelligence, including IBM's
"Watson" project
Up Next
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Noon: Lunch
 Suggestions for department directions
 Potential senior capstone projects
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12:30pm: PAB members meet to discuss
suggestions and feedback
1:00pm: Exit survey for ABET purposes
Thank You!