COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

www.cs.ipfw.edu

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY

AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

INDIANA UNIVERSITY – PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

BRAG SHEET: SPECIAL EDITION FALL, 2005

Brag Sheet

• This annual presentation informs all of our stakeholders about their GREAT department.

• These stakeholders include:– Alumni– Students (prospective and current)– Faculty and Administrators– Colleagues– Parents– Advisory boards– Community

• “Special Edition” means this version has numbers that will probably not be shared with general public

Mission

• The Department strives to offer students excellent instructional and educational opportunities in Computer Science, Information Systems, and Applied Computer Science.

Mission

• 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.

Educational Objectives:Computer Science and Information Systems

• 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.

Educational Objectives:Computer Science and Information Systems

• 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

Educational Objectives:B.S. Computer Science

• Understand the fundamentals of the discipline of computer science:

– programming– data structure design– computer architecture– data communication– programming language design– algorithm analysis and design– operating systems– computer graphics– database design

Educational Objectives:B.S. Information Systems

• Understand the fundamentals of the discipline of information systems:

– programming– data structure design– business data processing– computer architecture– data communication– database systems– system analysis and design– project management– strategic issues in information systems

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers• Students• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

Brag Sheet: History of CS Department

• 1963: IPFW founded – Building “A” (Kettler Hall)• 1967: First Graduates with A.S. in CS• 1973: First Graduates with B.S. in CS• 1974: First Graduates with B.S. in Computer

Technology (predecessor of IS program)• 1978: First Graduates with A.S. in Computer

Technology• 1985: Computer Technology and Computer Science

program in Mathematics combine to become Computer Science Department

• 1999: First Graduates with M.S. in Applied Computer Science

• Summer, 2004: Moved department to ETCS bldg• August, 2004: B.S. in CS accredited by CAC/ABET• Spring, 2005: 1335 graduates of all programs!

Accreditation of CS B.S.

• Received accreditation notice in August, 2004 – first one in Indiana!

• Applied for national professional accreditation in January, 2003 from Computing Accreditation Commission of Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (CAC/ABET), composed of ACM + IEEE-CS, to join ~175 accredited programs

• Official Site visit by CAC on October 5-7, 2003• Covered objectives, assessments, students,

faculty, curriculum, labs, institutional support and facilities, graded coursework/projects

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation

• Alumni• Careers• Students• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

Alumni

“One may judge a University by its faculty, itsresearch, or its students, but the best measure isthe quality and character of its alumni, as reflectedin their professional achievement, in their citizen service, in the way they live and in the values bywhich they live.”

Dr. David Dodds HenryPresident Emeritus

University of Illinois1955-71

Summary EvaluationAlumni Survey (N=133), CS Department, IPFW, June, 2005

Excellent, 24

Very Good, 81

Average, 17

Employers [N=68]: Alumni Survey CS Department, IPFW, June, 2005

AIG ValicAmerican Electric PowerAmerican General FinanceAttero Tech, LLCAutomation EngineeringBackbone SecurityBAE Systems Controls

Blue Cross blue Shield of MNBunge

Central SoyaCirrus Logic

CNA Insurance

Custom Poly PackagingDana Corp

Dexter Community School

Do It Best Corp

Ecolar Inc

Electronic Evidence Discovery

Essex Group Inc

Fish Consulting Services

Forethought Financial Services

Fort Wayne Community Schools

Fort Wayne Wire Die

Franklin Electric

Garrett Public Library

GE Medical Protective

General Dynamics

General Motors

Global VR

Grantham Consulting, INC

Heartland Hospice

IBM

InDesign

International Truck & Engine Corp

InvestigoInvisible Technologies

ITT IndustriesKaiser Permanent HealthcareKey BankLifespan Health SystemLincoln National Life InsuranceLSI Logic

Logikos, INCManagement Technology

MD Anderson Cancer CenterMIE

North American Van Lines

Parkview Health

PDI

R.R. Donnelley

Raytheon

Rea

SAIC

Self Employed

SIRVASouthern Guaranty Ins Co

Stoneware, INCStumps

Superior EssexSwiss Re

Tatum PartnersTEK Interactive Group

ThalesUnited Space Alliance

University of WisconsinVerizon

Wisconsin Dept of RevenueWorld Group Inc.

