2019 Professional Advisory Board Meeting

MARCH 22, 2019

Department of Computer Science

Time Scheduled item

9:15 – 9:20am Introduction & Welcome

9:20 – 9:50am Report on CS Department and Programs (BKim)

9:50 – 10:10am Report on CS Program Assessment & PEO discussion (David)

10:10 – 10:20am Report on IS Program (Adolfo)

10:20 – 10:30am Report on CS Graduate program (Jin)

10:30 – 10:45am Catch-up & Break

10:45 – 12:00pm Open Discussion

12:00 – 12:45pm Lunch with CS faculty

12:45 – 1:30pm Closed Meeting for PAB Recommendations

Agenda

Introduction and Welcome

Report on CS Department & Programs

Beomjin Kim, Chair of CS Department

▪ The PAB applauds for the actions the CS Dept has taken

✓ We appreciate PAB encouragement and support

▪ Courses of new technologies required in the workplace

✓ Developed new courses & Recruit new faculty

✓ Testing and Quality Assurance (Dr. Inukollu)

✓ Data mining and Big Data (Dr. Yoo)

✓ Data analytics in business using R (Dr. Coronado)

✓ High Performance Computing, Cloud technologies (Dr. Khalifa)

? DevOps, Continuous integration and deployment (By guest

lectures)

Report to 2018 PAB Recommendations

▪ Evolve with the cutting edge programming languages

✓ IS program adopted C# from Fall 2019

✓ Python and R programming

▪ Develop specialized areas in

✓ Analytics & Data Science, Mobile technology, Cyber Security

(New faculty)

✓ IoT Lab, Business Intelligence and Information Management

Lab, CHEN (Network security) Lab, Simulation & VR Lab

? Machine Learning, Robotics (Requested position)

Report to 2018 PAB Recommendations

▪ Further enhance the value of capstone projects

✓ Sponsor assigns a company IT project manager (Do it Best,

Intellectual Technology, Inc.)

✓ Shift the project to use an Agile methodology

✓ Cross-discipline capstone team (CS + ECE + IS + BUS)

? Multiple companies co-sponsor multiple year(s) Proof-of-

Concept/Research related projects

? The creation of Junior “mini-Capstone” project

Report to 2018 PAB Recommendations

▪ PAB recommended to increase dual credit courses /

expansion of on-line high school programs

• States mandate CS curriculum as part of K-12 education

• Offer three CS dual credit courses

• Five HS offer CS dual-credit courses: Concordia, Dekalb,

Homestead, Huntington North, Wayne, Bishop Dwenger (Fall

2019), Snider (Soon)

• New Tech Academy, FWCS will offer two courses in Fall 2019

• Students from four HS taking class at PFW: Blackhawk,

Churubusco, Homestead, Westview

Dual Credit Courses in High School

Dual Credit Courses in High School

Year Num of schools Students Cr. Hours

2011/12 1 3 9

2012/13 1 3 9

2013/14 3 14 44

2014/15 7 69 228

2015/16 7 50 161

2016/17 5 99 325

2017/18 5 101 323

2018/19 5 92 300

▪ CS 112 – Survey Of Computer Science (INFO I101 Introduction to

Informatics: IU Gen Edu course)

▪ CS 114 – Introduction To Visual Basic => Intro Visual Programming

▪ CS 160 & CS 161 – Intro To Computer Science I & II

▪ Submitted $300k NSF proposal for developing online learning modules

for CS dual-credit teachers (Profs. Kim, Sedlmeyer, Fowler)

Dual Credit Courses in High School

CS112 CS114 CS160 CS161

2016/17 59 12 25 3

2017/18 60 21 18 2

2018/19 39 25 20

Fall to Fall Enrollment (2012 – 2018)

-30.00%

-25.00%

-20.00%

-15.00%

-10.00%

-5.00%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Student Enrollment (Fall 2012 – 2018)

CS Total ETCS Total PFW Total

Enrollment by Programs

217 211

249 249 254 257

298

77 77 7763

7965

52

20 28 2334 28 24 22

308 316

349 346361

346

372

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

ENROLLMENT BY PROGRAMS

BS&BA in CS BS&AS in IS MS in CS CS Total

-40.00%

-20.00%

0.00%

20.00%

40.00%

60.00%

80.00%

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

ENROLLMENT BY PROGRAMS

Computer Science BS&BA&AS Information Systems BS&AS Computer Science MS

Graduation by Year

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

CS Graduation by Year

CS in BS&BA IS in BS&BA CS in MS

CS in BS&BA

IS in BS&AS

CS in MSHead count

2017-2018 44 20 14 372

2016-2017 25 18 15 346

2015-2016 26 23 10 361

2014-2015 29 18 4 346

2013-2014 24 24 15 349

2012-2013 20 21 5 316

2011-2012 14 20 16 308

▪ Co-op Edu (Fall 2012 - Spring 2019)

