College of Information Sciences and Technology

1. College of Information Sciences and Technology July 2013

2. A Brief Update • University-level activities • College Health Check • New Frymoyer Chair • Recruiting and Marketing • Undergrad and Grad Enrollment • Career Services & Corporate Associates • Online Programs • Research Update • Development • Facility Updates • Office of Multicultural Affairs • Entrepreneurial Activities & Start up Week • Current Initiatives • Perspectives on Alumni Activities and Roles

3. University Level Activities • New Provost – Nick Jones • Ongoing Searches • President • Dean, College of Engineering • Dean, College of Agriculture • Interim Vice President for Research • Interim Dean, Graduate School • Vice President for Communications • Dean of Law School • New 5-Year Strategic Planning Exercise

4. IST Health Check • Undergraduate resident admissions • Placement • 2012 placement at 82 % with $ 60 K starting salaries • Graduate resident admissions • 25 Ph.D. students; 20 M.S. students • Online enrollments • Undergraduate: 275 FTE • Graduate: 205 FTE • Faculty recruiting • Research funding • $ 4.16 M to date (41 % ahead of 2012) • Development • Achieved 118 % of Campaign (revised) $ 18 M goal • Budget

5. New Frymoyer Chaired Professor • Ph.D. computer and Cognitive Science (Univ. of Wisconsin) • Program Director, information Integration and Informatics Program (NSF) • Professor of Computer Science, Iowa State University • Primary Research Interests • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Bioinformatics and Computational Systems Biology • Data Mining • Information Integration • Knowledge Representation & Inference Vasant Honavar

6. Recruiting • Social Media • Webpage: for 2017 students • Tweets: among perspective & accepted students • Google +: Current students & alums for reach out to accepted students via Google+ • Yield Enhancement Initiatives • Follow up letters to accepted students • Holiday greeting cards • Current students e-mailing to accepted students • Alumni in selected regions attending Accepted Student programs in their area • Coffee house events in MD-DC-VA and NY-NJ areas • Dean’s scholarships ($ 3,000) to 20 students • Prospective Student Plans • Expanding recruitment areas • Social media to connect with prospective students • Microsite update • Open House planning • Centre region plan to host regional Computer and Technology competition in IST Building • Development of a marketing plan for iTech Academy (summer camp for high school students) Moradeyo Olorunnisola Leslie Meyer

7. Marketing Planning • Office of University Relations marketing study • New recruiting book • New poster displays, easels, banners, website, videos, etc. • College-level strategic marketing effort initiated • Led by Ed Glantz and Wes Bumbarger • Initial focus on recruiting • Meeting(s) with Jordan Rednor • WPSU videos commissioned • Additional photographs • Continued focus on marketing and communications • Additional Activities • New Web Design commissioned • Green room implemented • New videos (students, corporate associates, etc.) • Increased social media emphasis • Dean’s blog, Facebook, etc.

8. Undergraduate Enrollment Current estimate

9. Graduate Enrollment Current estimate W.C. FTE represents estimated full time equivalent for working professionals in graduate program

10. Career Services/Placement Activities/Programs • Corporate Associate Resumania! • IST Pro Expo • IST Future Forum • Corporate Associates meeting • CIA Recruiter-in-Residence Program • PwC Dining Etiquette Seminar • Employer Technical Workshops/Information Sessions • Corporate Associate Recorded Mock Interviews – in the Media Commons Presentation Rooms • Addition of two more Corporate Associates • Total of 15 Corporate Associates • Startup Week 2.0 • Planning Startup Week 3.0 • In 2012, 82 % of IST graduates had job offers by graduation • Average starting salary: $ 60.5 K (IST majors); $ 59.2 K (SRA) • $ 5.2 K average signing bonus

