1. Overview of the School of Computing

2. Overview of the School of Computing — 2 Outline Foundations Students Faculty

3. Overview of the School of Computing — 3 Foundations 1991: CSAB Accreditation, 2nd accredited Computer Science program in Georgia 1998: Computer Science separated from Mathematics 1999: Start of Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program –Offering Computer Engineering and Civil Engineering

4. Overview of the School of Computing — 4 Foundations (cont.) 2000: Governor Barnes starts Yamacraw Project to make Georgia a world leader in high-speed broadband technologies –AASU is one of 8 universities in the state to participate in the project –Yamacraw project activities at AASU are housed in the Department of Computer Science 2001: USG approves Bachelor of Information Technology and MS in CS

5. Overview of the School of Computing — 5 Foundations (cont.) 2002: USG Approves creation of School of Computing with CS, IT, and Engineering Studies 2003: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering added to GTREP offerings 2004: USG Approves WebBSIT – online BS in IT offered by consortium of USG institutions 2006: SOC and AASU hire director of Cyber and Homeland Security Institute –CRADA with FLETC

6. Overview of the School of Computing — 6 Degrees Offered Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Master of Science in Computer Science Bachelor of Information Technology A two-year Engineering Studies Program in collaboration with GTREP (the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program) and RETP (the Regent's Engineering Transfer Program). WebBSIT, a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree offered online Information Technology (ITEC) certificates

7. Overview of the School of Computing — 7 Outline Foundations Students Faculty

8. Overview of the School of Computing — 8 Students Active Student Clubs (ACM, IEEE, ASME) –Activities such as cookouts, sponsoring races, student centered talks Wednesday Mathematics and SOC Colloquium Series (w/ lunch) Programming Team that competes in Southeast Regional competition each fall (Top 10 performance in Fall 2006)

9. Overview of the School of Computing — 9 Fall 2006 ACM SE Region Programming Results

10. Overview of the School of Computing — 10 Scholarships NSF CSEMS scholarships to financially needy and academically qualified students 75+ scholarships CS, IT, and Mathematics students http://www.computing.armstrong.edu/nsf/

11. Overview of the School of Computing — 11 Opportunities for Internships and Part-time Jobs Online Jobs Board http://cs.armstrong.edu/jobs/

12. Overview of the School of Computing — 12 Job Information from the BLS http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t05.htm

13. Overview of the School of Computing — 13 Outreach Activities School of Computing Quiz Bowl for HS students TechFest with CreativeCoast for College students AASU Mathematics Tournament

14. Overview of the School of Computing — 14 New Student Opportunities ProLogic Corporation

15. Overview of the School of Computing — 15 Our Students Active in various academic activities Winning awards in Creative Coast’s Tech Fest Project Competition Winning awards in University wide undergraduate Writing Competition Winning awards in University wide Research and Scholarship Competition Co-authoring papers with faculty for national and international conferences Winning scholarships Completing internships and finding excellent jobs

16. Overview of the School of Computing — 16 Outline Foundations Students Faculty

17. Overview of the School of Computing — 17 Our Faculty Engaged in research with our students

18. Overview of the School of Computing — 18 Faculty-Student Research Topics Data Mining Haptics Cyber Security, Steganography Wireless Networking Virtual and Augmented Reality Hovercraft Materials Research High Performance Computing

19. Overview of the School of Computing — 19 Our Faculty Authoring Textbooks used around the world

20. Overview of the School of Computing — 20 Questions http://computing.armstrong.edu