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Industry Advisory Board Meeting November 19, 2004

Industry Advisory Board Meeting November 19, 2004. Agenda. 9:00 Introduction 9:10 President’s Address, Frank Brogan 9:20 Dean’s Address, Karl Stevens, Dean of Engineering 9:30 The State of the Department, Borko Furht

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Industry Advisory Board Meeting November 19, 2004

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  1. Industry Advisory Board MeetingNovember 19, 2004

  2. Agenda • 9:00 Introduction • 9:10 President’s Address, Frank Brogan • 9:20 Dean’s Address, Karl Stevens, Dean of Engineering • 9:30 The State of the Department, Borko Furht • 10:00 Keynote Speaker Jaime Borras, CTO and VP, Motorola and Chair of the IAB • 10:30 Coffee Break • 10:45 Research and Industry Projects • 11:15 Open Discussion • 11:30 Adjourn

  3. The Computer Science and Engineering Department at FAU The State of the Department

  4. Overview • Vision of the Department and Our Strategy • New Academic Programs • Collaboration with Local Industry • Government Projects • Academic and Research Objectives • Professional Weekend Program in Computer Science • Industry Affiliates Program

  5. Vision of the Department 3.5M Sponsored research 3M 1.2M Students 800K 2,200 1,600 Faculty 1,200 30 1,500 35 28 24 2002 2003 2004 2005

  6. New Trends • Global development of computer software through international cooperation and outsourcing • Increased emphasis on building both SW and HW from components and services developed globally • Critical need for making systems easy to use, on time and budget, and with adequate performance • These trends are permanent – we either leverage them or become victims of it

  7. Our Strategy • Improve our graduate programs and keep strong undergraduate programs • Cover new technologies and provide students with a such knowledge, so they can get jobs • Increase research and external funding – involve students in research and industrial projects • Attract top quality faculty and students

  8. New Academic Programs • New Program in Port St. Lucie and Davie • BS in Information Engineering Technology (BIET), begins in Fall 2005 • Weekend MS Program in CS with Specialization in Web and Internet Technology • First generation will graduate in March 2005 • Joint MS Program with College of Business in Computer Information Systems • First draft completed • International Programs • Nirma University (India) and a few other potential joint programs

  9. Our VisionWe Need Your Support Siemens Citrix IBM Radisys CSE at FAU MIT of South Motorola CyberGuard Eisenworld OfficeLock Partner Community ……… Avocent EDC

  10. Funding – about $2+ million Two Motorola research projects (leader Drs. Shankar, VanHilst, Mahgoub, Wu,..), $300K+ Two Motorola service grants totaling 1.5 millions for two years. Leaders: Drs. Pandya, Hsu, and Wu. Involve 40 students Jaime Borras, VP Motorola, and CTO iDEN Main driving force Motorola Success Story

  11. Recent Newspapers Clips Boca News, June 2004 Sun Sentinel, July 2004

  12. How Motorola Advertises Their Products

  13. Avocent Project • Two research projects: Mouse Acceleration Detection & KVM Benchmarking

  14. Partner Community Initiative • Joint Federal Earmark Proposal: RFID Technologies for Homeland Security Applications • John Yin and Michael Gayle John Yin, President and CEO

  15. Boca Raton Police Training Center Initiative • Federal Earmark Proposal: Technologies for Law Enforcement Training and Education • Criminology Department, FAU also involved in the project

  16. Applied Digital Solutions • New IAB member: Scott Silverman, CEO Applied Digital Solutions

  17. Collaboration with Interfuse Technology • Joint SBIR proposal in the area of File Based Security Infrastructure (2003) • Product: OfficeLock • Phil Viscomi, CEO

  18. Other Industry Relationshipse-Jamming • e-Jamming, Alan Glueckman, President and Chairman • You'll make music together™ over the Internet in real time. No matter where you are.

  19. BlueKey Wireless Systems • BKWS has developed software and hardware technologies that enable portable wireless devices to operate, monitor and control on a remote basis a wide range of items from everyday products to sophisticated systems. Don Packham, President and CEO Jay Cullimore, CTO

  20. Dr. Joe Dvorak, Motorola taught a graduate course on Wearable Computers Various joint activities with EDC Corporation Jane Teague, Executive Director Other Collaboration Activities

  21. Citrix IBM Radisys Siemens Tolly Group Eisenworld Data Warehouse Graphic Security Systems Tyco Cyberguard Other Initiatives

  22. Government Projects • Federal earmark project on Secure Telecommunications (Total $1M in 2004-05) • Federal earmark project on Coastline Security project (Total $1.75M in 2004-05) • Participation in Center of Excellence in Biotechnology ($10M) • Several NSF grants • New proposals to NSF, NASA, Navy

  23. Objectives for 2005Academic Objectives • Launch BS Program in Information Engineering Technology • Work with young faculty – mentorship program • Further improve quality of our programs – cover new technologies • Grow and improve Weekend Graduate Program in CS and International programs • Focus on New Ideas, Programs, and Courses

  24. Objectives for 2005Research Objectives • Bring Motorola’s research project One Pass to Production to the next level • Leverage security federal earmark projects – new proposals • Get funding for new federal earmark projects • Continue working with local companies • Promote the Department (locally, nationwide, internationally)

  25. Professional Weekend MS Program in Computer Science with Specialization in Internet and Web Technologies

  26. Program Format • Students attend formal classes at FAU about one weekend per month (total 11 months) • The remaining instruction is delivered through the latest distance learning technologies (BlackBoard system) • The format allows participants from industry to pursue their academic goals while maintaining their employment

  27. Program • 11 courses (33 credit hours) • Software + Networking + Applications • Courses • Internet Application Programming (S) • Web Services (S) • Data and Network Security (S) • Computer Networking (N) • Queueing Theory and Networks (N)

  28. Program • Courses (continue) • Wireless Networks (N) • Mobile Networks (N) • Multimedia on the Internet (A) • Video Communications (A) • Web-Based Projects (A) • Advanced Internet Engineering (N/S/A) • Databases and Web (S/A) • Data and Web Mining (S/A)

  29. Tuition Fee & Schedule • $660 per credit - Total $21,780 • Fees include textbooks, materials, breakfast and lunch for every class session, and tutorial support, if necessary • Term starts: January 2005

  30. CSE Industry Affiliates Program Current State and Future Objectives

  31. Goals of the Program • To provide an effective partnership between FAU’s CSE Department and members of the IT industry, specifically South Florida Industry • To provide organized sponsorship for research outside of traditional arrangements, such as sole sponsorship of specific projects • To provide a mechanism for targeting broad capabilities and resources to problems of interest across a number of companies • To accelerate the transfer of technology development by department faculty

  32. Summary of Benefits of the Membership • Access to faculty • Access to top students • Influence research directions • Access to research results • Training and seminars • Visibility

  33. Basic Benefits: Silver/Gold/Platinum Members

  34. Report for 2004 • Members • Motorola – Platinum member • Citrix – Gold member • Avocent – Silver member • Motorola’s benefits • Access to top students – 40 graduate students currently working for Motorola • Influence research directions – 6 faculty and 12 graduate students heavily involved in research in S/H architectures of wireless phones • 5 top students hired by Motorola in 2004 • Influence in curriculum – Dr. Dvorak teaching a graduate course on Wearable Computers

  35. Our Motto: FINE Science and Engineering (vs Fine Art) Fresh ideas Innovative approaches New programs Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service

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