11. Corporate Associates Program Associates Benefits Corporate Associates AT&T Capital One Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Cognizant Technology Solutions Deloitte Consulting Ernst & Young Hewlett Packard (HP) Johnson and Johnson LGS Innovations National Security Agency (NSA) Northrup Grumann PNC PPG PricewaterhouseCoopers Tata Consultancy Services Unisys • Priority access to students • Ability to impact curriculum • Access to college administration • Special services and events • College visibility • Priority access to Office of Career Solutions

12. Online Degrees and Certificates • Master of Professional Studies in Information Sciences • Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security • Master of Professional Studies in Enterprise Architecture • Post-baccalaureate certificate in Information Systems Security • Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Architecture • Projected Growth (FY’13 – ’14) • 135 sections • 646 degree seeking undergrads • 2859 U/G 3-credit enrollments • 365 degree seeking grad students • 954 G 3-credit enrollments • 21 % increase in Grad enrollments • 21 % increase in Undergrad enrollments # 1 Online education from the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) ranked # 1 in April 2011 by the Best Colleges for online IST degree programs. The online undergraduate and graduate programs from the College of IST offer a convenient and flexible delivery method for students to obtain an IST degree independent of location, age or work situation.

13. Instructional Design Amy Garbrick Kent Matsueda Ravi Patel Melissa Hicks • By the Numbers • 47 completed courses • 12 new courses in development • 7 Enterprise Architecture • 21 IST & 8 SRA undergrad courses • New mini-MOOCs in development • IST ANGEL Templates • Lecture videos and slides Drop Boxes • Discussion forums Readings • Team Tools & Peer Evaluation Online Meetings • Quizzes Gradebook Peggy Fisher

14. Research Update • Some Recent Awards (since Oct, 2012) • DoD IASP – National Security Agency $ 44.5 K • Unrestricted research gift – Korea Association of Industry, Academy and Research Institute $ 50.4 K • EA Center Partnership – Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP $ 18 K • EA Center Partnership – Vertex, Inc. $ 21.5 K • IBM Faculty Award – IBM $ 10 K • New methods for representing and interacting with qualitative GIS data – U. Army Corps of Engineers $ 100K • E2E Penn State – Purdue Visual Analytics Integration $ 49 K • Network-based hard/soft information fusion – State University of New York at Buffalo $ 100K • Computer-aided human centric cyber situation awareness – U.S. RDEC $ 720 K • EA Center Partnership – Siemens Corp $ 18 K • Towards secure lean software – Office of Naval Research $ 50 K • Multi-INT data fusion and analytics research – Raytheon Corp $ 100 K • Towards optimization of macro-cognitive processes – Carnegie Mellon University $ 45.5 K • Using mobile phones for improving chronic disease management practices – Nokia $ 6.3 K • Research Centers • Center for Cyber Security, Information Privacy and Trust (LIONS Center) • Center for Network Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF) • Center for Human Computer Interaction • Center for Enterprise Architecture Research • Center for Online Innovation in Learning Total research awards FY11/12 = $ 6.679 M Awards to date FY13 = $ 4.159 M (41% above 2012)

15. IST Development Endowment Summary Corporate Associates AT&T Capital One CIA Cognizant Technology Solutions Deloitte Consulting Ernst &Young (EY) Hewlett-Packard LGS Innovations National Security Agency (NSA) Northrup Grumman Pennsylvania National Bank (PNC) Pittsburgh Paint & Glass (PPG) Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) Tata Consultancy Services Unisys • Current IST market value: $ 7.1 M • Faculty chairs/professorships • 1 faculty chaired position • 1 professorship position • 2 career development professorships • Scholarships • 22 Trustee scholarships • 11 undergraduate scholarships • 1 student combination scholarship • 1 graduate student scholarship • 2 program support funds • Corporate Associates: $ 150 K/year • Gifts in Kind: $ 12.98 M At 85 % of the way through the Campaign for the Future, IST has achieved 118 % of the $18 M goal Joyce Matthews Rita Griffith Maureen Kilian

