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1 CSE New Graduate Student Orientation August 21, 2008

2 Introductions Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department Dr. Gerald Farin, Associate Director of Academics, School of Computing and Informatics Amy Sever, Assistant Director, Academic Services Martha Vander Berg, Graduate Academic Success Specialist

3 New CSE Graduate Student Orientation Agenda 2:15-2:30Welcome from Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department 2:30-2:45Graduate College: David Nutt, Professional Development Program Coordinator 2:45-3:00Erica Morley, Graduate Professional Student Association 3:00-3:20Shelia Young, Engineering Librarian 3:20-3:30Break 3:30-3:45Research Overview: Dr. Chitta Baral 3:45-4:45Research Poster Session 4:45-5:15Q/A: Student, Staff and Faculty Panel 5:15-5:30Board Bus for Arizona Diamondbacks Game 5:30-6:00Travel to Chase Field 6:40-11:00Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game

4 ASU: a new American University ASU’s mission: promoting excellence in research increasing access to its educational resources working with communities to positively impact social and economic development AZ; Phoenix metro

5 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS INFORMATICS PROGRAMS Our vision is to create knowledge in computing and informatics to help transform the world in which we live. We are a focal point at ASU.

6 SCI Locations: Physical Brickyard Building (SCI, CSE) in Tempe and Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Building (BMI) in downtown Phoenix.

7 Locations: Virtual Web pages –http://cse.asu.eduhttp://cse.asu.edu –http://sci.asu.eduhttp://sci.asu.edu –http://bmi.asu.eduhttp://bmi.asu.edu Blackboard –http://myasucourses.asu.eduhttp://myasucourses.asu.edu My Organizations CSE Online Community Discussion Board

8 8 CSE Faculty and Staff Professors:14.75 Associate Professors:9 Assistant Professors:13.25 Lecturers:7.5 Research Faculty:7 Emeritus Faculty:6 Affiliated Faculty:5 Adjunct Faculty:5 Staff (CSE, SCI): 19 (+7 CHIR)

9 CSE Students – Spring 2008 CS/CSE ProgramEnrollment B.S. in Computer Science 416 B.S.E. in Computer Systems Engineering 261 Master of Computer Science62 M.S. in Computer Science176 Ph.D. in Computer Science 147 Total 1062

10 SCI Research Themes Core CSE Research Themes: –Algorithms and Theory Research –Data, Information and Artificial Intelligence –Hardware Architecture and Embedded Systems –Multimedia, Visualization and Modeling –Networks, Operating Systems and Compilers –Computer Security, Information Assurance, Software Engineering Informatics Research Themes: –Biomedical Informatics: … –Cyberinfrastructure –Modeling and Simulation –Pervasive and Ubiquitous Systems –Service and Enterprise Systems –Social Science Informatics –Intelligent Tutoring

11 Available Open Courses – Fall 2008 CSE 520 - Computer Architecture II CSE 531 - Distributed and Multiprocessor Operating Systems CSE 545 - Software Security CSE 565 - Software Verification, Validation, and Testing CSE 576 - Topics in Natural Language Processing CSE 577 - Advanced Geometric Modeling I

12 Available CSE 591 – Fall 2008 Randomized Approximate Algorithms Optimization Algorithms with Engineering Applications Multimedia Computing,Communication,& Interaction Programming for Multicore Processors Real-Time Embedded Systems Text Analysis Application to Biology &Archaeology Current Challenges in Molecular Informatics

13 Available CSE 598 – Fall 2008 Multimedia Information Systems Database Management Distributed Software Development Design & Analysis of Algorithms Software Analysis and Design Computer Systems Security Data and Information Security Computer Graphics Logic Programming Info Retrieval, Mining & Integration Human Robot Interaction Social Computing & Web Analytics Operating Systems Internals

