Transcript Impact of Motorola’s Vision on Florida Atlantic University

Impact of Motorola’s Vision on Florida
Atlantic University’s Engineering
Curriculum
Presenter: R. Shankar, Engineering, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
[email protected], (561) 297-3470
Co-Authors: J. Borras, Motorola Senior Fellow and Former CTO, Motorola iDEN,
and Don Ploger and other
FAU academic colleagues from the colleges of Arts & Letters, Business, and
Education
“Systemness at an Anchor Institution” – Dr. Zimpher, Chancellor, SUNY
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Tracing the History
MTC
Motorola
iDEN Division (15+)
2003-2008:
One–to-one
Motorola: $1.1 M
OPP R&D Project at FAU
CSI (30+). See csi.fau.edu
2009-Present:
Professionals as mentors
Many –to-many
Artists, engineers, & entrepreneurs SBA: $130 K
(27 Marketable Apps)
Multi-college App courses
Android, Robotics, Sem Web
6 joint courses, 589 students
Multiple High Tech Businesses
MTC Networking
Industrial Advisory Board
NSF: I/UCRC: $1.4M
18 Industry projects
“Whole is greater than the sum of its parts”
Industry R&D Projects
CAKE: IT, Comm., and Comp.
15 faculty & 20 students
“Systemness”
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OPP (One Pass to Production)
• Vision: Product Development Cycle from 24 months
to 24 hours.
• Not Impossible! – Other successes – IC, HW, and SW
technology, PCR, and Ford auto plants
• Status: 3 to 4 month cycle possible (~4 fold). More
concurrent activities. Cost reduced ….
• Our papers are at http://csi.fau.edu/
• Focus here: Impact on teaching & research @ FAU.
Lessons….Does this innovation have legs? Yes, at
least at FAU! My sabbatical leave – Others took over.
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Recipe For (Academic) Productivity
• Methodology:
– Top-Down Design: Prototype (Reqs  Analysis  Design) 
Demo to user  Repeat  Aesthetic and marketable Platform
– Bottom-Up Design: Engineering, Arts, IT, and Market
Components for Reuse
– Middle-Out Design: Mix and match platforms and components;
– Optimize for engineering metrics, aesthetics and user interface,
and market niche
• Other Issues:
– Standards: Decide and Incorporate Standards
– Tools: Open Source preferred (for academia)
– Focus: State-of-the-art topics: jobs, small businesses, and
economic impact.
– Separation of Concerns: Match needs to strengths and
encapsulate
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Academic Productivity Process
• Develop courses that introduce students to state-of-the-art
fields – Smart phone Apps, Robotics, and Semantic Web
• Deliver on most ABET Criteria 3 (a-k) student outcomes –
Team-based projects, across colleges; judged by successful
professionals
• Map Methodology to student levels – Top-Down with
Undergraduates, Bottom-Up with Graduates, and Middle-Out
with High School students. A 3-course sequence every year.
• Optimized Apps by student-led small-businesses or our
university research teams.
• Addresses Dr. Zimpher’s 3 (of 6) aspects of ROEI: Seamless
Education Pipeline, Entrepreneurship, and Vibrant community.
More with content providers on health, climate change, math.
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Results (2009 to Present)
• Smart Phone Apps:
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http://faculty.eng.fau.edu/shankar/
http://faculty.eng.fau.edu/shankar/research/smart-phone-apps/
http://android.fau.edu/
University Presentation (2012)
• Robotic Apps:
– http://faculty.eng.fau.edu/shankar/research/robotics/
– http://robotics.fau.edu/
• Semantic Web Apps:
– http://semanticweb.fau.edu/
– Personal Semantic Web (MTC, Spring 2012)
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Metrics (2009- Present)
• Students: 462 (Android Apps) from engineering, arts,
business, and anthropology; 62 in robotics (engineering and
pre-engineering); and 65 in semantic web (engineering and
arts)
• Apps Developed: 27 – need to port them to the new
Android OS versions
• Business Incubation: Five. Three active. One in UMC
• Jobs: Not tracked, but many local businesses and projects
at our NSF center employ these students.
• Diversity: Ethnic, cultural & professional
• STEM/STEAM: Aesthetics is a key goal
• Dissemination: Promotional videos, code, report,
storyboard, presentation slides, etc.
• Conference Papers: 12+
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Scalability, Transferability, and
Sustenance
• Scalability: eLearning course in Summer 2012;
Anthropology majors as ‘resident’ observers in teams
during spring 2012. Identified tools to facilitate this.
• Transferability: Open source, well documented sites
• Sustenance: An account to receive revenue; Niche Apps –
not just fun and game Apps – on climate change, math,
health, etc. $20K revenue is reasonable to expect –
supports two undergrads
Every university has its own niche advantages.
Our flow and tools may help others exploit the same.
Collaborators to scale and transfer are welcome! Thanks!
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