1. Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning
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Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning
State of the CAPITAL
Presented to the LSU Community
By Joel E. Tohline, Interim Director
January 16, 2003

2. Part II: Broad Strategy of LSU CAPITAL
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3. LSU CAPITAL Executive Committee
Mark Emmert, Chancellor
Dan Fogel  Laura Lindsay, Provost
Kevin Smith, V.C. for Research & Dean of Graduate School
Tom Clark  Bill Lane, Dean, E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration
Pius Egbelu, Dean, College of Engineering
Harold Silverman, Dean, College of Basic Sciences
Joel Tohline, Interim Director, LSU CAPITAL
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4. Long-Term Strategy (commitment of recurring dollars)
Hire a “cluster of faculty” into each of a small number of focus areas
Budget projection
Define focus areas
Advertise
Establish interdisciplinary search committees to carry out multi-year hiring process
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5. A Specific Budget Plan
Invest 75% of recurring dollars ($9.113M x 0.75 = $6.83M) in personnel; remainder for operational support
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6. A Specific Budget Plan
Invest 75% of recurring dollars ($9.113M x 0.75 = $6.83M) in personnel; remainder for operational support
Assume each “cluster” has the following makeup ($998.4K):
6 $100K (9-month, base salary)
2 technical support $60K (12-month, base salary)
6 graduate $20K
22% fringe benefits on faculty & staff
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7. A Specific Budget Plan
Invest 75% of recurring dollars ($9.113M x 0.75 = $6.83M) in personnel; remainder for operational support
Assume each “cluster” has the following makeup ($998.4K):
6 $100K (9-month, base salary)
2 technical support $60K (12-month, base salary)
6 graduate $20K
22% fringe benefits on faculty & staff
Can hire approximately 7 clusters, totaling 41 new faculty!
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8. A Specific Budget Plan
Invest 75% of recurring dollars ($9.113M x 0.75 = $6.83M) in personnel; remainder for operational support
Assume each “cluster” has the following makeup ($998.4K):
6 $100K (9-month, base salary)
2 technical support $60K (12-month, base salary)
6 graduate $20K
22% fringe benefits on faculty & staff
Can hire approximately 7 clusters, totaling 41 new faculty!
If average base salary is larger, number of required support staff is larger, or dollars reserved for operational support is larger, of course, in the end we’ll hire fewer faculty
If existing units share the costs of new hires, then more hires can be made
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9. Define Focus Areas
In September, 2001, we solicited ideas from across the campus [
In November, 2001, we sought the advice of an external advisory panel [
Michael Crow (Columbia University)
Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee)
Richard Gibbs (Baylor College of Medicine)
John Hopcroft (Cornell University)
James Mitchell (Lucent Technologies)
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10. Key Panel Recommendations [http://www. phys. lsu
Immediately establish four “IT clusters” in the following areas:
Core IT (to build a strong interface between emerging areas of computer science, computer engineering, and communications research, especially as they support and overlap other identified areas of IT research)
Business (to strengthen research in information systems and to emphasize entrepreneurship)
Biological Computing
Materials Science & Engineering
Hire someone to direct and encourage entrepreneurial activities, especially among LSU’s math, science, and engineering faculty
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11. Interdisciplinary Searches Underway http://www. phys. lsu
Core IT
Tohline, chair
Search allocated $2M
Business & Entrepreneurship
Clark  Lane, chair
Search allocated $1.2M
Biological Computing
Silverman, chair
Search allocated $1M
Materials Science & Engineering
Egbelu, chair
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12. First Three Faculty Hires arrived Fall ‘02 (Business & Entrepreneurship)
Ronald Daigle
David Hayes
Sonja Wiley-Patton
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14. Another Recent Success (Core IT)
Manju Hegde
Also will serve as chair of Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, beginning Fall, 2004
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15. Two Others are Being Hotly Pursued
Rudy Hirschheim
Will also hold an endowed chair: “Ourso Family Distinguished Professor of Information Systems”
Ed Seidel
To serve as Director of LSU CAPITAL
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16. Short-Term Strategy (commitment of one-time monies)
Address some major infrastructure issues (e.g., equipment purchases & renovation of space), especially those that will positively influence hiring into identified focus areas
Provide seed funding to key instructional, research, and entrepreneurial projects, including startup costs for new I.T. hires across the university
On both of these issues, obtain guidance from LSU CAPITAL executive committee
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