1. Weekend Program MS in Computer Science with Specialization in Internet and Web Technologies

2. CSE Department Quick Statistics  Total students: 1,200  Graduate students: 300  Ph.D. students: 50  Faculty: 31 (25 professors and 6 instructors)  Degrees offered: B.Sc., M.Sc, and Ph.D in CS and CE  CS Program offered in: Boca, Davie, and Port St. Lucie  External research - about $4 million per year

3. New Academic Programs  Weekend MS Program in CS with Specialization in Web and Internet Technology First generation will graduate in March 2005  New Program in Port St. Lucie and Davie Information Engineering Technology, Fall 2005  Joint MS Program with College of Business in Computer Information Systems  International Programs Collaboration with Nirma University (India) Creating joint programs with other universities worldwide

4. Research  Total external funding $4+ million  Motorola research projects – One Pass to Production (iDEN, Jaime Borras)  Two Motorola service grants. Involve 40 students  Two Federal Earmark projects in “Secure Telecommunications” and “Coastline Security Technologies”  Several NSF research grants  Research projects and initiatives with local companies (Avocent, OfficeLock, Citrix,..)

5. Industry Relationships CSE Department has relationships with a number of local high-tech companies  Motorola  IBM  Avocent  Citrix  Tyco Systems  Siemens  CyberGuard  Graphic Security Systems Partner Community Radysis Corp. EDC OfficeLock PaceMicro Corp. Eisenworld BlueKey Wireless Systems eJamming

6. Our Vision We Need Your Support CSE at FAU MIT of South IBM Siemens Citrix Radisys Motorola Eisenworld CyberGuard …… … Partner Community OfficeLock EDC Avocent

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9. F resh ideas I nnovative approaches N ew programs E xcellence in Teaching, Research, and Service Our Motto: FINE Science and Engineering (vs Fine Art)

10. Professional Weekend MS Program in Computer Science with Specialization in Internet and Web Technologies

11. Program Format  Students attend formal classes at FAU about one weekend per month (total 11 months)  The remaining instruction is delivered through the latest distance learning technologies (BlackBoard system)  The format allows participants from industry to pursue their academic goals while maintaining their employment

12. Program  11 courses (33 credit hours)  Software + Networking + Applications  Courses Internet Application Programming Data and Internet Security Computer Networking Queueing Theory and Networks (N) Mobile Networks Multimedia Systems and the Internet

13. Program  Courses (continue) Wireless Networks Databases and Web Data and Web Mining Advanced Internet Programming Ad Hoc Networks Distributed Systems Design Concurrency Modeling and Design Video Communications

14. Tuition Fee & Schedule  $660 per credit - Total $21,780  Fees include textbooks, materials, breakfast and lunch for every class session, and tutorial support, if necessary  Term starts: Spring 2005

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