▪ Total Number of Students: 18

▪ 26 placements at 8 companies

▪ CS (20), IS (6) students

▪ Debra Barrick, Director, (260) 481-5471,

Office of Academic Internships, Cooperative Education and

Service Learning

Co-op Edu

▪ Grants: 13 grants amount of $267,000+

▪ Dr.Coronado, IN-MaC projects

▪ Dr. Chen, IN-MaC projects, Indiana Space Grant

Consortium, Microsoft Azure Research Grant

▪ Dr. Yoo, Microsoft Azure Research Grant

▪ Dr. Kim, Technical Assistance Projects

▪ 12 research publications and 6 research paper presentations

Major Achievement in 2018-19 AY

▪ Dr. Chen

▪ PFW Sigma Xi Researcher of the Year Award, 2018

▪ PFW ETCS Excellence in Research Award, 2018

▪ PFW IRSC Collaborative Research Grants, 2017-2018

▪ Dr. Kim, Keynote speaker at 2018 International Conference on

Computer Graphics and Virtuality

▪ The CS faculty members served for 20 different professional

societies and engaged with the community

▪ Prof. Fowler: Presentation at Science Central Sponsorship

Day with the IRSC

Major Achievement in 2018-19 AY

▪ Four capstone students, First place in student competition at

the 10th Techapalooza, Do it Best Corp., $1,000 scholarship

(Advisor: Prof. Fowler, Dr. Coronado)

▪ Four CS students, Second place at PFW Student Research

and Creative Endeavor, (Advisor: Dr. Chen)

▪ Graduate Research Assistantship Award (Advisor: Dr. Yoo)

▪ ETCS CS Research Scholarship, $2,000 (Advisor: Dr. Kim)

▪ PFW Student Travel Grant Awards (Advisor: Dr. Yoo)

▪ Established a start-up company developing computer game

(Advisor: Dr. Kim)

Student Achievement in 2018-19 AY

▪ Cybersecurity Club participated in National Cyber League in

Fall 2018. Placed 113 / 368 total teams

▪ Students participated in producing 7 publications as co-

author

▪ IPFW Distinguish Journal, IEEE International Congress on Big Data,

IEEE International Conference on Big Knowledge, International

Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtuality

▪ Students delivered 5 presentations

▪ 2018 Purdue Fall Undergraduate Research Exposition, PFW Student

Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, The Humanities and

Technology Camp - Midwest 2018

Student Achievement in 2018-19 AY

▪ 2018-2019 AY Senior Capstone Presentation,

Apr. 26, 2019 from 1:00pm in KT246

Senior Capstone Projects

Academic YearExecuted / Collected

ExternalSponsor

Research-oriented

InternalProject

2014-2015 10 / 16 7 4 5

2015-2016 10 / 14 9 3 2

2016-2017 8 / 13 9 3 1

2017-2018 11 / 18 14 2 2

2017-2018 11 / 26 24 1 1

▪ Guest lectures

• Vorcera (Fall 2018)

• Harris (Spring 2018)

• Do it Best Corp. (Fall 2017)

• Aptera (Spring 2017)

Other Announcement

▪ New faculty

▪ Dr. Venkata Inukollu (SE, Testing, Mobile Tech)

▪ Dr. Amal Khalifa, (Distributed computing, High

performance computing)

▪ Limited term lecturers

▪ Prof. Safdar, Project manager, Do it Best Corp.

▪ Prof. Palazzolo, SW Engineer, Harris Corp.

▪ Faculty left: Dr. Aleshia Hayes

Other Announcement

Question onCS Dept or Programs?

Report on CS Program Assessment

David Liu, Co-Chair of Assessment Committee

▪ Committee Members

▪ ABET CAC Accreditation Status

▪ ABET CAC Criteria Update

▪ Student Outcome Update

▪ Program Education Objectives Update

Assessment Report

▪ Zesheng Chen

▪ Adolfo Coronado, co-chair

▪ Amal Khalifa

▪ David Liu, co-chair

Assessment Committee Members

▪ BS CS Accredit to September 30, 2022

▪ Self-Study Report by July 1, 2021

▪ Next visit Fall, 2021

ABET CAC Accreditation Status

▪ ABET CAC Criteria For Accrediting Computing Programs

▪ Published Nov 2, 2018

▪ Update Student Outcomes for Computing Science,

Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information

Technology

ABET CAC Criteria Update

1. Analyze a complex computing program and to apply principles

of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions

2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to

meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the

program’s discipline

3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts

4. Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed

judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical

principles

5. Function effectively as a member of leader of a team engaged in

activities appropriate to the program’s discipline

ABET CAC Student Outcomes (General)

