CSE New Graduate
Student Orientation
August 21, 2008
Introductions
• Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department
• Dr. Gerald Farin, Associate Director of
Academics, School of Computing and
Informatics
• Amy Sever, Assistant Director, Academic
Services
• Martha Vander Berg, Graduate Academic
Success Specialist
New CSE Graduate Student
Orientation Agenda
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2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
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2:45-3:00
3:00-3:20
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:45
3:45-4:45
4:45-5:15
5:15-5:30
5:30-6:00
6:40-11:00
Welcome from Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department
Graduate College: David Nutt, Professional Development
Program Coordinator
Erica Morley, Graduate Professional Student Association
Shelia Young, Engineering Librarian
Break
Research Overview: Dr. Chitta Baral
Research Poster Session
Q/A: Student, Staff and Faculty Panel
Board Bus for Arizona Diamondbacks Game
Travel to Chase Field
Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game
ASU: a new American University
ASU’s mission:
promoting excellence in research
increasing access to its educational resources
working with communities to positively impact social and
economic development
AZ; Phoenix metro
DEPARTMENT OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF
BIOMEDICAL
INFORMATICS
INFORMATICS PROGRAMS
Our vision is to create knowledge in computing and informatics to help
transform the world in which we live. We are a focal point at ASU.
SCI Locations: Physical
• Brickyard Building (SCI, CSE) in Tempe and
• Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Building (BMI)
in downtown Phoenix.
Locations: Virtual
• Web pages
– http://cse.asu.edu
– http://sci.asu.edu
– http://bmi.asu.edu
• Blackboard
– http://myasucourses.asu.edu
My Organizations
CSE Online Community
Discussion Board
CSE Faculty and Staff
Professors:
14.75
Associate Professors:
9
Assistant Professors:
13.25
Lecturers:
7.5
Research Faculty:
7
Emeritus Faculty:
6
Affiliated Faculty:
5
Adjunct Faculty:
5
Staff (CSE, SCI):
19 (+7 CHIR)
CSE Students – Spring 2008
CS/CSE Program
Enrollment
B.S. in Computer Science
416
B.S.E. in Computer Systems Engineering
261
Master of Computer Science
62
M.S. in Computer Science
176
Ph.D. in Computer Science
147
Total
1062
SCI Research Themes
• Core CSE Research
Themes:
– Algorithms and Theory
Research
– Data, Information and
Artificial Intelligence
– Hardware Architecture and
Embedded Systems
– Multimedia, Visualization
and Modeling
– Networks, Operating
Systems and Compilers
– Computer Security,
Information Assurance,
Software Engineering
• Informatics Research
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Biomedical Informatics: …
Cyberinfrastructure
Modeling and Simulation
Pervasive and Ubiquitous
Systems
– Service and Enterprise
Systems
– Social Science Informatics
– Intelligent Tutoring
Available Open Courses – Fall 2008
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CSE
CSE
CSE
CSE
CSE
CSE
520 - Computer Architecture II
531 - Distributed and Multiprocessor Operating Systems
545 - Software Security
565 - Software Verification, Validation, and Testing
576 - Topics in Natural Language Processing
577 - Advanced Geometric Modeling I
Available CSE 591 – Fall 2008
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Randomized Approximate Algorithms
Optimization Algorithms with Engineering Applications
Multimedia Computing,Communication,& Interaction
Programming for Multicore Processors
Real-Time Embedded Systems
Text Analysis Application to Biology &Archaeology
Current Challenges in Molecular Informatics
Available CSE 598 – Fall 2008
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Multimedia Information Systems
Database Management
Distributed Software Development
Design & Analysis of Algorithms
Software Analysis and Design
Computer Systems Security
Data and Information Security
Computer Graphics
Logic Programming
Info Retrieval, Mining & Integration
Human Robot Interaction
Social Computing & Web Analytics
Operating Systems Internals
Master’s Degrees
• Master of Science in Computer Science
– Typically require 2-3 years of graduate work
– 30 semester credit hours
– Conduct research in area of interest
– Requires a thesis
