1. Arlington, Virginia, USA July 11, 2008
Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development Maosong Sun Tsinghua University
Arlington, Virginia, USA
July 11, 2008

2. Case Study: Faculty Evaluation at CS Tsinghua
Evaluated annually, one term three years:
-- Publications
-- Research funding
-- Teaching (student evaluation)
-- Awards
-- Social service
Question 1: How can we avoid short-term effect without losing the efficiency of research?

3. Case Study: Faculty Evaluation at CS Tsinghua
Current evaluation: Mixture of all the factors
Publication-oriented vs.
Real things-oriented
Updated idea: “Do things to the extreme”
Question 2: How can we compare publications and real things in faculty evaluation? How can we encourage faculties to do the latter?

4. Case Study: Faculty Evaluation at CS Tsinghua
“Do big things”
-- Large scale: mixture of high-quality research and large-scale engineering
-- Individual-based faculty evaluation
-- Team-based faculty evaluation
Question 3: How can we build a team-based faculty evaluation system, in addition to the Individual-based faculty evaluation?

5. Case Study: Faculty Development at CS Tsinghua
Current strategic task of CS Tsinghua: recruit PhD graduates of the first rate US universities
The state-of-arts: Prof. Zhang Xiaodong
-- Advantages and constraints
Welcome to Join CS Tsinghua!
Question 4: How can we recruit talents from the US in the given constraints?

6. Thanks！