Employers (minimum of two alumni):Alumni Survey, CS Department, IPFW, June, 2005

Do It Best Corp, 3

Franklin Electric, 2

IBM, 6

International Truck & Engine Corp, 4

Invisible Technologies, 2

ITT Industries, 5North American Van Lines,

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Parkview Health, 4

Raytheon, 7

Verizon, 4

Self Employed, 6

Positions Held: Alumni Survey, CS Department, IPFW,June, 2005 [N=95]

Adminstrator

Analyst-Business & Systems

Chief Information Officer

Compliance Coordinator

Configuration Associate

Consultant-Computer/Analyst

Customer Service Rep

Developer-Senior

Development Officer-Senior

Director

Engineer

Engineer-Aff iliate

Engineer-Application

Engineer-Electrical

Engineer-Field Service

Engineer-Softw areEngineer-SystemsEngineer-Test

FacultyLibrarian

Manager

Ow ner

President

Programmer/AnalystSix Sigma Black Belt

Specialist

Staff ScientistSupervisors

Team CoordinatorTechnician-ITVice PresidentWeb DeveloperWriter - Technical

Positions Held (minimum of 2):Alumni Survey, CS Department, IPFW, June, 2005

Adminstrator, 2 Analyst-Business & Systems, 10

Consultant-Computer/Analyst, 4

Director, 7

Engineer, 2

Engineer-Softw are, 15

Engineer-Systems, 4

Faculty, 3

Manager, 16

President/Ow ner, 4

Programmer/Analyst, 3

Specialist - IT, 5

Vice President, 3

Web Developer, 2

Current Salaries, Average = $81,097, Alumni Survey (N=63)CS Department, IPFW, June, 2005

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Question Responses to Learning Outcomes Evaluated on 4-point Scale Alumni Survey (N=133)

Computer Science Department, IPFW, June, 2005

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Program Objectives: B.S. CS

1. Analyze, design, implement, and evaluate a computerized solution to a real life problem using appropriate tools.

2. Communicate effectively through speaking, writing, and the use of presentation tools.

3. Work effectively as a team member.4. Enter a professional computer science

position or an appropriate graduate program.5. Pursue life-long learning and continued

professional development.6. Be aware of ethical and societal concerns

relating to computers and apply this knowledge in the conduct of their careers.

BSCSIPFW

Question Responses to Learning Outcomes Evaluated on 4-point ScaleEmployer Survey (N=6)

Computer Science Department, IPFW, June, 2005

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International: Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Greece, India, Thailand

INDIANA UNIVERSITY – PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

COMPUTER SCIENCE ALUMNI COUNTS BY INDIANA COUNTIES August, 2005

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Graduates by Degree, Discipline, and GenderSchool of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science

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B.S. Graduates by Degrees and Ethnicity School of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science

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Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni

• Careers• Students• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

Career Prospects for Graduates

• Top ten majors for 2004/2005 with highest average salaries almost exclusively computer science and engineering:

High 90% Average Low 25%

B.S. in CS

Up 4.9%

$63,000 $51,292 $46,000

B.S. in IS

Up 3.9%

$43,741

M.S. in CS $85,000 $63,350 $50,000

National Association of Colleges and Employers, April, 2005

Fastest Growing Fields

1. Network Systems & Communication Analysts

57.0%

3. Software Engineers 44.6%

6. Database Administrators

44.2%

9. Computer Systems Analysts

39.4%

Going Global: Software Developer Jobs: U.S. currently 4X that of India and 7X that of China

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Communication Skills Honesty/Integrity Teamw ork Skill Interpersonal Skills Motivation/Initiative Strong Work Ethic

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers

• Students• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

StudentsFall, 2005

Decrease in CS majors

Nationwide IPFW

Total

2000-2004

60% 27% and beginning to flatten out!

Females

1998-2004

80% 54%

StudentsFall, 2005

• Largest department in School of ETCS since 1996, in terms of majors enrolled, and, with one exception, since before 1990 in terms of student credit hours

• 267 undergraduate majors• 24 graduate majors• 61.2% of the B.S. graduates complete degree

within six years – IPFW average is ~67%• Average class size over last three years is

19.25

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• Between 10-14 CS students receive scholarships worth a total of $14-18K annually from 5-6 sources: Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, ITT, Zollner, Air Force, SETCS

• Over 20 professional journal and conference papers have been given by students in the last five years.

• A team of graduate students won first place in a state-wide programming contest in 2002.

• An undergraduate won first prize in the annual campus-wide Sigma Xi contest.

