Development and Promotion of the Faculty Teams in the Schools / Departments of Computer Science of the Universities in China Professor Xu Xiaofei School.

Development and Promotion of the Faculty Teams in the Schools / Departments of Computer Scienceof the Universities in China

Professor Xu XiaofeiSchool of Computer Science and Technolog

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Harbin 150001, ChinaUS-China Computer Science Leadership Summit

May 23,2006, Beijing,China

US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, May 23,2006, Beijing, China

Development and Promotion of the Faculty Teams in the Schools/Departments of Computer Science of the Universities in China

Introduction of HIT-SCST Roles of the Faculty Members in the Universities Development Phases of the Faculty Members in the

Universities in China Current Status and Challenge of the Faculty

Members in the Schools/Developments of Computer Science (SCS) of the Universities in China

Approach to Develop and to Promote the Faculty Teams in the SCS of the Universities in China

About the Development of the Faculty Teams in the Software Schools of the Universities in China

Conclusion


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Harbin Institute of Technology

Schools 17 Full Time Faculty (Teachers) 2,957

Academicians (CAS/CAE) 19 Doctorial Supervisors 594 Professors

737 Associate Professors

1,115 Full Time Students 37,254

Doctoral Students 3,494 Master Students 9,216 Undergraduate Students 24,544


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Faculty Members: 149 Doctoral Supervisors: 29+7

Professors: 39

Associate Professors: 56

Students: 1842 Doctoral Students: 310

Master Students: 478

Under-Graduate Students: 1054


The Roles of the Faculty Membersin the Key Universities

Discipline Development

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The Development Phases of the Faculty in the SCS of the Key Universities in China

Early P. R. C. Time (1950s-60s): There were first generation of faculty members with study experience in USA, UDSSR and Europe.

Cultural Revolution Time (1960s-70s): With the unusual time of education, the faculty members had less research experience.

Early Opening Time (1980s): The new faculty members with doctor or master degree were recruited; And large number of faculty members had been dispatched to USA, Europe and Japan for learning new technology.

IT Bubble Time (1990s): It was difficult for universities to get the good quality faculty members, because most of good students came to IT companies with high salary.

New Century Time (2000s): With the improvement of the treatment in universities, new generation faculty members with good quality, doctor degree and international study experience are recruited.


Current Status and Challenge of the Faculty Teams in the Schools/Developments of Computer Science of the Key Universities in China

Current Status of the Faculty Teams in SCS Large sized and team-organized faculty members Incrementally improved quality of faculty teams More and more young professors and faculty members Increased proportion of the Ph.D. in faculty teams Increased proportion of the staff with international experience in

faculty teams Big pressure of R&D and teaching Altiplano without high pinnacle Two-end effect –

High quality staff vs. low quality staff Hard worked staff vs. easy worked staff


Current Status and Challenge of the Faculty Members in the Schools/Developments of Computer Science of the Universities in China

Problems and Challenge of the Faculty Teams in SCS Difficulty in attracting and recruiting the high-quality

faculty members Difficult to wash out the low-quality faculty members Lack of outstanding academic leaders (high pinnacle) Lack of innovation and fundamental research work Multi-dimensions metrics and constraints on faculty

members Overloading of the leading professors and 20-80 effect Too much time spent for getting than doing R&D projects Less time for researching the methods of teaching Lack of communication with world class leading

universities and professors



To attract and to recruit the high-quality faculty members

To improve work condition and life treatment in the universities for attracting the best Ph.D. students

To recruit more fresh doctors, post-doctors or Chinese staff from the international leading universities

To promote the quality of the faculty members To promote the degree of staff members To dispatch staff members to the international

leading universities/institutions To create platforms or channels for faculty members

to increase their impact



To let faculty members focus on research and teaching

To provide more time and more chance for faculty members to do research and teaching work

To make increased requirement for faculty members Regular and increased evaluation or review on research

and teaching work of faculty members To keep the work pressure on faculty members

To invite famous professor to be part time / visiting professorship

In order to strengthen the faculty teams, the famous professors from or out of China are invited as part time / visiting professorship and to supervise the graduate students


Approach to Develop and to Promote the Faculty Teams in the SCST of HIT

High treatment and strict recruitment The work condition and life treatment are obviously improved

for attracting the best doctors in and out of China in recent years

The professoriate is responsible for recruiting new staff and promoting faculty members

More freedom and promotion chance The staff have more choice for their research interests and

teaching work The young staff have more and more chance to promote their

degree or research/teaching experience in HIT and abroad

Team organization and cooperation Most of faculty members are well organized in the teams of the

research centers in the school The faculty members collaborated each other for integrated

projects and seminars


Approach to Develop and to Promote the Faculty Teams in the SCST of HIT

Regular evaluation and high pressure The increased requirement and the regular evaluation

makes the big pressure on faculty members Gradually washing out the low-quality faculty members In HIT-SCST, ‘four one’ for professor is required: each

professor has one international journal paper per year, one NSF project in hand, at least one international partner, and one office.

International collaboration The famous professors from or out of China are invited

as part-time or guest professorship The international R&D projects and joint laboratories

are emphasized


About the Development of the Faculty Teams in the Software Schools of the Universities in China

The Task of the National Pilot Schools of Software Industry-oriented education for software professionals International collaborative education for enhancing the

competency of students The features of the faculty members in the software

schools Industrial experience and international experience Practice oriented teaching and learning

Industrial guest lecturers/supervisors To invite the IT industrial people as guest

lecturers/supervisors International part-time / visiting lecturers/professors

To invite industrialists and professors from USA, Europe and other countries, as part-time or visiting lecturers/professors


Conclusion The faculty members play the most important role in the universities. In recent years, the quality of faculty members in the schools / depart

ments of computer science of the universities in China has been much improved.

There are still big challenge of development of faculty members in the key universities in China ---- Altiplano without high pinnacle.

In order to develop and to promote the faculty teams in the SCS of the universities in China, the recruitment of high-quality faculty members and increased requirement are necessary.

The international collaboration and the collaboration with IT industry are very important to enhance the competency of the faculty members in the schools / departments of computer science of the key universities in China.

Development and Promotion of the Faculty Teamsin the Schools / Departments of Computer Science of the Universities in China

Professor Xu XiaofeiSchool of Computer Science and Technology

Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin 150001, China

US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit

May 23,2006, Beijing, China

Development and Promotion of the Faculty Teams in the Schools / Departments of Computer Science of the Universities in China Professor Xu Xiaofei School.

Documents

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china development

computer hardware teaching

china approach

china conclusion slide

faculty teams

china introduction of

china current status