14 Master’s Degrees Master of Science in Computer Science –Typically require 2-3 years of graduate work –30 semester credit hours –Conduct research in area of interest –Requires a thesis –Can concentrate in AME, BMI, or IA Master of Computer Science –Typically requires 2-3 years of graduate work –30 semester credit hours –Complete projects in three courses and prepare project portfolio –Does not require a thesis –Can concentrate in IA

15 Sample M.S. Program 30 credits total, 24 of which are classroom-based courses 9 of the 24 credits must be from the Foundations, Systems and Applications areas (3 credits in each area) At least 21 of the credits must be for classroom-based courses At least 9 credits of coursework in thesis area 6 credits of thesis

16 Sample M.C.S. Program 30 credits total, all of which are classroom-based courses 9 of the 24 credits must be from the Foundations, Systems and Applications areas (3 credits in each area)

17 Ph.D. Degree Typically require 3-7 years of graduate work Requires a thesis 1-2 years of coursework, then research Can concentrate studies in Information Assurance or Arts, Media and Engineering

18 Sample Ph.D. Program 84 credits total, 48 of which are classroom-based courses 9 of the 48 credits must be from the Foundations, Systems and Applications areas (3 credits in each area) Up to 12 credits of Independent Study Up to 15 credits of interdisciplinary coursework (non-CSE) 12-18 hours of research 12 hours of dissertation

19 SCI Advising Center Advising resources Career resources ASU resources Appointments available Monday- Thursday 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. Marsha, Martha, Allison, Angela, Amy Casey.

20 New CSE Graduate Student Orientation Agenda 2:15-2:30Welcome from Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department 2:30-2:45Graduate College: David Nutt, Professional Development Program Coordinator 2:45-3:00Erica Morley, Graduate Professional Student Association 3:00-3:20Shelia Young, Engineering Librarian 3:20-3:30Break 3:30-3:45Research Overview: Dr. Chitta Baral 3:45-4:45Research Poster Session 4:45-5:15Q/A: Student, Staff and Faculty Panel 5:15-5:30Board Bus for Arizona Diamondbacks Game 5:30-6:00Travel to Chase Field 6:40-11:00Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game

21 Questions?

22 SCI Research Themes Core CSE Research Themes: –Algorithms and Theory Research –Data, Information and Artificial Intelligence –Hardware Architecture and Embedded Systems –Multimedia, Visualization and Modeling –Networks, Operating Systems and Compilers –Computer Security, Information Assurance, Software Engineering Informatics Research Themes: –Biomedical Informatics: … –Cyberinfrastructure –Modeling and Simulation –Pervasive and Ubiquitous Systems –Service and Enterprise Systems –Social Science Informatics –Intelligent Tutoring

23 CSE Funding in 2007-08 Funding received from NSF, DOD-ARL, DOD-ONR, DOD-AFOSR, DOD-AFRL, NIH, NIH-NLM, DARP, SFAz, ABOR, JPL, TGen, U of Arizona, U Penn, Indiana University, TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center), CES (Consortium of Embedded Systems), Google, Kutta Consulting, MITRE, Motorola, Raytheon, Microsoft, Intel, SET Corporation, Avaya. 15 separate awards from NSF Some of the larger awards are: TACC award of 1.3 million (PI: Stanzione), Indiana Univ (DOD-ONR MURI) award of 1 million (PIs: Baral, Kambhampati, Langley, McBeath), NSF award of $800K (PI: Yau, CoPI: Saroughian, Nong Ye).