16. Facility Updates • New and enhanced Labs • New Spatial Visualization Lab • Enhanced Extreme Events Lab • New Innovation Lab • New research computing (peta-byte of new data storage) • Enhanced grad student spaces • New student-centric facilities • Knowledge Commons area • Enhanced classrooms • Smart podiums • Building interior enhancements • New colors • New photos and displays • Enhanced signage

17. Office of Multicultural Affairs • Activities and Events • Recruitment visits • Wake County Young Women's Leadership Academy • Multiple STEM Colleges • St. Augustine University, Raleigh, NC • Career Fairs • Bennett College, Greensboro, NC • The PhD Project, Chicago, IL • Diversity Keynotes/Presentations • Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon Speaker • Wake County Young Women’s Leadership Academy • College Programs • Girlz Digital World – middle school summer camp 2013 • Women of Distinction Day - March 2013 • Black History Month – February 2013 • Summer Research Opportunity Program – summer 2013

18. Entrepreneurial Activities • IST/university minor in entrepreneurship • IST BA in entrepreneurship • LION Launch Move to IST • Innoblue Accelerator • Vice President of Research (VPR) Initiatives • Overhaul of IP policies • New initiatives for PSRF • Training sessions for faculty and grad students • New entrepreneur-in-residence announced • Penn State-wide survey • Start-up Week 3.0 • IST Classroom activities • Development of a PSU wide Portal • Development of online materials http://eshipprototype.weebly.com/index.html

19. Start-up Week 2013 • Entrepreneurs from: • Weebly • Scribd • DigitalGlobe • Sincerely • Mapbox • Redkite • Mediabarn • Reddit • Pamela’s Punch • MorganFranklin • Tripwire • Brightly Digital • SongSplits Solutions • Socialcam • NSAi • Innoblue http://startupweek.weebly.com/index.html Twitter: #ISTstartup Facebook: IST@PennState Blogging: ISTstartup Web: ist.psu.edu/startup Speaker live interaction via texting

20. IST Students in Action Grenada Team • Placed 10th(out of 3800 teams) in a DARPA technology contest • Supported USMC national red-team exercise to evaluate available technology to defeat U. S. weapon systems • Founded Weebly.com, a $ 300M startup company based on an IST senior project • Acted as digital native consultants - supported evaluation of security issues for Penn State and the football stadium • Placed 1st in the Hacking & Computer Gaming competition at the national Hackers Fortress Conference in Washington D.C. • Three IST teams achieved in top 15 teams (out of 4,000) for Google Online Marketing Challenge • Placed 1st and 3rdplace in the Penn State IdeaPitch entrepreneurial competition • Planned and hosted a national TeDx event on 10/10/10 & 11/ • In 2012, raised over $ 56,000 for THON charity • Receive the highest average job salaries of any major at Penn State Machavu Team IST students taught Java programming to workers in the Ministry of Education & repaired computer hardware damaged by Hurricane Ivan IST students traveled to Nyeri, Kenya to implement healthcare solutions in a rural area of Africa. IST student team raised over $ 56 K for 2013 THON (9th in PSU General Organizations) Students won a competition for online keyword advertising; traveled to Google HQ in California; Used local businesses as clients David Rusenko Founder, Weebly.com based on IST 440 W class project; Named as one of Forbes “30 under 30” in 2012 Google on-line competition

21. Current Initiatives • Planning • Begin preparation of a new Strategic Plan • Development of new concepts & support for online and resident instruction • Planning activities of Research Center for Online Innovation in Learning • Re-look at Scholarly Interest Groups (SIGs) • Planning Startup Week 3.0 • Curriculum updates • Implementation of new web & mobile IST option • Implementation of EA MPA and U/G SRA major • Development of a new cross-college minor in entrepreneurship & innovation • Design of a template for a B.S. in IST (in entrepreneurship & innovation) • Review and refinement of graduate resident curriculum • Recruiting • Focus on improved recruiting of resident undergraduates • Plan for recruiting of 3 + tenure track faculty

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