1. Computer Engineering UG Program College of Engineering Computer Engineering UG Program d College of Engineering 1 Herman Lam, Director

2. Outline  History of CEN undergraduate (UG) program  1999  2006  Current state of CEN-UG program  CEN-UG program goals  Charge from Dean’s office  Immediate goals  Beyond ABET  Plans and action items  Conclusions 2

3. CEN-UG Program: History  Joint-CEN program created (1999) http://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/abet/rand04ab2/Direct-Assessments/Establishment- OEs-POs/Steering-Committee/old-policies.pdf  Software track – housed in CISE Department  Hardware track – housed in ECE Department  Governance: CISE faculty/curriculum committee ECE faculty/curriculum committee  Updated CEN Program Governing Procedures (2006) http://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/abet/rand04ab2/CEN_Governance_2006.pdf  CEN Faculty  CEN Curriculum Committee  CEN Representative on COE Curriculum Committee  IAB – Industrial Advisory Board Good ideas, but not fully implemented 3

4.  Charge from Dean’s office:  Achieve our potential as a vibrant world-class CEN program With active participation from all stakeholders: faculties from both CISE and ECE departments, employers, alumni, and students.  Immediate goal: address ABET-related issues  “Sufficient authority for program guidance, evaluation, assessment, and improvement”  Formation of CEN Industrial Advisory Board  Capstone senior-design course  Common 1 st and 2 nd years for both tracks  Vision for CEN-UG program  Beyond ABET  What are our program goals? Program Goals 4

5. Plans and Action Items 5 Just kidding  No major restructuring required  Just do what we set out to do 6 years ago  CEN-UG curriculum committee (Chair: H. Lam)  CISE: M. Bermudez, D. Dankel, P. Fishwick  ECE: R. Fox, J. McNair, A. Gordon-Ross  Immediate task: address ABET issues  CEN Industrial Advisory Board  A subset of CISE/ECE IABs  CEN-UG steering committee Consists of faculty members from both departments  Determine long-term vision for CEN-UG program  Define objectives to realize vision  Charge CEN-UG curriculum committee to implement objectives

6. Conclusions  Short-term priority  Address ABET-related issues  Long-term vision  CEN education must not be static CEN and world around us changed dramatically in last 12 yrs and will continue to change Are we educating our computer engineers accordingly? Are we educating our computer engineers accordingly?  CEN program has potential to be world-class  Plans to revitalize CEN program active participation  Enable and facilitate active participation from all stakeholders continuous improvement  Best use of CEN program governing structure to support continuous improvement to CEN program 6

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