Overview of theSchool of Computing

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Outline• Foundations• Students• Faculty

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Foundations• 1991: CSAB Accreditation, 2nd

accredited Computer Science program in Georgia

• 1998: Computer Science separated from Mathematics

• 1999: Start of Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program– Offering Computer Engineering and

Civil Engineering

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Foundations (cont.)• 2000: Governor Barnes starts

Yamacraw Project to make Georgia a world leader in high-speed broadband technologies– AASU is one of 8 universities in the state

to participate in the project– Yamacraw project activities at AASU are

housed in the Department of Computer Science

• 2001: USG approves Bachelor of Information Technology and MS in CS

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Foundations (cont.)• 2002: USG Approves creation of School

of Computing with CS, IT, and Engineering Studies

• 2003: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering added to GTREP offerings

• 2004: USG Approves WebBSIT – online BS in IT offered by consortium of USG institutions

• 2006: SOC and AASU hire director of Cyber and Homeland Security Institute – CRADA with FLETC

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Degrees Offered• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science • Master of Science in Computer Science• Bachelor of Information Technology• A two-year Engineering Studies Program in

collaboration with GTREP (the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program) and RETP (the Regent's Engineering Transfer Program).

• WebBSIT, a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree offered online

• Information Technology (ITEC) certificates

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Outline• Foundations• Students• Faculty

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Students• Active Student Clubs (ACM, IEEE,

ASME)– Activities such as cookouts, sponsoring

races, student centered talks

• Wednesday Mathematics and SOC Colloquium Series (w/ lunch)

• Programming Team that competes in Southeast Regional competition each fall (Top 10 performance in Fall 2006)

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Fall 2006 ACM SE Region Programming Results

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Scholarships• NSF CSEMS scholarships to

financially needy and academically qualified students

• 75+ scholarships• CS, IT, and Mathematics students• http://

www.computing.armstrong.edu/nsf/

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Opportunities for Internships and Part-time

Jobs• Online Jobs Board• http://cs.armstrong.edu/jobs/

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Job Information from the BLS

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t05.htm

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Outreach Activities• School of Computing Quiz Bowl for

HS students • TechFest with CreativeCoast for

College students• AASU Mathematics Tournament

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New Student Opportunities• ProLogic Corporation

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Our Students• Active in various academic activities• Winning awards in Creative Coast’s Tech

Fest Project Competition• Winning awards in University wide

undergraduate Writing Competition• Winning awards in University wide

Research and Scholarship Competition• Co-authoring papers with faculty for

national and international conferences• Winning scholarships• Completing internships and finding

excellent jobs

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Outline• Foundations• Students• Faculty

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Our Faculty• Engaged in research with our

students

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Faculty-Student Research Topics

• Data Mining• Haptics • Cyber Security, Steganography• Wireless Networking• Virtual and Augmented Reality• Hovercraft• Materials Research• High Performance Computing

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Our Faculty• Authoring Textbooks used around

the world

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Questions• http://computing.armstrong.edu