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

9455450 Mulder这项工作产生了计算机信息科学（CIS）导向课程的急需和重大修订（或完全改造）。具体来说，它提供了详细的课程指导，支持实验材料，原始的学习/教学范例，以及处理复杂信息系统的方法。这一计算科学的主要组成部分已经被实践者、教育者和专业团体忽视了至少15年。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，支持信息产生和使用的技术也发生了巨大变化。这导致了我们目前的困境：令人兴奋的新信息技术的可用性，但很少（新员工或从业者），如果有的话，适当地准备有效地应用这些进步。这一学术/行业合作提案解决了这一难题，并将提出解决方案。这项工作建立在CIS现有的基础上，增加了大量的新课程和实验材料，一种处理大型粮食信息系统复杂性的方法，培养学生的团队合作和沟通技能，并将问题解决和设计技能嵌入推荐课程中。为了支持这门课程，我们开发了合适的材料，并在选定的大学/行业测试地点进行了测试。一种新的学习/教学模式。开发并测试了即时学习（Just in Time Learning），其中合格的学生（由教员指导）与正在进行的行业大粒度信息系统项目进行电子连接。有参与项目的团队成员，接受项目经验和及时的课堂/实验室经验。波音公司和摩托罗拉致力于支持这种原始的学习/教学模式。除了PI和Co-PI每年花两个半月的时间在这个项目上，一个由十（10）名精心挑选的专业人士（5名来自工业界，5名来自学术界）组成的团队也积极参与这个项目。三位杰出的独联体专家将组成国家访问委员会，对项目进行批评和指导，另外50多名外部专家将审查项目结果。这样，保证了工程结果的质量和适用性。我们会向电脑业界广泛及适时地发放有关资料。

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.