The University of Montana Computer Science Department

1. The University of Montana Computer Science Department Summer 2010 CS Summit June 10, 2010

2. Agenda • Personnel • Numbers • Strengths • New Developments • Discussion

3. Who we are • 6 full time faculty • Joel Henry (chair) • Yolanda Reimer • Jesse Johnson • Min Chen • Doug Raiford • Mike Rosulek • 1 faculty on assignment • Ray Ford (CIO) • 1 full time lecturer • Mike O’Connor • 1 emeritus professor • Alden Wright • 2 Full time administrative assistants • Robyn Berg • Kara Hyatt • 1 Full time system administrator • Erik Nugent

4. What we look like Joel Alden Mike Ray Doug Yolanda Min Jesse Mike

5. What we do Educate: • ~140 Computer Science undergraduate students • ~20 Graduate students • Inquire: • 7 active research programs • 4 with external funding, 2 actively seeking funding • Advance: • Service at the University level and beyond • Montana science fair • Faculty senate • Internet 2 • Faculty Graduate Conference • Interdisciplinary education • Transferability • Editors, reviewers, and program chairs

6. Joel Henry • Research • Simulation and heuristic solutions to NP complete problems • Student projects in simulation, field programmable gate arrays, and automated testing • Externally funded • Service • Working for CIO Dr. Ray Ford as IT/Legal advisor • Promoted to Associate Dean • As Department Chair focused on • Outreach, Recruitment, Partnerships • Teaching • Software engineering, computer architecture, senior capstone sequence

7. Yolanda Reimer • Research • Human Computer Interaction • A “Studio” approach to design of the user interface • Electronic and technologically enhanced note taking • Outstanding external funding for these projects • Service • Associate provost’s departmental assessment committee • Montana Math and Science Teacher Initiative (MMSTI) “Road Map” sub-committee • Department’s TA coordinator • Teaching • Human Computer Interaction, Ethics, Database

8. Jesse Johnson • Research • Physically based models of ice-sheet dynamics • Forecasts of sea level rise • National and international program • Nuclear waste disposal • Healthy external funding • Service • Director of Montana State Science Fair • Graduate coordinator • Interdisciplinary “Montana ecology of infectious disease” Ph.D. program • Teaching • Computer simulation and modeling, Introduction to CS, Data Structures, Graphics, Visualization

9. Min Chen • Research • Distributed multi-media database systems and data mining • NEH: Computer-Based Data Processing and Management for Blackfoot Phonetics and Phonology • Endangered Language Preservation • National Cancer Institute: Smoking cessation in college fraternities and sororities • Data processing: effects of a counseling-based intervention on smoking cessation • Service • Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant for interdisciplinary research • Teaching • Multimedia Data Processing and Retrieval, Advanced programming, Database Management, Software Science

10. Mike Rosulek • Research • Theoretical foundations of cryptography • Public key encryption schemes • Service • Departmental web site • Director of the Montana State Science Fair • Teaching • Cryptography, Networking, Algorithms • Involved in course exchange with MSU

11. Doug Raiford • Research • Bioinformatics • Evolutionary computation • Data mining and machine learning • Service • Program assessment coordinator • Graduate program director • Teaching • Bioinformatics, Programming Languages, Operating Systems

12. Alden Wright, Emeritus • Research • Theory of evolutionary computation • Four journal articles in the past 2 years • Service • Transferability • Assessment • Reviewer for journals and conferences • Teaching • A new course: “Technology, Ethics, and Society”

13. Trends: Total Enrollment (Freshman-Graduate Student)

14. Trends: Gender (2008 Data) 12.5%

15. Our Graduates From our 22 Graduates in 2008-09: Our graduates eventually go on to companies like: AFLAC, Alaska Airlines, Apple Computer, AT&T, Axiom IT Solutions, Boeing, CNN, EDULOG, HP, Intel, JPL, Blue Cross, Honeywell, Missoula Federal Credit Union, Logistic Systems, Microsoft, Lewis and Clark County, Northrop Grumman, Nike, Nortel, University of Montana, Visual Learning Systems, Xerox, Zoot Enterprises Inc. 2007 graduate survey: Undergraduate : $40,000 Masters Degree: $65,000 0% unemployment!

16. Departmental Strengths • Strong ties to local and national commercial endeavors • Robust program of externally funded research • Total yearly expenditures of over $400,000 within department • Research assistants, post-doc, equipment, faculty salaries • Cross cutting, interdisciplinary research • Strong publication, record totaling over 70 peer reviewed publications and three books in the last 6 years. • Small class sizes, and a personalized education • Flexible faculty willing to teach anything and work hard • Strong ties to industry and alumni

17. New Developments • Two new faculty recruited in strategic areas • Mike Rosulek - cryptography • Douglas Raiford - bioinformatics • Joel Henry on sabbatical 2010-2012 • Stepping down as Chair • Pursuing a law degree, then on to a administrative/faculty position • Yolanda Reimer will become chair in July 2010 • New focus on interdisciplinary education • Media arts, biology geology, business, anthropology • Johnson on faculty exchange 2010-2011 • Cape Town, South Africa • These changes will make staffing difficult • An additional full time lecturer position has been secured

18. New Developments (continued) • Creative and collaborative ways to deliver curriculum • Dual list courses (i.e. Bioinformatics, Interface Design) • Partner with MSU • Add faculty with specific roles • Researchers working on software money • Add lecturer position • Recruitment • Integrating game programming into freshman curriculum • Courses through Montana Digital Academy • Promotion and support of international study • Ireland, Italy, Wales, London, and Scotland

19. Discussion • Course exchange • Collaboration across the state • Pursuit of common goals