1. Department Retreat
April 6th, 2018

2. Faculty New Hire : Navid Amini Trend (Full-Assoc.-Asst.)
4 – 0 – 0 (2000 – Senior Fab 4)
4 – 0 – 5 (2006 – 5 new hires)
6 – 2 – 0 (2012 – lost Valentino)
8 – 0 – 4 (2018 – 4 under secretaries)
4 – 0 – 6 (2020 – Loop back to 2006 level
4 old FERPers
Add 1 each in 2019 & 2020)

3. Adjunct Faculty
Mark
Richard
Jose
Keenan
Sue
John
Jithika
Edmund …

4. College committee/taskforce representatives
FAC – (elected) Jiang (?)
RTP – (elected) – Vladimir (?)
IAC – Zilong
SAC – Yuqing
Assessment – Chengyu
Budget – Behzad
Grad. Studies – Huiping
FyRe – Ricky & Zilong
Research – Mohammad and Navid
Safety - Ricky

5. Department RTP review Russ, Vladimir, Behzad, Elaine
(one has to be removed if elected to the College committee)
PT review
Chengyu, Jiang, Elaine ( )
Chengyu, Jiang, Huiping ( )
Hiring
Russ, Chengyu, Elaine* + Raj ( )
Zilong, Russ*, Chengyu + Elaine ( )
Principal Advisors – Task Force
Undergraduate – Elaine, Zilong
Graduate – Behzad, Ricky
Senior Design - Russ, Mo

6. Faculty Hiring statement:
Preferred Qualifications
1) Demonstrated expertise in Machine Learning, Data Science, Programming languages and paradigms, Cyber-physical systems, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics Modelling and Simulation, and/or Robotics
2) Successful experience in generating financial resources through grants/contracts, and;
3) Demonstrated teaching experience at the graduate level.

7. Students Graduating class of 2018 (110 students) MFT data (on CSNS)
Outstanding student nominees
Last Name
First Name
GPA (CSULA)
MFT score
MFT %
3.2
192
3.6
188
3.9
182
3.4
174

8. Students Outstanding undergraduate Outstanding graduate
MFT, GPA, Faculty recommendation
Elizaveta Sokolova + Mohammad Al Rawi
Outstanding graduate
GPA, Thesis, Faculty recommendation
Haiyan Wang, Kae Swada
Names on the plaques

9. Accreditation ABET – Undergraduate Program
6 year accreditation (best case)
2006, 2012, 2018, … 2024?
Submit Self Study Report (June 2018)
Meet the Team Chair (July 2018)
Q/A
Team campus visit (Oct. 2018)
3 days
Final Decision (July 2019)

10. Program Review Graduate program 6 year cycle? 2008, …… 2019
Stall, Delay, Excuses, …
Self Study Report (Spring 2019)
Similar to ABET Self Study Report

11. Student Learning Outcomes (Program)
Students will be able to apply concepts and techniques from computing and mathematics to both theoretical and practical problems.
Students will be able to demonstrate fluency in at least one programming language and acquaintance with at least three more.
Students will have a strong foundation in the design, analysis, and application of many types of algorithms.
Students will have a fundamental understanding of computer systems.
Students will have the training to analyze problems and identify and define the computing requirements appropriate to their solutions.
Students will have the training to design, implement, and evaluate large software systems working both individually and collaboratively.
Students will be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Students will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for lifelong self-development.
Students will have the ability to analyze the local and global impact of computing on individuals and society.
Students will have a fundamental understanding of social, professional, ethical, legal, and security issues in computing.

12. ABET

13. Self Study Report
8 Criteria – Russ and Chengyu made corrections/suggestions
SLO
Described how each outcome is satisfied (Bar graph, Stacked graph)
Indicated that the performance can be further improved
Clumsy process: and a..k mapping
New description: ABET defined mandatory 6 outcomes. Add more if we want?
Indicated it as a positive statement
“aligns well with our existing 10 SLOs”, “
“will make the switch in the next cycle”
Curricular changes?
Continuous Improvement (3 cycles – Assessment Reports)
CSNS dashboard

14. Senior Design Faculty Advisors check list
Faculty check list
Feedback on Self Study Report (June 1st)
Course Journals (June 1st)
Senior Design Faculty Advisors check list
Update project page on CSNS
Report, Poster, Slides
Mock Presentation schedule
Teamwork, Design, Implementation Rubric

15. Invitation follow up with liaisons Schedule/Layout
Senior Design Expo
Invitation follow up with liaisons
Liaisons need to register
Schedule/Layout
Short discussion
4 parallel sessions
Lunch with liaisons
Follow up for next year’s projects

16. ITC Chengyu Fernando, Yin, Ken Present and future Classrooms/Servers
Software
AWS
B10 and C245 redesign
Chengyu
Senior Design Virtual Servers

17. Graduate Thesis presentations – Zhu
Send names of the students
5 min vs 20 min
Graduate Comprehensive Exam – Zhu
Send any updates to questions

18. Upcoming events May 4th (Friday) May11th (Friday) May 21st (Monday)
Senior Design Expo day
8AM – 1PM
May11th (Friday)
Thesis presentations & Comprehensive Exam
10AM – 12PM (A309)
May 21st (Monday)
Commencement
8.30AM – 2PM