FACULTY MEETING
January 13th, 2012
Agenda
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Announcements
Report from the Deans meeting
Undergraduate Program issues
Status on Faculty Hiring
Micro Teaching Workshops
Semester Plans
Congratulations
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Naphtali Rishe
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The Payoff from the IBM-Google University Research Cloud,
“The National Science Foundation awarded Cluster Exploratory
(CluE) program grants to Carnegie-Mellon University, Florida
International University, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Purdue University, University of California-Irvine,
University of California-San Diego, University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, University of Maryland, University of
Massachusetts, University of Virginia, University of Washington,
University of Wisconsin, University of Utah and Yale University.
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http://ibmresearchnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/payoff-fromibm-google-university.html
Citrix Distinguished Lecture Series
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Jack Dongarra, University of Tennesesse
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Moshe Y. Vardi, Rice University
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March 23rd, 2012
Dr. Ed Sidel, NSF
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March 2nd, 2012
Vincent McKoy, California Institute of Technology
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February 24th, 2012
Mary Fanett Wheeler, University of Texas, Austin
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February 2nd, 2012
March 28th, 2012
Thomas Kailath, Stanford University
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April 20th ,2012
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25
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Anniversary Symposium
Date: Nov. 9-10, 2012
The Symposium will feature several Computer
Science superstars (as in Turing Award winners),
along with some of our distinguished alumni at all
levels
The Committee- Dr. Mark Weiss, Dr. Naphtali Rishe,
Dr. Jai Navlakha, Steve Luis.
History
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1970 FIU started
 Airport
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Control Tower
Except for dreams they had
nothing
Now we have everything in
terms of buildings, facilities,
etc.
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“Trust that we cannot take it for granted”
We have opportunities to do something for our
community.
 25%
of graduates of FIU they are teachers in DadeCounty Schools
 They are decision makers
 Connect with the community is the main theme, Connect
Eco system.
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Positive approach to growth and committed to
research
Undergraduate Program issues
 Announcements
 Enrollment
 Degrees
Awarded
 ABET
 Curricular
Proposals
 Senior Project
 Discussions
Administrative Announcements
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My.fiu.edu to enter sick leave use
Summer and Fall registration opens late March;
schedule is keyed in and gets harder to make changes
every day. Summer budgets unknown.
Please send me Spring 2013 schedule requests now, not
later; schedule is basically set, but not entered
Send Summer and Fall 2012 book orders to Maureen
now
Please do not grant prerequisite overrides except for
exceptional cases; please do grant closed course
overrides up to the room capacity.
Spring Undergrad Enrollment Increases
Spring 11 to Spring 12
Spring 10 to Spring 12
Spring 09 to Spring 12
SCIS
16%
30%
40%
FIU
5%
14%
19%
CENGR
6%
11%
19%
CENGR MINUS SCIS
2%
3%
9%
3000/4000-level (non service) courses
+63%
Undergraduate Degrees Awarded
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All time high number of graduates (previous high
155)
Fall 2008 IT retention is 93%
COMPSC:BS
IT:BA
IT:BS
Total
Spring 2011
30
4
30
64
Summer 2011
17
1
24
42
Fall 2011
31
1
56
88
Total
78
6
110
194
ABET Update
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Interim report due July 1, 2012
Assessment process updated to
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less reliant on senior projects
 Multiple choice pools for topics covered in MAD-2104,
MAD-3512, COP-3530, COP-4703, COP-4555
 Scoring rubrics for artifacts of topics covered in CGS3092, COP-3530, COP-4338, COP-4610
 Refined senior project rubrics for teamwork assessment,
etc.
CS Curriculum Proposal #1
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ADD CNT-4XXX: A new course on network, security, and
mobile computing as a required course. This course was
approved in 2011-2012 Bulletin#1.
The need for networking and web-server technology as part
of the required curriculum was identified by an SCIS Subject
Area Coordinator report(s), was supported by the Assessments
Coordinator, was recommended by UGC, and later by the
Special SCIS Curriculum Review Committee. Currently, security
is present in our curriculum only by piecing together bits and
pieces of several unrelated courses; hence the need for a new
course. The syllabus incorporates many elements of the ACM
recommended Net-Centric computing knowledge units.