24 Funding received: May 1 - now Richa NSF $162,163 Konjevod NSF $109,253 Xue NSF $240,000 Gupta NSF $400,000, NSF $250,000 Liu NSF $430,626, NASA $600,000, With Rowe UofA $450,000 Yau DOD $52,766 Syrotiuk ONR $150,000 Colbourn ONR $150,000 Vrudhula SFAz SRG $2,000,000, SFAz SBC $490,000 Ahn NSF $500,000 Bazzi NSF $700,000 J Lee NSF $80,000 Burlseon NSF $149,934, NSF $50,000 Panch ITESM $100,000 Baral IARPA $500,000 Stanzione ABOR $75,000 Baral SFAz $99,000 Wonka NSF $300,000 Kim NIH-NLM $183,012

25 Highlights: AI and Database 2 AAAI Fellows; 2 Cognitive science fellows Area Editor/Associate Editors: JAIR, ACM TOCL, Signal Proc. & Image Comm, etc. Multiple papers in major AI conferences. –International Joint Conference in AI - IJCAI 07: Baral (2), Kambhampati (3), Liu(1), Lee (1), Kim (1) –Other major AI conferences where the AI group has multiple papers are: AAAI 08 (4), ICML 08 (2), KDD 08 (3), CVPR08 (2), ICCCV07 (1) Multiple papers in major Database conferences –SIGMOD 2007: Candan (3), Chen (1). –Other major database conferences: ICDE 2008 (2), SIGMOD 08 (3), VLDB 2007 (3), ICDE 2007 (2), and CIDR 2007

26 Highlights: Graphics, Visualization & Multi-media Editor in Chief: CAGD journal (Farin), IEEE Multimedia (Panchanathan) Multiple books by Farin and by Nielson IEEE Fellow (Panchanathan) Peter Wonka received multiple NSF grants for his research in 2007-08, including a CAREER award in 2007 –These awards are CAREER: Constrained Procedural Urban Modeling (NSF), Visual Geo-Analytics (NSF), Pilot: SOUZOU - Creativity through Procedural Modeling (NSF). –He also has had 2 papers in SIGGRAPH 2008 and a paper in SIGGRAPH 2007.

27 Highlights: Information Assurance Group Fellow of IEEE (Yau), Fellow of AAAS (Yau) Associate Editors/Editorial Board Members: IEEE Transaction on Service Computing, IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering DoE CAREER award (Ahn) Funding: Multiple grants from NSF, NSA, DOE, ONR, AFOSR, AFRL, etc. Multiple books by Tsai and Liu

28 SCI Research Centers Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing The overall mission of CUbiC is to design and develop a wearable perceptive computer that perceives and experiences its environment in terms of human concepts, and also shares that environmental experience for the person who is wearing it. Center for Health Information and Research CHIR is a multidisciplinary team whose focus includes health care, clinical quality, the health care workforce, occupational illness and injury, medical malpractice, health care economics and disability. Consortium for Embedded Systems CES is an independent entity dedicated to developing a globally recognized center for embedded technologies.

29 SCI Research Centers Information Assurance The IA program addresses the broad issues of developing trustworthy information systems, on which people can rely on storing, processing and transmitting information over networks. Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling PRISM has collaborative partnerships that center around how to develop, capture, model, analyze and interact with three-dimensional data. Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing The overall mission of CUbiC is to design and develop a wearable perceptive computer that perceives and experiences its environment in terms of human concepts, and also shares that environmental experience for the person who is wearing it. Center for Health Information and Research CHIR is a multidisciplinary team whose focus includes health care, clinical quality, the health care workforce, occupational illness and injury, medical malpractice, health care economics and disability.

30 SCI Consortiums, Collaboratives and Laboratories Arts, Media and Engineering Program Engineering, arts and science disciplines involved in media research and training have come together to create the AME program. Fulton High Performance Computing Initiative HPCI serves as the hub for parallel and grid scientific computing at ASU, maintaining centrally managed high performance computing systems. Consortium for Embedded Systems The Consortium for Embedded Systems (CES) was established in January 2001 as an Industry/University partnership dedicated to developing a globally recognized center for embedded technologies. Enabling Technologies for Intelligent Information Integration Program ET-I3 is a collaborative program that addresses the challenge of information integration. Decision Making and Cognition A multidisciplinary research unit devoted to the study of medical decision-making, cognitive foundations of health behaviors, and the effective use of computer-based information technologies.

31 Questions? Poster Session in the lobby and in 210


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