Overview Real-Time Systems Group - College of …Multi-disciplinary undergrad course Offered to freshmen through seniors Project-based learning Students seek knowledge from faculty

Research Areas

Software

Systems

Soft. Engr

Information

Intelligent Systems &Robotics

Foundationsof Computing

Human-CenteredSystems

Security

Humanities Informatics

BrainNetworks

Bioinformatics Computational Science

Stroustrup,Dos Reis, Jarvi,Rauchwerger

Lively, PikeSimmons,Shipman

Amato, Choe, Osuna,Hammond, Ioerger,Kerne, Shipman, Song, Volz

Chai, Furuta, Osuna,Hammond, Kerne, Keyser,Leggett, Schaefer, Shipman, Williams

Amato, Bettati,Chen, Kerne,Kim, Liu, Loguinov, Mahapatra,Pooch, Rauchwerger,Sarin, Song, Stoleru, Stroustrup,Taylor, Volz, Walker, Welch, Williams, Zhao

Amato, Chen,Friesen, Keyser,Klappenecker, Nelson,Sze, Welch

Caverlee, Furuta,Kerne, Leggett, Shipman

Faculty Awards: NSF Career Awards

Faculty Awards

Student Enrollment

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Newly Declared CS/CE Undergrad Majors

Undergrad Diversity

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Research Experiences for UndergradsSummer 2007 – 4th year of NSF REU Site Grant

REU: 10 studentsDistributed Mentoring Project: 4 studentsUndergrad Summer Research Grants: 1 student

10-week summer program

Research Exchange Fest

Scheduled for September 8-10, 2008Goals:

Invite federal funding agenciesEncourage collaborations among Texas universities

Poster SessionInvite industry

Focus areas:Security, Software, Networks, Info, HPC

Keynote speakerDeborah Crawford, Deputy AD, NSF CISE

Curriculum Update

New curriculum required for Freshmen, Fall 2007

Integrated coursesAvailable for interns after Freshman year

Revised the computer engineering curriculum

Based upon the new CS curriculumEffective Fall 2008

Current focus:Mapping exerciseHonors track

Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)

Based upon the successful program at Purdue UniversityMulti-disciplinary undergrad course

Offered to freshmen through seniorsProject-based learning

Students seek knowledge from faculty as neededCourse content is focused on project management

Current projectsTAMU RecyclingGreenhouse for Habitat for Humanity

Computer Science Contest

Annual contest held in OctoberOctober 2007: Game Development

Based on “Clue”13 teams, 62 students

Waiting list of 10 teams

IAP Members

GoldAdobe, Chevron, Dell, ExxonMobil, HP, IBM, Lockheed Martin, National Instruments, Reynolds & Reynolds, Schlumberger, Valero

SilverKBSI, Microsoft, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, Telerik

BronzeAnadarko, Cisco, ConocoPhillips, Mehta Family Foundation, SMT, Tyler, Valtech

IAP Relationship

Awarded 75 scholarships to undergrad and grad studentsFacilitate interactions with students

Faculty liaisonSpeaker for student organization meetings & coursesOrganize information sessionsResume database

Facilitate participation in different events:Mock Interviews

Fall semesterABET Exit Interviews

End of each semesterCS Contest

October of each yearSenior Women’s Forum

Spring semester; organized by AWICS

CS Student Organizations

Aggie Women in Computer Science (AWICS)http://awics.cs.tamu.edu/

Texas A&M Computing Society (TACS)Student chapter of ACM and IEEE-CShttp://tacs.cs.tamu.edu/

Texas Aggie Game Developers (TAGD)http://tagd.cs.tamu.edu/

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Societyhttp://upe.cs.tamu.edu/

Computer Science Graduate Student Association (CSGSA)

http://csgsa.cs.tamu.edu/Institute for Software Engineers (ISE)

Seminars

Freshman Seminar (CPSC 181)Discuss how CS concepts are used in end products

Undergraduate Seminars (CPSC 481))Discuss career paths

Graduate Seminars (CPSC 681)Research talks

Undergraduate Project CoursesSenior Design (CPSC 483)Software Design Studio (CPSC 315)Software Engineering (CPSC 431)