1. Florida Atlantic University Department of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Innovative Technologies and New Directions in Applied Research Borko Furht Chairman and Professor Director of the NSF-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center bfurht@fau.edu LACCEI Conference Medellin, Colombia, August 2011

2. Our Programs Undergraduate: 800 Students Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science Information Engineering Technology Graduate: 300 Students Computer Engineering (MS & PhD) Electrical Engineering (MS & PhD) Computer Science (MS & PhD) Bioengineering (MS) Information Technology and Management (MS) Media, Technology, and Entertainment (MS)

3. Our New Engineering Building Living lab with sensor systems Lecture hall 6 instructional engineering and computer labs 9 research labs Cloud computing

4. We (Must) Follow Technology Trends Cloud Computing Social Networks 3D Technologies Augmented Reality Mobile Systems and Applications High-Performance Computing Conference on Emerging Technologies MIT, Cambridge September, every year

5. Apple Redefined Entertainment/Computing Our state-of-the-art Apple lab

6. Two “Personalities” of Amazon.Com Our cloud computing systems

7. PIRE NSF Project NSF FIU/FAU Grant ($2.3M), 2007-12 Provides students with international experience and training that will prepare them for careers in an increasingly global arena 2008: 18 students; 2009: 19 students, 2010: 27 students; 2011: 25 students Countries: China, India, Spain, Argentina, France, Italy, Brazil

8. New Trend: The Entrepreneurial University Industry trends: research funding drastically reduced – chances for universities Universities can only effectively become incubators of entrepreneurship and innovation if they themselves practice entrepreneurship This “re-conceptualization” involves non- traditional, often radical university arrangements

9. Our Strategy At College level: Innovation Leadership Program NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) Collaboration with R&D Park at FAU Industry Advisory Board Embedding companies in the Department (Department is an incubator!)

10. New Programs & New Courses Master Program in Information Technology and Management Master Program in Media, Technology, and Entertainment Master Program in Bioengineering iPhone Programming Android Programming Blackberry Programming Game Programming Computer Animation Graphics Programming Cloud Computing Data Intensive Computing

11. FAU Research Park We collaborate(d) with ▪ 850 New high tech jobs in 24 companiesAcxess, Hiconversion, GeoFocus, Interfuse Technology, Mekanika  Incubator with 17 start-ups Pace Micro Technology, Tolly Group, Data Warehouse

12. Success Storries: Wigime Our Start-up company Provides secure money transactions over mobile devices Use of mobile devices to pay for good and services Manage bank accounts, transfer funds, pay bills, etc. http://www.wigime.com

13. Success Story: Be Spotted Our Start-up Company Advertising in software applications Links software developers with advertising/marketing companies Developers insert (marketing) code in the dedicated space http://www.be- spotted.com/opportunity /step2.html http://www.be- spotted.com/opportunity /step2.html

14. Success Stories Steve Swanson, NASA Astronaut Graduates of FAU, Computer Science Graduate students at FAU have created a number of iPhone and Android applications, approved by Apple and Google

15. Joint University/Industry Labs Creating joint university- industry labs “Incubator as part of the Department” Examples: Pronto Progress Developing Web services for customers Motorola: Developing tools and techniques for mobile applications Several companies interested to join this model