6. Apply computer science theory and software development

fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions. [CS]

6. Apply security principles and practices to maintain operations

in the presence of risks and threats. [CY]

6. Support the delivery, use, and management of information

systems within an information systems environment. [IS]

6. Identify and analyze user needs and to take them into account in

the selection, creation, integration, evaluation, and

administration of computing-based systems. [IT]

ABET CAC Student Outcomes (Program)

The Department graduates, a few years after graduation

1. ethically apply theoretical and technical Computer Science or

Information Systems knowledge to analyze, design, implement, test,

and maintain high quality computing-based solutions

2. work in teams and communicate effectively as a member of

computing profession or a graduate student

3. contribute to our regional economy and beyond

4. work as productive and successful professionals in computing

or information systems

Department Program Educational Objectives

▪ Use new SOs 1 – 6

▪ Fall 2018: CS 16000, 16100, 27100, 32100, 35000, 36400,

36800, 37200, 38000, 4600, 46700

▪ Spring 2019: CS 23200, 26000, 27400, 36000, 36500, 44500,

46500, 47200, 48600

▪ Summer 2019: CS 33100

Computer Science Course Assessment

Report on CS Curriculum

David Liu, Co-Chair of Curriculum Committee

▪ Committee Members

▪ ABET CAC Curriculum Requirement

▪ CS Curriculum Update

▪ CS Concentration Areas

CS Curriculum Report

▪ Adolfo Coronado, co-chair

▪ Venkata Inukollu

▪ David Liu, co-chair

▪ Peter Ng

Assessment Committee Members

▪ Mathematics: 15 credit hours

▪ Lab Science: 6 credit hours

▪ Computer Science: 40 credit hours

▪ (updated) networking and communication

▪ (new) principle and practices for secure computing

▪ (new) parallel and distributed Computing

ABET CAC CS Curriculum Requirements

▪ Based on Computer Science Curricula 2013

▪ ACM and IEEE Computer Society

▪ December 20, 2013

▪ CS Core: CS 37400 Computer Networks replaces CS

27400 Data Communication (PFW 2019-2020 Catalog)

▪ CS Core: add CS 44500 Computer Security (PFW 2020-

2021 Catalog)

▪ CS Core: add Parallel and Distributed Computing topics in

to CS 35000 Programming Language Design

CS Curriculum Updates

▪ Software Engineering

▪ Intelligent Systems and Security

▪ Data Science and Visual Computing

▪ Advanced Computing

CS Concentration Areas

Report on IS Program

Adolfo Coronado, IS Program Coordinator

Report on CS Graduate program

Jin S. Yoo, Director of CS Graduate Program

▪ New Admissions

CS Graduate Program

9 8 86

17 16

20

0

5

10

15

20

25

Fall2016

Spring2017

Fall2017

Spring2018

Fall2018

Spring2019

Fall2019

Number of New Admitted Students

You are still receiving

applications for Fall 2019 !!

▪ Admissions after July 2018

CS Graduate Program

17

16

20

13

15

0 5 10 15 20 25

Fall 2018

Spring2019

Fall 2019

Admitted, Accepted Admitted

▪ Admissions by Country

CS Graduate Program

United States41%

India29%

Bangladesh6%

South Korea

6%

China6%

Taiwan6%

Thailand6%

United States

6%

India63%Pakista

n6%

Bangladesh6%

China13%

Saudi Arabia

6%

United States

5%

India70%

Pakistan

10%

Taiwan5%

Vietnam5%

Nigeria5%

Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Fall 2019

▪ 5-Year Combined Program for BS and MS in Computer

Science

▪ Started in Fall 2017

CS Graduate Program

0

1

2

3

4

2017 2018 2019

Number of 4+1 Applications

▪ Enrollment

CS Graduate Program

26 2623 23 23

32

20

32 3128 27

2522 22

30

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2012Spring

2012Fall

2013Spring

2013Fall

2014Spring

2014Fall

2015Spring

2015Fall

2016Spring

2016Fall

2017Spring

2017Fall

2018Spring

2018Fall

2019Spring

Number of Enrollments

▪ Enrollment and Graduation

CS Graduate Program

28 2725

22 22

30

4 4 7 92

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Fall 2016 Spring 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Fall 2018 Spring 2019