Students (cont)Fall, 2005

• Persistence rate from Fall, 2001 to Fall, 2002 (those students staying in the same major) was 71.8%, above the 69% for the IPFW campus.

• Computer Information Association (CIA) has ~25 members (sponsor – Dr. B. J. Kim) http://www.student.ipfw.edu/%7Ecia/

• ACM Student Chapter has ~25 members (sponsor – Professor Bob Sedlmeyer) http://www.student.ipfw.edu/%7Eacm/

• UPE (Upsilon Pi Epsilon) – International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines has 14 charter members (sponsor – Ken Modesitt) http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~upe/

Students (cont)Fall, 2005

• SAT Verbal scores of CS freshmen have been first or second in ETCS since at least 1998. Also consistently higher than IPFW averages for Verbal, Math, and Total.

Students (cont)Fall, 2005

SAT VERBAL Scores of Entering Students, by Department, School, and UniversitySchool of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science

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CS Students: DiversityFall 2002/2003/2004

American Indian/Alaskan Native

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Asian or Pacific Islander 23 19 16Black 9 10 10Hispanic Americans 5 6 11Non-resident Alien 30 23 15Other 4 1 6Refuse to Answer 2 2 2Unknown 2 0 0White non-Hispanic 290 269 240TOTAL 367 332 302

Co-op Program for CS

• Over 98% of the employers rate the overall performance of our students as either Very Good or Outstanding/Excellent

Student Evaluation Employer Eval Employer CommentsOutstanding Outstanding FantasticVery Satisfactory Very Good XX is a goodteam playerVery Satisfactory Very Good Recommend Software

EngineeringVery Satisfactory Very Good Look forward to

hiring XX full-timeOutstanding Outstanding Most outstanding ever

Co-op Student Placements: N= 162Department of Computer

Science Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne1998-2005

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Cooper Standard

Dana Clutch

Do It Best

Eaton Corporation

Essex Group

GE Motors

International Truck

ITT Aerospace

Lockheed Martin

NCS

Russ Moore Transmission

Technicad

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers• Students

• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

Full-Time FacultyFall, 2005

FirstFaculty Year Degree/Field/UniversityBarrett 1979 M.S./BA/Indiana Univ.Erbach-Chair 1999 Ph.D/Mathematics/CambridgeKim 1998 Ph.D/CS/Illinois Inst. TechLiu 2004 Ph.D/CS/Ohio StateModesitt 1972 Ph.D/CS/Washington St. Un.Petruska 2000 Ph.D/Mathematics/Eotvos: HungarySanders 1968 M.A./Education+History/St. FrancisSedlmeyer 1977 M.S./CS/PurdueStanchev 2005 Ph.D./CS/WaterlooTemte 1983 Ph.D/Mathematics/Univ.of MarylandUdoh 2000 Ph.D/Hydrology/U.

Erlangen:Germany

Full-Time FacultyFall, 2005

  Every member of the department has publications, exceeding 40 over the last six years. For their entire professional careers, the totals are near 240

  Nine of the eleven faculty have received grants, totaling over 40

  Ten of the eleven faculty have received awards, totaling 18

  All members belong to at least one professional society, ranging from one to six

  All eleven have attended professional conferences, totaling at least 190

Faculty: Research Expertise (1)Algorithmic Design and Complexity Stanchev

Bioinformatics and Environmental Modeling Udoh

Combinatorial Geometry Petruska

Computer Algebra Temte

Education: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems

Barrett, Erbach, Modesitt, Parker, Toscos

Computing as Catalyst for Economic Development

Erbach

Databases Liu, Stanchev, Udoh, Sanders

Distributed Learning Modesitt, Sedlmeyer

Embedded Systems Stanchev

Expert Systems, Genetic Algorithms, Machine Learning

Erbach, Modesitt, Sedlmeyer

Grid Computing Liu

Graphics Kim

Java Programming Toscos

Faculty: Research Expertise (2)Image Processing: General and Medical Kim

Information Visualization Kim

Linux Kim, Yi

Informatics____________________________ Manufacturing Resource Planning

Barrett_________________ Sanders

Networks Liu, Sedlmeyer, Yi

Object-Oriented Design Kim, Petruska

Query Optimization Stanchev

Security: Networks and Systems Liu

Societal Concerns about Computing Parker, Udoh

Software Engineering Erbach, Modesitt, Sedlmeyer, Stanchev

Real-time Systems Liu

Visual Basic, VB.net Sanders

FacultySpring, 2005

• 92.2% of the students gave “excellent” or “good” evaluations for “interest/ enthusiasm” to faculty on end-of-term evaluations

• 89.3% of the students gave “excellent” or “good” evaluations for “concern/ helpfulness to faculty on end-of-term evaluations

Faculty Quality

Associate Faculty

• Some teaching since 1982• Usually full-time software practitioners in local

Information Technology firms, e.g., Northrop Grumman, IBM, Accenture, Lincoln Life, etc.

