International Education: Opportunities and Challenges John Paxton 10 August 2004

My Background 1985: B.S. in Computer Science from the Ohio State University 1990: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan 1990-present: Computer Science Professor, Montana State University

United States

Montana State University

Engineering Building

Opportunities 1996: Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco 1999: University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico 2003: Don Bosco University, Soyapango, El Salvador 2004: Massey University, Albany, New Zealand 2005: ??? National University of Ireland, Galway 2006: ??? Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Al-Akhawayn University Contact: Montana State sister university Duration: 2 weeks Activities: – guest lectures in artificial intelligence course – guest lectures in programming course – general presentation – curriculum discussions

University of Tamaulipas Contact: sister’s husband’s brother Duration: 2 days Activities: –conference talk Special Challenge: pre-conference fiesta

Don Bosco University Contact: former student Duration: 1 month Activities: – neural network mini-course – Common Lisp mini-course – theory of computation mini-course – guest lectures – conference presentation – curriculum discussions

Massey University Contact: listserv (Guan Yue Hong) Duration: 2 months Activities: – (first half) – networks and client/server design – block course – software quality and reliability

NUI Galway - ??? Contact: Montana State sister university Duration: 6 weeks Activities: – web programming course for MSU students

Leipzig University - ??? Contact: Fulbright program Duration: 6 months Activities: – web programming course – customized algorithms/data structures course

Challenges Housing Transportation Different Courses Different Students Different Pedagogical Approaches (Block Courses)

Challenges – Being Efficient

Upcoming Talk Experiences of a Short Term Visiting Lecturer Tuesday, August 24th IIMS Lab 3 high noon

Thank you! Questions??