– Can concentrate in AME, BMI, or IA
• Master of Computer Science
– Typically requires 2-3 years of graduate work
– 30 semester credit hours
– Complete projects in three courses and prepare
project portfolio
– Does not require a thesis
– Can concentrate in IA
Sample M.S. Program
• 30 credits total, 24 of which are classroom-based courses
• 9 of the 24 credits must be from the Foundations, Systems and
Applications areas (3 credits in each area)
• At least 21 of the credits must be for classroom-based courses
• At least 9 credits of coursework in thesis area
• 6 credits of thesis
Sample M.C.S. Program
• 30 credits total, all of which are classroom-based
courses
• 9 of the 24 credits must be from the Foundations,
Systems and Applications areas (3 credits in each area)
Ph.D. Degree
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Typically require 3-7 years of graduate work
Requires a thesis
1-2 years of coursework, then research
Can concentrate studies in Information Assurance or
Arts, Media and Engineering
Sample Ph.D. Program
• 84 credits total, 48 of which are classroom-based courses
• 9 of the 48 credits must be from the Foundations, Systems and
Applications areas (3 credits in each area)
• Up to 12 credits of Independent Study
• Up to 15 credits of interdisciplinary coursework (non-CSE)
• 12-18 hours of research
• 12 hours of dissertation
SCI Advising Center
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Advising resources
Career resources
ASU resources
Appointments
available MondayThursday 9-11:30
a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.
• Marsha, Martha,
Allison, Angela, Amy
Casey.
New CSE Graduate Student
Orientation Agenda
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2:15-2:30
2:30-2:45
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2:45-3:00
3:00-3:20
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:45
3:45-4:45
4:45-5:15
5:15-5:30
5:30-6:00
6:40-11:00
Welcome from Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department
Graduate College: David Nutt, Professional Development
Program Coordinator
Erica Morley, Graduate Professional Student Association
Shelia Young, Engineering Librarian
Break
Research Overview: Dr. Chitta Baral
Research Poster Session
Q/A: Student, Staff and Faculty Panel
Board Bus for Arizona Diamondbacks Game
Travel to Chase Field
Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game
Questions?
SCI Research Themes
• Core CSE Research
Themes:
– Algorithms and Theory
Research
– Data, Information and
Artificial Intelligence
– Hardware Architecture and
Embedded Systems
– Multimedia, Visualization
and Modeling
– Networks, Operating
Systems and Compilers
– Computer Security,
Information Assurance,
Software Engineering
• Informatics Research
Themes:
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Biomedical Informatics: …
Cyberinfrastructure
Modeling and Simulation
Pervasive and Ubiquitous
Systems
– Service and Enterprise
Systems
– Social Science Informatics
– Intelligent Tutoring
CSE Funding in 2007-08
• Funding received from NSF, DOD-ARL, DOD-ONR, DOD-AFOSR,
DOD-AFRL, NIH, NIH-NLM, DARP, SFAz, ABOR,
JPL, TGen, U of Arizona, U Penn, Indiana University, TACC
(Texas Advanced Computing Center), CES (Consortium of
Embedded Systems), Google, Kutta Consulting, MITRE,
Motorola, Raytheon, Microsoft, Intel, SET Corporation, Avaya.
• 15 separate awards from NSF
• Some of the larger awards are:
TACC award of 1.3 million (PI: Stanzione), Indiana Univ (DOD-ONR
MURI) award of 1 million (PIs: Baral, Kambhampati, Langley,
McBeath), NSF award of $800K (PI: Yau, CoPI: Saroughian, Nong
Ye).
Funding received: May 1 - now
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Richa NSF $162,163
Konjevod NSF $109,253
Xue NSF $240,000
Gupta NSF $400,000,
NSF $250,000
Liu NSF $430,626,
NASA $600,000,
With Rowe UofA $450,000
Yau DOD $52,766
Syrotiuk ONR $150,000
Colbourn ONR $150,000
Vrudhula SFAz SRG $2,000,000,
SFAz SBC $490,000
Ahn NSF $500,000
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Bazzi NSF $700,000
J Lee NSF $80,000
Burlseon NSF $149,934, NSF
$50,000
Panch ITESM $100,000
Baral IARPA $500,000
Stanzione ABOR $75,000
Baral SFAz $99,000
Wonka NSF $300,000
Kim NIH-NLM $183,012
Highlights: AI and Database
• 2 AAAI Fellows; 2 Cognitive science fellows
• Area Editor/Associate Editors: JAIR, ACM TOCL, Signal Proc. &
Image Comm, etc.