• Most have M.S. degrees, including some from IPFW!

• One, Tammy Toscos, is a “charter” student in the new and only Informatics Ph.D. program in the country – as of Fall, 2005, she will be at I.U.-Bloomington, while teaching distance learning courses for IPFW!

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers• Students• Faculty

• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

CurriculumConsistently Updated

• M.S. in Applied CS is only graduate program in the entire School of ETCS

• Started use of Java in CS 160, 161 in 1998 • Added 321 (Graphics) in 1999• Added 232 (Unix and C++) in 2002• Developed CS 160 Honors, “on-line”, and

weekend sections• Increased use of team projects• Increased demonstration of communication

skills

• New courses added in 2004-2005– CS 112: Survey of Computer Science (likely prereq

to CS 160- Java)– CS 321: Graphics – added Linux component– CS 360: Software Engineering– CS 460: Capstone Design and Professional Practice– CS 590: Managing Information Technology

• New courses planned for 2005-2006– CS 280: Survey of Information Technology– CS 372: Web Application Development– CS 368: Human Computer Interface– CS 590: Topics in Security or Embedded Systems

CurriculumConsistently Updated

B.S. CS: Curriculum Concentrations

Software Development Network and Visual Computing

CS 365 Advanced Database Systems

CS 368 Human-Computer Interaction

CS 380 Artificial Intelligence

CS 372 Web Application Development

CS 384 Numerical Analysis

CS 374 Computer Networks

CS 474 Compiler Construction

CS 421 Advanced Computer Graphics

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers• Students• Faculty• Curriculum

• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

Computing Labs

• Developed two closed labs for CS 160, CS 161 in Fall, 1998

• Added closed lab for CS 112 in 2004• Two new Pentium IV Labs, with move to new

location, one with dual-boot of Windows XP and Linux in 2004

• State-of-the-art software tools readily accessible• Qualified lab assistants always available• Tutors and supplemental instructors often used• New capstone design and project lab in Fall, 2005,

along with faculty and student research facility

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers• Students• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories

• Advisory Boards• What’s Coming

Professional Advisory BoardPAB

• First meeting on September 25, 2003• Quarterly meetings• Grew from six to 23 members including:

– Raytheon, ITT Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, IBM, Verizon, Logikos, FourD, City of Fort Wayne, FWCS, International Truck & Engine, Parkview, SIRVA, Superior Essex, smaller consulting firms from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Canada

– Directors of Information Technology Services from IPFW and University of Windsor

• http://www.cs.ipfw.edu/pab/pab.php

PABVision: 2008

“OUR PURPOSE IS TO INFLUENCE THE FACTORS USED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF DIVERSE COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES WITH THE SKILLS AND TRAINING THAT EMPLOYERS WANT TO HIRE, AND WHO CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADAPT IN THE GLOBAL MARKET. WE ALSO WANT OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE DIRECT INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS AND FACULTY.”

Student Advisory BoardSAB

• First meeting on November 20, 2003• 20 charter members• Meetings three times per year• Current members include

– Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and Graduate students

– Full-time and part-time– Officers of student organizations

• http://www.ipfw.edu/cssab/public/homepage.htm

Brag Sheet: Overview

• Accreditation• Alumni• Careers• Students• Faculty• Curriculum• Computing Laboratories• Advisory Boards

• What’s Coming

What’s Coming forComputer Science?

• Increased collaboration with regional community for research

• “Stable” group of 11 full-time faculty able to concentrate on teaching, research, and service

• Increased outreach to community for recruiting of new students, perhaps as early as middle school

• Minor in Informatics for degree enhancement by students in all other disciplines

• Grant to permit trending of assessment data over multiple years, as part of continuous quality improvement

Sample of Trending ResultsNeeded in Curriculum by Year of Graduation, CS Alumni Survey, October,2004

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