Reporting on Project Results for Joint European Project Tempus CD JEP 16160/2001 Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education Prof. dr Ivan Milentijevic Prof. dr Mile Stojcev Prof. dr Dragan Antic Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis Serbia and Montenegro

Outline Consortium About the project Main events Publishing activities Innovation in teaching at FEEN Student mobility Conclusion

Contractor institution: CSUD – Computer Science Department, University of Dortmund Coordinating institution: FEEN – Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis Consortium members: – TEIA – Technological Education Institution of Athens – FNSMS – Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje FSMN – Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Nis Consortium

Type of the project: Curriculum Development JEP Duration of the project: 3 years Total amount of the project budget € About the project Project is supported by European Commission Directorate-General XXII Education, Training and Youth Tempus Joint European Project (JEP)

Project Objective To innovate undergraduate curricula in computer science, by restructuring existing and involving new high quality courses, flexible enough to adapt to the new technologies and the future one's. To develop cooperation between consortium partners.

Outcomes Reconstructions of CS courses in fields: Computer Architecture (CA), Logic Design (LD), Data Base Systems (DBS), Computer Networks (CNet) and Internet & E-Technologies (IntET). New subjects in Computer Science. New teaching environment in CS courses and retraining of teaching staff. Progress reviewed and future activities planed.

Project Contractor Central Management Team Workgroup for Computer Architecture Workgroup for Logic Design Workgroup for Database Systems Workgroup for Computer Networks Workgroup for Internet and E- technologies CA LD DBS CNET IET prof. dr Claudio Moraga University of Dortmund prof. dr Katerina Georgouli – TEIA, prof. dr Marjan Gušev – FNSMS, prof.dr Ivan Milentijević – FEEN, prof. dr Miroslav Ćirić - FSMN Project Coordinator prof. dr Mile Stojčev Faculty of Electronic Engineering External Expert prof. dr Rolf Drechsler University of Bremen Organizational Structure

Central management team prof. dr Claudio Moraga prof. dr Mile Stojčev prof. dr Katerina Georgouli prof. dr Marjan Gušev prof. dr Ivan Milentijević prof. dr Miroslav Ćirić 6 CMT meetings were held

Main events Workshops, symposiums and seminars were specific checkpoints for the project. Workshops – 10 Symposiums – 3 Public present. on project results – 2 Total number of realized events: 15 Total number of prepared presentations: 153 from 17 different academic institutions.

Main events Workshop on Computer Science Education (Skopje September 30th - October 1 st, 2003) Workshop on Computer Science Education (FEEN, Nis October 2nd - October 3 rd, 2003) Symposium on Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education (TEI, Athens, April 21st., 2003)

Main events Workshop on Laboratory Practicing in Computer Science Education (FEEN, Nis, Jun 19th, 2003) Workshop on Innovations in Teaching of Computer Science Courses (FEEN, Nis, October 07th, 2003) Workshop on Teaching Methods In Computer Science Coursess (FNSM, Skopje, October 08th, 2003) Workshop on Tools for CS Education (FNSM, Skopje, 11th – 14th December, 2003)

Main events Symposium on Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education: Retraining of Young teaching staff (TEI, Athens February 24th-27th, 2004) Joint working group meetings (CS Department, Dortmund, March 15th-19th, 2004) Public presentation of project results in the second project year (FEEN, Nis, April 23rd, 2004) Workshop on Computer Science Education (Ohrid (MK), September 22st-25th, 2004)

Main events Workshop on Education in Computer Science (FEEN, Nis, October 13th, 2004) 3rd SEEITA and 2nd MASIT Open Days (MBC Centre - Skopje fair, Skopje, February, 2005) Public Reporting on Project Results (FEEN, Nis, March 4th, 2005) 2nd Symposium on Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education and Intensive Retraining of Teaching Staff (TEI, Athens, March 30 th – 31 th, 2005)

Realization of Travels Type of travelNo. of persons West - East 10 East-West 60 East-East 40 Inside the partner country 20 More then 70 colleagues were involved.

Publishing activities Books published at FEEN: = 19 Books published at FNSMS: 12 Total number of books: 31 Proceedings of papers Special issue of Facta Universitatis

Textbooks MATHEMATICS - The Collection of Tests Igor Z. Milovanovic, Branislav M. Randjelovic Numerical Mathematics - A collection of solved Problems G. V. Milovanovic, M. A. Kovacevic, M. M. Spalevic Computer Techniques and Informatics - Questions for the Entrance Exam Milena Stankovic Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved Problems M. Stojcev, T. Stankovic

Textbooks Microprocessor Architecture, Part I M. Stojcev Switching Theory for Logic Synthesis Tsutomu Sasao; translated by Radomir Stankovic Computer Architecture and Organization Nebojša Milenkovic Discreet Networks and Signal Processing Vidosav Stojanovic

