2009-2010 Performance Report Report to the Industry Advisory Board September 10, 2010 Jai Navlakha, Director and Professor School of Computing and Information Sciences College of Engineering and Computing Florida International University 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board 1

Strategic Goals The best and largest computing and IT programs in South Florida One of the top 3 research and education programs in Florida National Leader in Diversity at all degree levels Leader at FIU for promoting interdisciplinary research and education Preferred partner and key provider of talent and innovation to industry A top 50 ranked CS/IT program in the nation 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Major Accomplishments MS in Information Technology – Spring 2011 Dr. Shu-Ching Chen was named Fellow of the Society of Information Reuse and Integration (SIRI) Dr. Vagelis Hristidis received $550k via the NSF CAREER and Google Research awards and was promoted to Associate Professor Dr. S. Masoud Sadjadi was promoted to Associate Professor and the NSF PIRE project that he leads received excellent ratings in its third year site visit 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Outstanding Student Accomplishments Jorge Guerra, a PhD student supervised by Dr. Raju Rangaswami, received the most prestigious and highly competitive IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, one of only 40 awarded worldwide. Fausto Fleitas, a Ph.D. student supervised by Dr. Shu-Ching Chen, was awarded the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce's Technology Leaders Award in the "Top Technology Student" category. Tariq King joined North Dakota State University as a tenure track Assistant Professor Fernando Farfan joined the University of Michigan's database group – one of the strongest in the country – as a post-doctoral researcher Selim Kalayci will join East Tennesee State University as a tenure track faculty member. 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

School Metrics External Funding Publications Student Enrollment Degree production Diversity 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

External Funding 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Research Proposals Submitted: 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Funding Requested The drop-off for 08-09 is due mainly to the lack of large State of Florida Centers of Excellence proposals (13.5M) and a proposal from FIU Physics that SCIS was marginally involved in ($12M) 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Publications 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Publication Totals 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Student Headcount Fall 05 Fall 06 Fall 07 Fall 08 Fall 09 Lower Division 313 293 262 242 221 Upper Division 645 625 638 724 Total Undergraduate 958 918 900 887 945   MS 43 54 56 50 97 Ph.D. 46 66 72 68 58 Total Graduate 89 120 128 118 155 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Degree Production 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Bachelors 134 114 142 120 125 Masters 24 33 28 29 43 Ph.D. 6 8 5 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Diversity SCIS is a national leader in training Hispanic CS PhD students Approx. 1/3 of our PhD students are Hispanic Represents approx. 1/8th of the national enrollment based on the Computing Research Association survey of top 180 research universities 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Quality, Scale and Competitiveness Fourth largest Computer Science undergraduate program in the nation and second within the state. The only CS Department/School in Florida which offers BS and MS degrees in both, CS and IT Per annual faculty research funding in 2009-10 is comparable to top 25-36 ranked programs nationally 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Industry Engagement Highlights PIRE: Completing 3rd year of 5, added Italy, Japan, and the Netherlands PhD students sent to IBM Research in US/China/India Very positive feedback from IBM Researchers and NSF Reverse Site Visit panel Hosting LA Grid 8th Research Summit Oct’10 Goal: Win renewal of additional 5 yrs 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Industry Engagement Highlights Begun Technology Transfer Initiative Ultimate Software committed donating $11,000 per year to support the SCIS Programming Team NSF GOALI award to support SCIS’s CREST interactions with IBM has been awarded Numerous NSF grants with CIS faculty and industry support for internships and career marketing 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

2010-2011 Outlook Current external funding as of Sept 9, 2009: $2.1M Expect between $3.5-4.5 M BSCS and BSIT Fall’09 Student Enrollment up by 17% from a year ago BSCS Fall’10 Student Enrollment (unofficial - based on enrollments in Core and Elective courses) up by 26% from a year ago – BSIT by 15% Expect 8 PhD degrees awarded (3 already completed) 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

2010 - 2011 Major Objectives Conclude Director Search and hire by Fall 2011 Pursue Federal Opportunities in areas such as Healthcare, Energy, and Disaster Mitigation Start MS in IT degree program in Spring 2011 Successfully complete ABET Accreditation – Visit scheduled for Nov. 8-9, 2010 Begin preparations for IT undergraduate accreditation -- Opportunity to be the largest accredited IT program in the nation 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Board Recognition Service: Joint projects: Student development: Pete Martinez, Director Selection Committee and leading Letter to Provost regarding school move Joint projects:   IBM and Quantum Group: LA Grid  and NSF PIRE Student development:   Ultimate Software Scholarships, support of HS Programming Competition and Student recruitment    Michael Buchnehorner and Michael Shen hire FIU students Lecturing:   Harald Braun, future trends of global wireless market  IBM Director teaches CS intro to careers class Community Outreach:   Jaime Borras, MTC Healthcare linkage & Student Mentoring  Ralph MacNamara: Chair, Internet Coast 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Broadening Board Member Engagement Goal: Engage each board member in a relevant activity of the school Explore joint projects -seeking external funding Sponsor Senior Design Projects and Teaching lab development Assist Technology Transfer development, entrepreneurial mentoring, financial/legal guidance, valuation Student Mentoring Participate in Industry lecture series 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board

Discussion and Feedback Thank you for your support! Let’s make 2010-2011 a year of opportunity for CS/IT 1/13/2019 FIU CIS Industry Advisory Board