1. Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development of the Universities in China Professor Xu Xiaofei School of Computer Science and Technology Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001, China http://www.cs.hit.edu.cn/ July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA 2 nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit Session 3: Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development

2. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development in the Universities in China The Roles of the Faculty Members in the Universities Historical Development Phases of the Faculty Members of the Universities in China New Challenges of the Computer Science Faculty Members of the Universities in China Approaches to Evaluate and to Develop the Computer Science Faculty of the Universities in China Questions for Discussion

3. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA The Roles of the Faculty Members in the Universities Discipline Development Research and Development Teaching and Supervising Students Technique Transferring Academic Exchange and Communication Services for Universities/Schools Administration Brand and Impact of Universities

4. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA The Development Phases of the Computer Science Faculty of the Universities in China Early P. R. C. Time (1950s-60s): There were first generation of faculty members led by the leaders with experience in USA, UDSSR and Europe. Cultural Revolution Time (1960s-70s): With the difficult time of education, the faculty teams had less research experience. Early Opening Time (1980s): The new faculty members with doctor or master degree were recruited; And large number of faculty members had been dispatched to USA, Europe and Japan for learning new technology. IT Bubble Time (1990s): It was difficult for universities to get good quality faculty members, because most of good graduates came to IT companies with high incoming. New Century Time (2000s): With improvement of treatment and condition in universities, new generation faculty members with good quality, doctor degree and international study experience are recruited. In key universities, the positions of faculty become more and more attractive and competitive.

5. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA New Challenges of the Computer Science Faculty of the Universities in China Current Status of the Computer Science Faculty in China Large sized and team-organized Incrementally improved quality Increased international experience More young professors and faculty members Increased Ph.D. proportion in faculty teams Heavy working & evaluation pressure of R&D and teaching “ The Altiplano without high pinnacle ” Unbalanced Two-end effect –– High quality faculty vs. low quality faculty Hard worked faculty vs. easy worked faculty

6. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA New Challenges of the Computer Science Faculty Teams of the Universities in China Problems and Challenges of the Computer Science Faculty Lack of world class academic leaders (high pinnacle) Multi-dimensions metrics and constraints on faculty members Overloading of the outstanding professors and 20-80 effect Un-adequate environment for fundamental research work Not easy in attracting and recruiting the high-quality faculty members with international experience Difficult to wash out the low-quality faculty members Too much time spent for getting than doing R&D projects Less time for researching the methods of teaching

7. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA Approaches to Evaluate and to Develop the Computer Science Faculty of the Universities in China Aspects for evaluating faculty members R&D work R&D projects and funding Publications Awards of research achievements Patents and software copyrights Teaching and supervising students Teaching courses Supervising graduate students or under-graduate students Services for university/school administration Social contribution and impact

8. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA Approaches to Evaluate and to Develop the Computer Science Faculty of the Universities in China To attract more high-quality CS faculty To hire or to invite leading professors from world-wide scope To improve work condition and life treatment in the universities for attracting high-quality Ph.D. graduates from international leading universities, or international IT companies To promote quality of the existed CS faculty teams To upgrade degrees of faculty members To teach the teacher for teaching, supervising students To dispatch young CS faculty to the international leading universities/institutions for visiting research/teaching To create platforms or channels for faculty members to increase their impacts

9. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA Approaches to Evaluate and to Develop the Computer Science Faculty of the Universities in China The roles of dean for developing the CS Faculty of the Universities To attract more high-quality faculty with international experience To give the freedom and the work pressure to faculty at the same time To create more chance and to provide more help for faculty to improve their research and teaching work To help young faculty have more international relationship To make reasonable evaluation metrics and procedure on faculty To improve environment, conditions and treatment for faculty to work To invite outstanding professor as part time / visiting professorship from leadership universities

10. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA Approach to Develop and to Promote the Faculty Teams in the SCST of HIT Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) is one of top universities in China. The School of Computer Science and Technology (SCST) at HIT is one of the strongest CS schools/departments in the universities in China. Policy to develop the faculty teams in the SCST at HIT: Good treatment and strict recruitment of faculty More freedom for research and more promotion chances for faculty Team organization and cooperation across multi-units/multi-disciplines More guidance and help for young faculty to do research and teaching Incremental evaluation and working pressure of faculty Wide platform for faculty to play the roles Help faculty to have international collaboration

11. 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit, July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA Questions for Discussion How to attract and to recruit the high-quality faculty ? What is the advantage of the tenure system of faculty? How long time is good for the young faculty to be tenure and to be promoted? How to define the criteria and metrics to promote and evaluate the faculty? What are the suitable ways to mentor junior faculty? What is the role of international collaborations in faculty development? How do we think about the roles of dean for developing the CS faculty of the universities?

12. Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development of the Universities in China Professor Xu Xiaofei School of Computer Science and Technology Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001, China 2nd US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit Session 3: Computer Science Faculty Evaluation and Development July 11,2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA