Transcript Montana State Departmental Overview

CS Summit
John Paxton
Montana State University
June 10, 2010
Attendees
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Joel Henry, UM
John Paxton, MSU
Bryon Steinwand, UM Helena COT
Nancy Swope, Miles City CC
Michele Van Dyne – Montana Tech
Day’s Agenda
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9 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions
Department Overviews and Discussion
Noon – lunch
Quick Montana State Facilities Tour
Department Overviews and Discussion (continued)
Action Items?
Ideas for 2011 Summit at UM?
3 p.m. - Closure
Montana State
CS Department Overview
Brief History
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1969: founded
1981: M.S. degree (thesis, project)
1984: autonomous department
1992: accredited
1997: Ph.D. degree
2008: interdisciplinary option
2009: M.S. degree (courses-only)
Department at a Glance
2009-2010
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Faculty: 10.5
Staff: 3
Undergraduate Students: 163
Master’s Students: 19
Ph.D. Students: 20
• ABET accredited
Undergraduate Numbers
250
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150
Enrolled
Graduated
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2005
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2007
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2009
Concerns
• Making CS more attractive to more and
more diverse students
• Declining state funding – we have seen a
5% drop in the past 3 years
Curriculum Directions
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Interdisciplinary Option B.S.
Professional Option B.S.
More flexible minor
Courses-only Option M.S.
• Flexibility is the theme
Course Directions
• Web – web design (team-taught, arts
core), spinning webs
• Robots – introduction, robot vision
• Security – senior-level elective
• Special Topics – HCI, web programming
• Generating student interest is the theme
• Future Idea: web certificate
International Directions
• Study abroad course offered every 3
years. Next up, a course on the topic of
solving ACM programming contest
problems will be offered in Kyoto during
the first six week summer session of 2011.
• International experiences make students
more marketable, plus they are fun!
Distance Education
Directions
• 2010-2011 Course Swap with UM
• Fall 2010 remote software engineering
offering to Carroll College
• We are exploring how distance education
can be used effectively
Development Directions
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RightNow Technologies Professor
Industry Affiliates Program
Scholarships
LinkedIn Alumni Network
Guest Instructors
Retreat Venue
• Successful development is strategic
Website Directions
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Promotional Videos
History
List of Alumni
Awards and Recognition
Departmental News
Useful Forms (i.e. graduation
requirements)
Research Directions
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Applied Algorithms Laboratory
Computational Ecology Group
Data Mining Laboratory
Numerical Intelligent Systems
Webworks Laboratory
• FY 2009 expenditures: ~425K
Transfer Issues
• The next four pages show courses that
would be helpful for students to take who
transfer to MSU through their second year.
Courses in yellow are most important.
• Sometimes students from four year
programs who apply to our M.S. program
have not taken enough math courses.
Year 1, Semester 1
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CSCI 111, Programming with Java I, 4 cr.
M 171, Calculus I, 4 cr.
WRIT 101, College Writing I, 3 cr.
University Core and Electives, 3 cr.
Year 1, Semester 2
• CSCI 132 – Basic Data Structures and
Algorithms, 4 cr.
• M 172 – Calculus II, 4 cr.
• University Seminar Core, 3 cr.
• University Core and Electives, 3 cr.
Year 2, Semester 1
• CSCI 215, Social and Ethical Issues in
CS, 3 cr.
• CSCI 246, Discrete Structures, 3 cr.
• M 221, Introduction to Linear Algebra, 3 cr.
• Science Electives, 3 cr.
• University Core, 3 cr.
Year 2, Semester 2
• CSCI 112, Programming with C I, 3 cr.
• CSCI 232, Data Structures and
Algorithms, 4 cr.
• WRIT 221 – Intermediate Technical
Writing, 3 cr.
• Science Electives, 3 cr.
• University Core, 3 cr.
Discussion
• Thank you!