CS Curriculum Proposal #2 (IT also)
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REPLACE CGS-3092 WITH CGS-3XXX: The 1-credit ethics course has
been redesigned as a 3-credit Global Learning course with ethical,
social, and cultural issues with global perspective. This new course was
approved in 2011-2012 Bulletin #2 and was accepted as a global
learning course in 2011-2012 Bulletin #3.
The need for a three-credit replacement as part of the required curriculum was
identified by an SCIS Subject Area Coordinator report(s), was supported by
the Assessments Coordinator, was recommended by UGC, and later by the
Special SCIS Curriculum Review Committee. Students have repeatedly and
consistently complained that the amount of work contained in the existing onecredit course has warranted at least one, possibly two additional credits, and
our internal review has concluded that this is the case. The new course has
additional material that warrants a full three credits. This course will also
satisfy a global learning requirement. As an added benefit, this course will
clearly serve as a W catalog course should FIU adopt the Provost’s Writing
Initiative as part of the curriculum.
Curriculum Proposal #3 (IT also)
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REPLACE ENC-3213 WITH ENC-3XXX: Based on SCIS request, the
English department redesigned ENC 3213. This course was approved in
2011-2012 Bulletin#2
Based on course samples it is evident that the ENC-3213 course as taught
contained some elements that could be improved for our majors. Consequently
we asked English to redesign this course to match the ENC-3246 course that is
required for Computing majors at the University of South Florida. This course
has computing specific writing requirements and presentation requirements
that are appropriate for computing majors. The major facets of the requested
re-design were a) to expand the oral communication component that already
existed in ENC 3213, and b) to provide other technical writing competencies
that were noted by the Software Engineering Area Coordinator as deficiencies
in student written presentations; these include preparation of bibliographies,
and documentation of sources. As an added benefit, this course will clearly
serve as a W catalog course should FIU adopt the Provost’s Writing Initiative
as part of the curriculum.
Curriculum Proposal #4
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REMOVE COM-3110
COM 3110 has not delivered the expected oral presentation learning
experience for our students. The online version of the course evidently has no
oral presentation requirement. Further, there is apparent overlap in the content
of the existing COM 3110 and ENC 3213. Thus, like University of South
Florida, we feel that only one integrative course is needed. The elimination of
this course allows the addition of Net-Centric Computing without new credits.
Curriculum Proposal #5
Change of Prerequisite and Co-requisite for CEN-4010
As CEN-4010 requires web and database technologies to
implement software engineering projects, the following changes are
recommended:
Current pre-requisite: COM-3110, CGS-3092, and COP-3530
Current co-requisite: None
New pre-requisite: CGS-3XXX, COP-3530, and COP-4710
New co-requisite: CNT-4XXX
In the early part of CNT-4XXX, web technologies will be taught so
that CEN-4010 students can apply those skills in the second half of
the term.
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Curriculum Proposal #6
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Change of Prerequisite and Co-requisite for COP4710
To accommodate the above changes and not to extend course
dependency chain, the following changes are recommended.
Current pre-requisite: COP-3530
Current co-requisite: None
New pre-requisite: COP-3337
New co-requisite: COP-3530
In the early part of COP-3530, B-tree and hash will be taught so
that COP-4710 students can use that knowledge in the second half
of the term.
Curriculum Proposal #7
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ADD COP-4520 AND COP-4722 TO SET 1
These two existing advanced courses are added to Set1
elective list so that these courses can be counted towards
degree requirements.
Curriculum Proposal #8
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INCREASE ELECTIVE CHOICES FOR CS-TRACK AND
REMOVE TWO MATH ELECTIVES
Only 19 Computer Science majors have taken MAD-4203 or
MHF-4302 since Fall 2004. Since Fall 2006 (six years), no
Computer Science major has actually passed MAD-4203 and
only three have passed MHF-4302. These courses are
functionally inactive for Computer Science, and thus need to
be removed. With only two remaining math electives, and
some newer CS electives, it makes sense to combine the two set
for CS-track, as many students are interested in taking a
broader array of electives. Since SDD-Track students are
required to take one Set1 course, we list both sets with the
flexibility for CS-track students to take any three courses.
