19 May 2009Industrial Advisory Committee Meeting 1 Accomplishments of the ICS Department since the last IAC Meeting Dr. Kanaan Faisal Chairman Department.

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Accomplishments of the ICS Department

since the last IAC Meeting

Dr. Kanaan FaisalChairman

Department of Information and Computer Science College of Computer Sciences and Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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Welcome to the Third Industrial Advisory Committee Meeting for the Department of Information

and Computer Science

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Outline

• ICS department: facts and figures

• IAC decisions of May 2008 meeting and ICS Department efforts

• Questions and comments

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Academic programs• B. S. in Computer Science

• B. S. in Software Engineering

• M. S. in Computer Science

• M. S. in Computer Networks• Joint ICS and COE

• Ph. D. in Computer Science and Engineering• Joint ICS and COE

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Manpower• Faculty

• 23 professorial rank

• 11 non-professorial rank

• 15 Lecturer-B

• 6 Graduate Assistants

• 9 Research Assistants

• 5 Staff

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Research publications in semester 081• 6 journal papers• 19 conference papers• 3 book chapters• 1 technical report

• Research publications in semester 082• 6 journal papers• 8 conference papers• 1 book chapter• 1 technical report• 10 seminars and short courses offered by outside speakers

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Students in semester 082• Total number of students: 370

• Undergraduate• Computer Science: 115

• Software Engineering: 193

• Graduate• MS Computer Science: 62

• MS CNW (Computer Networks): 17

• Ph. D Computer Science and Engineering: 21

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Graduates of 081• BS Computer Science:16

• BS Software Engineering: 11

• MS Computer Science: 5

• Candidates for graduation in 082• BS Computer Science:15

• BS Software Engineering: 30

• MS Computer Science: 7

• Ph. D. 1

• Candidates for graduation in 083• BS Computer Science: 11

• BS Software Engineering: 12

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Quality Assurance• ABET accreditation in process

• BS Computer Science Program accredited in 2001 for six years, extended in 2007 for one year, and now preparing for renewal

• Preparing for first time accreditation of BS Software Engineering Program

ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• International distinguished visitors• Prof. Sargur N. Srihari

Director of the Center of Excellence on Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR), University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA

• Dr. Thomas PloetzSenior Researcher in the Intelligent Systems Group at the Robotics Research Institute, TU Dortmund University in Dortmund, Germany.

• Dr. Wei LiAssociate professor of Software Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• International distinguished visitors• Dr. Moataz Ahmed

Chief Technology Officer, Leros Technologies Cooperation - George Mason University (GMU), USA

• Dr. Yuri Tijerino, Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Media Informatics at Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Infrastructure for teaching and laboratory work• State of the art library

• High Performance Computing by ITC

• Smart classrooms

• General purpose computer labs

• Special purpose computer labs• Database lab

• Software engineering lab

• Network lab

• Graphics Lab

• AI and Arabization Lab

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Software Tools and Programming Environments• Programming environments

• Java, C, C#., .Net , MATLAB, Fortran

• Databases• Oracle, MS SQL Server, MYSQL

• Computer Networks• OPNET, Ethereal, Wireshark, TCPDump, RMON

• Case tools• UML, Rational Rose, Enterprise Architect, Junit, Axure, XMLSpy

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ICS Department: Facts and Figures

• Software Tools and Programming Environments• Graphics

• Autodesk 3D Suite 2010 (3D Studio Max, Maya, MotionBuilder)

• Blender 3D

• Natural Motion Endorphin

• NVIDIA GPU SDK GLUT(CUDA and OpenGL)

• Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere. Photoshop … etc)

• Game Engines (Microsoft XNA, jMonkey Engine)

• AI Tools• LPA Win Prolog , VisiRule

• BinNet Prolog Natural Language KIT

• GEATbx for MATLAB

• Agent-Builder

• Top Braid Composer

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IAC Major Decisions of May 2008 Meeting

1. ICS Department to cooperate with the Saudi Aramco Management, identify the gaps, and find ways to fill the identified gaps

2. Students should be prepared for professional certification

3. Development of soft skills and business skills should be emphasized and embedded in the programs

4. Level and number of electives in the program is less and should be increased

5. Coop placement process should be improved

6. Faculty exchange program with top universities should be developed

7. Feedback from the department to the industry on coop program

8. Early employment idea should be explored

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1. Gaps between the ICS Programs and Industry Needs

• ICS Department to cooperate with the Saudi Aramco Management, identify the gaps, and find ways to fill the identified gaps• Two visits with major IT people and outlines for future

collaboration.

• ICS department distinguished guests also visited Aramco

• CS program will be updated in 2010 and Aramco feedback will be obtained at that time

• The proposed SWE master program is reviewed by Aramco

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2. Professional Certification

• Students should be prepared for professional certification• Oracle certification

• CISCO certification

• Microsoft IT Academy

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3. Business and Soft Skills

• Development of soft skills and business skills should be emphasized and embedded in the programs• Business and soft skills include

• Project economics, Decision making, Negotiation skills, Ethics

• Different courses at different departments are offered that emphasize the needed skills

• Engineering economics

• Software Project Management

• Management courses

• Business English communication

• Computing and Society

• Professional Ethics

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4. Elective Courses

• Level and number of electives in the program is less and should be increased• The issue will be considered during the program update

process

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5. Coop Placement Process

• Coop placement process should be improved

• Coop placement is under the Coop office of the university.

• Any suggestions to improve the processes is welcomed

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6. Faculty Exchange

• Faculty exchange program with top universities should be developed

• This program is under development

• Several positive steps have been taken with some reputable universities such as MIT, UIUC, UTA&M and others

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7. Feedback to Industry on Coop

• Feedback from the department to the industry on coop program

• Form of feedback need to be discussed

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8. Early Employment

• Early employment idea should be explored

• For discussion

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ICS Plan to Achieve its Vision

• Targets for the year 2009-2010

The department expects concrete ideas on the plan to achieve the targets so that we can report the progress in our next meeting

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Questions and Comments

Thank you