Textbooks

Lab manuals Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor Systems Tatjana Stankovic, Sasa Ristic, Milos Krstic, Ivan Andrejic, and Mile Stojcev Lab Manual for Artificial Intelligence Course Leonid Stoimenov, Aleksandar Milosavljevic Lab Manual for Data Structures Course Using Java Slobodanka Djordjevic-Kajan, Leonid Stoimenov, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

Lab manuals Lab Manual for Databases Course Using Oracle Slobodanka Djordjevic-Kajan, Leonid Stoimenov Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course Emina I. Milovanovic, Vladimir M. Ciric

Lab manuals

Textbooks and manuals published at FNSMS Textbooks Computer architecture Advanced computer architecture Mobile and wireless technologies Manuals Computer architecture Microprocessors and microcontrollers

Textbooks and manuals published at FNSMS

Lab manuals Computer architecture Microprocessors and microcontrollers Parallel processing Computer network design System software Internet technologies Network and distributed operating systems

Textbooks and manuals published at FNSMS

Proceedings of Workshops on Computer Science Education 35 papers classified into 6 sections Innovations in Computer Science Curriculum Lab Practicing Teaching Tools Internet Technologies in Education Mathematics in Computer Science Selected Topics

Facta Universitatis Special issue devoted to Computer Science Education 15 invited papers from 7 higher education institutions To appear before the end of April, 2005

Innovations in teaching FEEN New topics involved in 25 different courses Five completely new courses are established and already delivered to students Software engineering Embedded systems Mobile communications and services Internet technologies Software development using design patterns

Innovations in teaching FEEN Work on reconstructing CS courses and involving new courses in existing CS curriculum initiated the work on draft version of new CS curriculum. BAMA structure of education is adopted Syllabi for courses for joint first year for study programs are adopted Completely new Computer Science Curriculum is made waiting to be adopted before May, 2005

New teaching environment What does it mean? New labs with new equipment Using modern multimedia teaching tools Web support to teaching

New teaching environment What does it mean? a)New labs with new equipment b)Using modern multimedia teaching tools c)Web support to teaching

New teaching environment What did we do? Two new teaching lab were established (2 x (15PC + server). New digital projectors and screens are at Computer Science Department teaching staff disposal. New literature was purchased We are expecting upgrading of four teaching/research labs before the end of the project

MTT + Web support Modern teaching tools are applied at teaching Important innovations relate to using and developing original multimedia teaching tools (SimArch for Computer Architectures, Intelligent Tutoring System for Databases, Simulators for Computer Networks). A lot of teaching material has been prepared for Web publication E-Forum for discussion about proposals for new CS curriculum has been initiated (

All current activities and achieved results concerning the Project CD_JEP can be found at web addresshttp://tempus.elfak.ni.ac.yu Web site

Why is the site so important? 1.We announce incoming events on the site. 2.We inform our colleagues about the project. 3.The site contains a lot of presentations with high quality academic contents. 4.Follow-up, for each event, is available on the site. 5.The site provides information about the status of the project. 6.The site is an open report for the Commission. Web site

Student mobility Student mobility and accompanying academic recognition are assumed to be necessary prerequisites for an open and dynamic European educational area that will aid European integration and labor market mobility.(SM_Europe).

Student mobility: Organizing procedure Organization and implementation of student mobility program can be defined by 4-stage procedure. Stage 1: Preparatory activities Stage 2: Selection procedure Stage 3: Realization of travels Stage 4: Follow-up activities

Student mobility: Public competition Applying for a candidate for a four-week-stay at: University of Dortmund (CSUD), Germany  (6 scholarships) Technological Education Institute of Athens (TEIA), Greece  (4 scholarships) Institute for Informatics of The Faculty of Science and Mathematics Skoplje (FNSMS), FYR Macedonia  (2 scholarships)

Student mobility: Competition criteria The recommendation of at least professor was obligatory. While choosing a candidate the Commission was evaluating the following criteria: Average mark from the group of courses Average mark during the studies Laboratory work and activities at TEMPUS club Language proficiency in English (or German) Results international competitions Duration of studying

Student mobility: Realization Finding working places for selected students Travel organization (transport, visas and accommodation) Travel realization Supervising in host institution Students’ work

Student mobility: Students’ work University of Dortmund Group I:  Dortmund University Campus web site project “Being the student in Dortmund”  Group II  Involved in embedded systems research group with specific tasks that relates on source code optimization techniques for embedded system software development University of Athens Group I  Development of “CV Archive” web portal, aimed to allow web-based management of staffs’ CVs Group II  Visualization of artificial intelligence algorithms

Student mobility: Follow-up activiteis Formal recognition at home institution Reporting (accademic and financial report) Promotion of student mobility program Using student mobility program in faculty marketing campaign

Student mobility: Benefits Personal development Foreign language proficiency Cultural awareness

Instead of conclusion We had very successful Tempus Project I hope that we will have a chance to work together again