of Department Computer Science and Engineering: An Introduction
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Oscar N. Garcia NCR Distinguished Professor and Chairman College of Engineering and Computer Science Wright State University EGR 191
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Introduction
An Introduction to the programs of the CS&E Department s Admission, Administration and Advising s CS and CEG: How are they alike? How are they different? s An Overview of the Department s Summary and Advice s A Demonstration
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Admission to the College
In general, when you come into WSU as a freshman, you are part of the University College which handles your advising and placement testing. s There are two ways of being admitted to the College and to your program of preference:
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x You complete 45 QH, keep a 2.25 QPA average on
all courses and in all CS&E courses, C or better in all core courses (English, Math, Physics, CS) x Your High School and SAT/ACT scores qualify you for Direct Admission to the College and program.
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CS&E First Year in College
High School University College
Direct Admit Ro ute
COECS Program
Transfer Students Most of the time you take a year of Computer Science courses (CS240, 241,242), a year of Calculus (MTH229, 230,231), Intro. to Engn. (EGR 190, 191), English and Gen. Ed. Courses, and CEG255 for Computer Science majors or CEG 260 for Computer Engineering Majors. THERE ARE HELP ROOMS FOR MATH AND FOR INTRODUCTION TO EGR 191 COMPUTER SCIENCE (RC308) 4
Department Programs
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At the Undergraduate Level
x BS in Computer Science (CSAB Accredited)
320 Students 3 Options: CS, Business, Science, Bioinformatics TBA
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x BS in Computer Engineering (ABET Accredited)
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210 Students
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At the Graduate Level
x Master Degrees in Computer Science x Master Degree in Computer Engineering x PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
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The Computer Science and Engineering Department Administration
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Departmental Administration Offices: RC 303
x Oscar N. Garcia, NCR Dist. Prof. and Chair x Jay DeJongh, Assistant Chair x Dan Spiegel, Curriculum Advisor who helps you
with your Program of Study (POS) x Staff
Paula Price, Senior Secretary 3 Jennifer Limoli, Secretary 3 Valerie Smith, Secretary
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Once you are admitted to the College of Engineering and Computer Science and to the CS&E Department you are assigned a Mentor who is a faculty member in the Department on whom you can call for any non-program of study (POS) question. s All POS questions are handled by Mr. Dan Spiegel by appointment in the Departmental office (RC303). s A student-mentor list is posted across RC305 EGR 191 7
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Mentors and Curriculum Advisor
CS&E Department Faculty (could be your Mentors)
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Full Professors (3)
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Oscar Garcia (Chair), Philip Chen,Tom Sudkamp Abdul Awwal, Soon Chung, Guozhu Dong, Ardeshir Goshtasby, Jack Jean, Prabhaker Mateti, T. K. Prasad, Francis Quek, Mateen Rizki, Wasfi Al-Khatib, Michael Cox, Travis Doom, John Gallagher, Michael Raymer, Ricardo Gutierrez, Bin Wang Stephen Carl, Michael Findler, Robert Rea, Ron Taylor, Karen Meyer*, Dan Spiegel *
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Associate Professors (9)
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Assistant Professors (7)
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Instructors (4) and Lecturers*(2)
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Computer Science or Computer Engineering?
Computer Scientists are interested in the computer as a logical machine that enables symbolic manipulation through programming and data transformations and analysis. s Computer Engineers are interested in the economic design, reliability, reparability, and use of the physical machine, but must know CS. s Both are concerned with the social and economic impacts of computing and with keeping up-to-date EGR 191life-long learning. 9 via
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Brief Comparison between CS and CEG
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Total number of QHs: CS 192; CEG 196
x Computer Science: 8 CS + 7 CEG courses x Compute Engineering: 5 CS + 9 CEG
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CEG is somewhat related to EE and other engineering subjects; in CS there is more flexibility in the electives and may even include a Business or Science option (or a Bioinformatics option in the near future.)
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Computer Engineering Program Overview
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In addition to the "core courses":
x CEG 402 Networks x CEG 453 Computer System Design
plus EE and ME courses such as ME 212-3 Statics and Dynamics EE 301-4 Circuit Analysis I and II and Labs EE 321-2 Linear Systems I and II EE 331-2 Electronic Devices and Lab and a few electives.
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Computer Program Science Overview
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In addition to the "core courses":
x CEG 255 Introd. to Computer Info. Systems x CS 405 Introd. to Data Base Management Syst. x CS 466 Introd. to Formal Languages x CS 480 Comparative Languages
plus a wider range of electives and options in Business, Science, or other concentrations, and in Bioinformatics in the near future.
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Computational Processes
Most frequently have been visualized as:
Data or Sensor Input Processing or Logical Transformation Output or Robotic Actuator
These processes have been classically considered as carried out by hardware and software under the control of operating systems that manage the access and flow of the information.
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The new IT world: distributed computation, databases and networking
Logic Databases Machine Reasoning Searching DataWarehousing Datamining
Human-Computer Interaction Web Programming Parallelism Video on Demand WWW
Classical View Modern IT View
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Teaching and Research Labs
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RC025 - Neural Dynamics and Control Laboratory RC112 - Optical Computing Laboratory RC152A - PC Computing Laboratory RC263 - Supercomputing Laboratory (SGI and NCR) RC304 - Intelligent Systems Laboratory RC315 - Hardware Projects Laboratory RC339 - Microprocessor Design Laboratory RC346 - PC Networking Laboratory RC347 - HCI Research Laboratory RC348 - Vision Interface and Systems Laboratory RC355 - Digital Design Laboratory RC357 - Computer Networks Laboratory RC407 - Adaptive Vision Laboratory RC429 - Operating Systems and Internet Security RC444 - Collaboration and Cognition Laboratory RC445 - Parallel Computing Laboratory RC446 - Software Engineering and Database Laboratory RC448 - Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab.
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SGI Origin 2000 Supercomputer (32 R12000, 300MHz )
350 GB Disk Cabinet (Partially Hidden) Control (fiber channel, I/O)
2x16 Processor Cabinets (12 GB RAM)
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New Hardware, New Projects: NCR 4800 (2 nodes X 4 processors 500MHz P-III Xeon)
RAID5 Disk 4 GB RAM Array 200 GB
NT-based TOR 2.0 Database System
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SGI Onyx-2 Infinite Reality
In Room RC347 8 R10,000 Parallel Processors each with 512 MB (4 GB total) connected to the Net as ITRIOnyx
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We are strong in Research
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In FY2000 the department received $5.3M in research grants from different agencies. In FY1999 the WSU CS&E department received more basic research grants and more per faculty dollars from NSF than any other public CS department in Ohio Advanced undergraduates participate in many of these research activities in their junior or senior years through REUs or Research Experiences ...