Curriculum Proposal #9 (Internal)
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CHANGE COP-4338 to cover only C and Unix
There have been recurring problems with COP-4610
due to lack of C background. We have piloted the
change this year with apparent success.
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made permanent, syllabus needs to be changed,
outcomes altered, and likely COP-4604 (Unix) needs
to be redesigned or eliminated.
 If not we need to revert back to C++ starting
Summer 2012.
Senior Project Class
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Recent faculty comments:
 Reduce
the software engineering requirements in the
deliverables
 Provide more emphasis on completing the project and
working demos
 Incorporate more projects that involve an industry
partner
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Discussion
Faculty Discussion on Other Items
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Should COP-2210 and COP-2250 at least be in
the same format?
Labs for COP-3337 and COP-3804?
Systems Integration and Architecture (SIA) course
for IT Program
 Requirements/Acquisition
and Sourcing/Integration and
Deployment/Project Management/Testing and
QA/Orginizational Context/Architecture
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Service Courses and Certificate Programs
Faculty 2011-2012 Recruitment
Hiring Areas Listed on the Ad
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Bio/medical/health informatics
Computer architecture
Computer graphics
Large-scale data management, search, and visualization
Human-computer interaction (HCI)
Networking
Programming languages
Robotics and game theory
Telecommunication
Current Research Focuses Areas
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Data and Information Management
(Multidisciplinary ) Informatics
Networking
Security
Software Engineering
Systems
Recruitment Rationale
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To fulfill the school goals
 Teaching
needs, research growth
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To maintain and expand current school strengths
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To leverage the college and the University Strategic
Plans
Top Priority Areas
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Networking and Telecommunication
Bio/Medical/Health Informatics
Large-scale data management /Social Media
Mining
Robotics/Game Theory
Computer Graphics, Data Visualization, and HCI
Other Considerations
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Female candidates
Minority especially Hispanic candidates
Senior candidates (especially well-known
established researchers in our focus areas)
Logistics
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Application Deadline: Jan. 16, 2012
 Over
200 applications so far
 But we will evaluate and consider late applicants as
well
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The committee will start go over the applicant files
after the deadline
 Christine,
Jason, Raju, Tao, Peter, Xudong
Current Statistics
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Applicants from Top Schools
 MIT,
Stanford, Berkeley, Cornell , CMU, UCLA, UIUC,
Johns Hopkins, Duke, Yale, Maryland, Purdue,
Washington, Wisconsin-Madison, New York, Columbia,
Georgia Institute of Technology, USC
FIU Discovery Lab
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Lab Motto : Future-inspired Innovation
Location : ECS 232
People : Dr. Iyengar, Dr. Kim, and Mr. Penubaku
Generating more patents and starts ups
Commercialization of research
Area :
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Computing/Security/Automation/Intelligent Robotics
Micro Teaching Workshops
 Formative
Assessment by Dr. Leslie Richardson, Director,
Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT)
Issues and Future Development
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Enrollment is very important
Our Graduation Rates 42.75%
 Retention rates: 54.25%
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Research Funding is close to 4 million Dollars
Revenue Generation Programs
MS Telecommunication and Networking Program
 MS IT program
 MS Computer Science
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Fund raising
Certification of programs (Industry, Student)
Market Rate Program: Self Sustainability
Mentorship For Un-tenured Faculty members
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Academic Mentoring: How to give it and How to get
it?
There will be a workshop from the College of Arts
of Sciences on Academic Mentoring soon.
Industry Engagement
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Participate in regional technology industry meetings
and create a presence at these events to raise
awareness about the School
 Greater
 Miami’s
Miami Chamber of Commerce
Got Tech Event in March at Marlins Stadium
 South
Florida Technology Association
 Refresh Community
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Industry Day --- April 5th
 companies
to meet with faculty/students and see demos
of research and senior projects
Thank you for participating.
Let’s make it a great semester!