CSE New Graduate Student Orientation

August 21, 2008

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

New CSE Graduate Student Orientation Agenda

• 2:15-2:30 Welcome from Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department

• 2:30-2:45 Graduate College: David Nutt, Professional Development Program Coordinator

• 2:45-3:00 Erica Morley, Graduate Professional Student Association

• 3:00-3:20 Shelia Young, Engineering Librarian

• 3:20-3:30 Break

• 3:30-3:45 Research Overview: Dr. Chitta Baral 

• 3:45-4:45 Research Poster Session 

• 4:45-5:15 Q/A: Student, Staff and Faculty Panel

• 5:15-5:30 Board Bus for Arizona Diamondbacks Game

• 5:30-6:00 Travel to Chase Field 

• 6:40-11:00 Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game

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

DEPARTMENT OFCOMPUTER SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OFBIOMEDICAL

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.

SCI Locations: Physical• Brickyard Building (SCI, CSE) in Tempe and • Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Building (BMI)

in downtown Phoenix.

Locations: Virtual

• Web pages– http://cse.asu.edu– http://sci.asu.edu– http://bmi.asu.edu

• Blackboard– http://myasucourses.asu.edu

My Organizations

CSE Online Community

Discussion Board

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)

CSE Students – Spring 2008

CS/CSE Program Enrollment

B.S. in Computer Science 416

B.S.E. in Computer Systems Engineering 261

Master of Computer Science 62

M.S. in Computer Science 176

Ph.D. in Computer Science 147

Total 1062

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

New CSE Graduate Student Orientation Agenda

• 2:15-2:30 Welcome from Dr. Chitta Baral, Chair, CSE Department

• 2:30-2:45 Graduate College: David Nutt, Professional Development Program Coordinator

• 2:45-3:00 Erica Morley, Graduate Professional Student Association

• 3:00-3:20 Shelia Young, Engineering Librarian

• 3:20-3:30 Break

• 3:30-3:45 Research Overview: Dr. Chitta Baral 

• 3:45-4:45 Research Poster Session 

• 4:45-5:15 Q/A: Student, Staff and Faculty Panel

• 5:15-5:30 Board Bus for Arizona Diamondbacks Game

• 5:30-6:00 Travel to Chase Field 

• 6:40-11:00 Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game

Questions?

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

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).

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

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

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.

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

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 ResearchCHIR 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.

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 ModelingPRISM 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 ResearchCHIR 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.

SCI Consortiums, Collaboratives and Laboratories

• Arts, Media and Engineering ProgramEngineering, 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.

Questions?

Poster Session in the lobby and in 210