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IT in Brazil: Academic Challenges

IT in Brazil: Academic Challenges. Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva (org.) Microsoft Faculty Summit Redmond, USA, July 2006. Brazil means. Brazil also means. Brazil also means. Geographically large country Large population (about 180 million people) Extreme regional diversity

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IT in Brazil: Academic Challenges

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  1. IT in Brazil: Academic Challenges Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva (org.) Microsoft Faculty Summit Redmond, USA, July 2006

  2. Brazil means...

  3. Brazil also means...

  4. Brazil also means... • Geographically large country • Large population (about 180 million people) • Extreme regional diversity • Population density • Economic activity • Wealth • Social issues • Health care issues • Cultural, academic and scientific activities

  5. Brazil – population density

  6. Brazil – economic activity

  7. Brazil – investment in R&D Source: UNESCO

  8. Brazil – investment in R&D Source: UNESCO

  9. Brazil – academic activity Source: CNPq *About 17% of researchers in Brazil are devoted to Engineering and Computer Science

  10. Brazil – academic activity Source: CNPq

  11. Brazil – academic activity • Brazilian guest researchers at Microsoft Faculty Summit 2006: • Rio de Janeiro (Southeast) • Catholic University: • Clarisse S. de Souza, Simone Barbosa • Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics: • Paulo Cezar P. Carvalho • Sao Paulo (Southeast) • State University of Sao Paulo: • Tereza Cristina M. B. Carvalho, Flavio S. Correa da Silva • State University of Campinas: • Cecilia M. F. Rubira • Pernambuco (Northeast) • Federal University of Pernambuco • Andre Santos

  12. Brazil – academic activity • Not only quantitatively, but also qualitatively there are contrasts • Quality of teaching varies significantly across academic institutions • Quality and significance of research varies across academic institutions • Some academic institutions are very mature as relates to research management, whereas others are utterly immature

  13. Brazil – some actions • Brazilian Computing Society: • Nationwide organization of research activities across SIGs • General curricula guidelines for IT • General evaluation procedures for existing and proposed courses related to IT

  14. Brazil – some actions • Brazilian Computing Society – SIGs:

  15. Brazil – some actions • CAPES: • QUALIS: classification of journals, conferences, etc. according to academic impact • Evaluation of graduate programs: classification of academic institutions – high ranked institutions are given priorities for scholarships etc.

  16. Brazil – some actions • LATTES: • Nationwide database of human resources in science, organized to allow a variety of queries and searches

  17. Brazil – grand challenges in IT2006-2016 • Initiative: Brazilian Computing Society • Grand challenges: • Information management for large, distributed, multimedia datasets • Computational modeling of complex systems (natural, artificial, socio-cultural, human/nature interaction) • Non-silicon based computing • Participative and universal access to information and knowledge • High quality technological development: systems that must be available, correct, reliable, scalable, persistent and ubiquitous

  18. Brazil – grand challenges in IT2006-2016 • Concrete initiatives: • Component-based software development • Digital inclusion • Large-scale digital libraries • IT for agribusiness • Wireless sensor networks • High speed networks • Telemedicine • HDTV transmission • E-learning • E-government • Ubiquitous computing • Digital narrative / digital entertainment • Bioinformatics • CS and humanities • Foundational and methodological issues • AND MANY MORE…

  19. IT in Brazil: Academic Challenges THANK YOU Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva Microsoft Faculty Summit Redmond, USA, July 2006

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