Number of Enrollments Number of Graduations

▪ Open Courses in Spring 2019

CS Graduate Program

Course No Course Name Course Type

CS572 Heuristic Problem Solving LEC

CS580 Algorithm Design Analysis & Implementation LEC

CS590-01 Software Quality Assurance LEC

CS590-02 High Performance Computing LEC

ACS521 Topics in Computer Graph IS

CS590-06 Study in Algorithmic Program IS

CS590-07 Topics in Machine Learning/Deep Learning IS

CS580 Topics in Clean Code IS

CS590-09 Research in Data Science & Process IS

CS590-10 Delineated Cryptography IS

▪ Open Courses in Fall 2019

CS Graduate Program

Course No Course Name Course Type

ACS567 Software Project Management LEC

CS543 Simulation & Model Computer System LEC

CS580 Algorithm Design Analysis & Implementation LEC

CS590-03 Embedded Systems LEC

CS590-07 Big Data Analytics and Cloud Computing LEC

CS590-01 Python Program For Data Analytics (for Non-CS) LEC

CS590-09 Introduction to BlockChain LEC

ACS698 Research MS Thesis MT

CS590-02 Iot Cloud Computing & Analytics IS

CS590-06 Algorithmic Programming IS

Catch-up & Break

10:30am – 10:45am

Open Discussion I

Enhance partnership with local industry

▪ Two-semester course sequence emphasis on

• The practice of software engineering skills

• For teamwork, project management, and oral and written

communication

▪ Developing either application-oriented or research-oriented

software project

▪ Students experience real work problems

▪ Experience potential employees or future employers

▪ Project sponsors can acquire a software solution needed or

want to explore

Senior Capstone Courses

▪ Winner of student competition at the 9th & 10th Techapalooza

Employment & Participation

▪ Capstone project meeting at the Parkview Campus

Mentoring

Senior Capstone Courses

Time Activity

Till mid-April (4/8/2019) Collecting proposals

Late April (4/19/2019) Kick-off meeting

Till fall semester Requirement analysis

Fall semester (CS 460) Complete SW design

Spring semester (CS 465) Complete SW construction

End of Spring semester (4/26/2019) Presentation & SW Delivery

▪ Project Sponsors

• Allen County Public Library, Do it Best Corp, Allied Payment Network,

City of Fort Wayne, Vocera, Franklin Electric, Lincoln Financial Group,

Meister Cook, NeighborLink FW, Parkview Health, Parkview

Research Center, Regal Beloit Corp., RINEHOLD Nutrition Services,

Targamite, Redesigned Retail, Intellectual Technologies Inc. etc.

▪ Streamline Education to Employment

• Do it Best, Vocera, Aptera, Allied Payment Network, Franklin Electric

▪ Scholarship or Monetary sponsorship

• Intellectual Technologies Inc., Do it Best, City of Fort Wayne

▪ Device contribution

• Parkview Health, Franklin Electric, Regal Beloit Corp., Targamite

Senior Capstone Projects

▪ 2018 PAB Recommendation: PAB is very interested in

opportunities to present to, meet, and talk with students

regarding real world experiences after college

▪ Guest lectures

▪ Look for industry sponsor for Fall 2019

▪ Topics: SW development, Testing, Quality assessment,

Project management, Design, Professionalism

▪ Field trip, Job shadowing

▪ Student employment, Internships

Partnership with Local Industry

Open Discussion II

Direction of CS / IS Programs

CS Department Focus Groups

Concentration Area Collaborating Faculty

Data Science (Data analytics, Data mining, Visualization)

Jin Soung Yoo, Adolfo Coronado, B Kim

Software Engineering Venkata Inukollu, Zesheng Chen

Cybersecurity (Teamwork with industry ??)New faculty, Zesheng Chen, David Liu, Venkata Inukollu

Internet of Things, Human Computer Interaction, AI

David Liu, Zesheng Chen, Max Fowler

High Performance Computing, Cloud Technology

Amal Khalifa, Zesheng Chen

Computer ProgrammingGeorge Petruska, Peter Ng, Max Fowler, Jacques Chansavang, B Kim

▪ Six research labs in the CS Department

• IoT & Intelligent System Lab, Business Intelligence & Information

Management Lab, seCure, Heterogenous & Effective Network Lab,

Simulation User Research Game Experience Lab, The Information

Analytics and Visualization Center, Robotics lab

▪ Increase industry sponsored projects (IN-MaC, TAP, TAA)

• Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center (IN-

MaC) (Up to $40K)

• Technical Assistant Projects ($6,000)

• Technical Assistant Agreement

Industry Sponsored Projects

▪ Desired skillsets

▪ Needs of local community

▪ Expanding hybrid CS courses

Direction of CS/IS Programs

Open Discussion III

Other discussion items

Industry sponsored CS Scholarships

Lunch with CS faculty

12:00pm – 12:45pm

Closed meeting for PAB recommendations

12:45pm – 1:30pm