• Multiple papers in major AI conferences.
– International Joint Conference in AI - IJCAI 07: Baral (2),
Kambhampati (3), Liu(1), Lee (1), Kim (1)
– Other major AI conferences where the AI group has multiple
papers are: AAAI 08 (4), ICML 08 (2), KDD 08 (3), CVPR08 (2),
ICCCV07 (1)
• Multiple papers in major Database conferences
– SIGMOD 2007: Candan (3), Chen (1).
– Other major database conferences: ICDE 2008 (2), SIGMOD 08
(3), VLDB 2007 (3), ICDE 2007 (2), and CIDR 2007
Highlights: Graphics, Visualization &
Multi-media
• Editor in Chief: CAGD journal (Farin), IEEE Multimedia
(Panchanathan)
• Multiple books by Farin and by Nielson
• IEEE Fellow (Panchanathan)
• Peter Wonka received multiple NSF grants for his
research in 2007-08, including a CAREER award in 2007
– These awards are CAREER: Constrained Procedural Urban
Modeling (NSF), Visual Geo-Analytics (NSF), Pilot: SOUZOU Creativity through Procedural Modeling (NSF).
– He also has had 2 papers in SIGGRAPH 2008 and a paper in
SIGGRAPH 2007.
Highlights: Information Assurance
Group
• Fellow of IEEE (Yau), Fellow of AAAS (Yau)
• Associate Editors/Editorial Board Members: IEEE
Transaction on Service Computing, IEEE Transaction on
Knowledge and Data Engineering
• DoE CAREER award (Ahn)
• Funding: Multiple grants from NSF, NSA, DOE, ONR,
AFOSR, AFRL, etc.
• Multiple books by Tsai and Liu
SCI Research Centers
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Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing
The overall mission of CUbiC is to design and develop a wearable
perceptive computer that perceives and experiences its environment in
terms of human concepts, and also shares that environmental
experience for the person who is wearing it.
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Center for Health Information and Research
CHIR is a multidisciplinary team whose focus includes health care,
clinical quality, the health care workforce, occupational illness and
injury, medical malpractice, health care economics and disability.
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Consortium for Embedded Systems
CES is an independent entity dedicated to developing a globally
recognized center for embedded technologies.
SCI Research Centers
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Information Assurance
The IA program addresses the broad issues of developing trustworthy
information systems, on which people can rely on storing, processing
and transmitting information over networks.
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Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling
PRISM has collaborative partnerships that center around how to
develop, capture, model, analyze and interact with three-dimensional
data.
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Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing
The overall mission of CUbiC is to design and develop a wearable
perceptive computer that perceives and experiences its environment in
terms of human concepts, and also shares that environmental
experience for the person who is wearing it.
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Center for Health Information and Research
CHIR is a multidisciplinary team whose focus includes health care,
clinical quality, the health care workforce, occupational illness and
injury, medical malpractice, health care economics and disability.
SCI Consortiums, Collaboratives and Laboratories
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Arts, Media and Engineering Program
Engineering, arts and science disciplines involved in media research
and training have come together to create the AME program.
Fulton High Performance Computing Initiative
HPCI serves as the hub for parallel and grid scientific computing at
ASU, maintaining centrally managed high performance computing
systems.
Consortium for Embedded Systems
The Consortium for Embedded Systems (CES) was established in
January 2001 as an Industry/University partnership dedicated to
developing a globally recognized center for embedded technologies.
Enabling Technologies for Intelligent Information Integration
Program
ET-I3 is a collaborative program that addresses the challenge of
information integration.
Decision Making and Cognition
A multidisciplinary research unit devoted to the study of medical
decision-making, cognitive foundations of health behaviors, and the
effective use of computer-based information technologies.
Questions?
Poster Session in the lobby and in
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