Educating the Next Generation of Information Specialists, in Collaboration with Industry

9455450--这项工作对面向计算机信息科学(CIS)的课程进行了非常必要的重大修订(或完全改造)。具体地说，它提供了详细的课程指导方针、辅助实验材料、原始的学习/教学范例，以及处理复杂信息系统的方法。计算科学的这一主要组成部分至少15年来一直被实践者、教育者和专业协会忽视。在同一时期，对复杂的大型粮食信息系统的需求激增，以支持商业、工业和政府的各个方面；同样，支持信息生成和使用的技术也发生了巨大变化。这导致了我们目前的两难境地：可以应用令人兴奋的新信息技术，但很少有(新雇员或实践者)做好充分准备，有效地应用这些进步。这项学术界/产业界的合作提案解决了这一困境，并将提出解决方案。这项工作建立在独联体现有的基础上，增加了大量新的课程和实验材料，提供了一种处理大颗粒信息系统复杂性的方法，发展了学生的团队合作和沟通技能，并将在推荐的课程中嵌入解决问题和设计技能。为了支持这门课程，我们开发了适当的材料，并在选定的大学/行业考试地点进行了测试。开发和测试了一种新的学习/教学模式(即，即时学习)，其中合格的学生(由教员指导)通过电子方式与正在进行的行业大型信息系统项目相联系。有参与项目的团队成员，他们既接受项目经验，又及时获得课堂/实验室经验。波音公司和摩托罗拉致力于支持这一原创的学习/教学模式。除了PI和Co-PI每年花在这个项目上的两个半月之外，一个由十(10)名精心挑选的专业人员(5名来自工业界，5名来自学术界)组成的团队深度参与了该项目。三位著名的独联体专家将组成国家访问委员会，对该项目进行批评和指导，另外50多名外部专家将审查该项目的结果。通过这种方式，保证了项目成果的质量和适用性。将向计算机界进行广泛和及时的传播。

9455450 Mulder This work produces a greatly needed and major revision (or complete revamping) of Computer Information Science (CIS) oriented curricula. Specifically it provides detailed curriculum guidelines, supporting laboratory material, original learning/teaching paradigms, and a methodology for dealing with complex information systems. This major component of the Computing Sciences has been overlooked by practitioners, educators, and the professional societies for at least fifteen years. During this same period the need for complex, large grain information systems to support all aspects of business, industry, and government has exploded; similarly, the technologies supporting the generation and usage of information have changed dramatically. This has led to our current dilemma: the availability of exciting new information technologies to be applied, BUT few (new hires or practitioners), if any, properly prepared to effectively apply these advances. This academe/industry collaborative proposal addresses this dilemma, and will produce solutions. This work builds on what is available today in CIS, adding to it substantial new course and laboratory material, a methodology for dealing with large grain information system complexity, development of teamwork and communications skills in students, and will embed problem solving and design skills within the recommended curriculum. To support this curriculum, appropriate materials are developed and tested at selected university/industry test sites. A new learning/teaching paradigm (ie., Just in Time Learning) is developed and tested, in which qualified students (guided by a faculty member) is electronically linked with an ongoing industry large grained information systems project. There are participating project team members, receiving both project experiences and just in time classroom/laboratory experiences. The Boeing Company and Motorola are committed to supporting this original learning/teaching paradigm. In add ition to the 2 1/2 months per year that the PI and Co-PI devote to this project, a team of ten (10) carefully selected professionals (5 from industry and 5 from academe) are heavily involved in the project. Three eminent CIS specialists will form the National Visiting Committee to critique and guide the project, and 50+ additional external specialists will review the results of the project. ln this manner, the quality and applicability of project results are assured. Widespread and timely dissemination to the Computing profession will be conducted.