CISE MII: Institutional Infrastructure in Support of Computer and Software Engineering with Special Focus on Human-Computer Interface Research and Information Processing

9900660Adjouadi, MalekBarreto, ArmandoPasztor, AnaMartinez, MariaRoig， GustavoFlorida国际大学（FIU）开发一个特别关注人机界面和信息处理的机构基础设施该奖项旨在建立一个多学科的教育基础设施，其中包括工程方面的关键创新，以促进基于连接教学活动和研究设施的有效学习策略的环境。该奖项推动了一项雄心勃勃的计划，重点关注FIU在人机界面研究领域的优势，将残疾人纳入其中；信息处理（图像和信号）的关键方面，包括实时应用；硬件软件集成;分布式处理和数据结构。一个补充的教学内容包括解决那些SEM“高风险”课程的不合格率（不合格率超过30%），这些课程是计算机科学与工程的重要基础。在拟议的基础设施中，建立了一个全面的管道，以吸引更多的工程专业学生，并纠正FIU计算机科学与工程专业毕业率有限的全国趋势。该项目还涉及从计算机科学与工程专业传统上代表性不足的群体（即妇女、西班牙裔和非洲裔美国人）招募和留住学生的问题。除了这些教育方面的改进外，该项目的影响还将通过分布式处理、图像和信号处理方面的预期研究成果，特别是在将其应用于残疾人的人机界面方面得到扩大。通过这一努力，佛罗里达国际大学有望进一步发展其计算机科学和工程研究能力，让更多的少数族裔学生参与其中，为最终授予更多的博士学位铺平道路，不仅是西班牙裔学生，还有非洲裔美国人和残疾学生。希望通过这些努力，国家可以找到一个成功的模式，帮助建立一个更好的种族和民族平衡的技术企业，造福于当代和后代。

9900660Adjouadi, MalekBarreto, ArmandoPasztor, AnaMartinez, MariaRoig, GustavoFlorida International University (FIU)Development of an Institutional Infrastructure with Special Focus on Human-Computer Interfaces and Information ProcessingThis award enables the establishment of a multidisciplinary educational infrastructure with key innovations in engineering that promote an environment with effective learning strategies based on bridging instructional activities with research facilities. The award drives an ambitious program that focuses on FIU's strengths in the areas of human-computer interface research to include those persons with disabilities; key aspects of information processing (image and signal), including real-time applications; hardware-software integration; distributed processing, and data structures. A supplemental instruction component is included to tackle head-on the failure rates in those SEM "high risk" courses (failure rates exceeding 30%), which are critical foundations for Computer Science and Engineering. Within the proposed infrastructure, a comprehensive pipeline is established to attract more students in engineering and to redress at FIU the national trend showing limited graduation rates in Computer Science and Engineering. The project also addresses the recruitment and retention of students from groups traditionally underrepresented in Computer Science and Engineering, namely women, Hispanics and African Americans. In addition to these educational enhancements, the impact of the project will be extended through expected research results in distributed processing, and image and signal processing, particularly in their application to human-computer interfaces for individuals with disabilities.Through this effort, Florida International University is expected to develop further its computing science and engineering research capabilities involving minority students in greater numbers, paving the way for eventual conferring of more doctoral degrees, not only to Hispanic students, but also to African American, and disabled students. It is hoped that through these efforts, the nation might find a successful model that will help in building a better racially and ethnically balanced technological enterprise for the benefit of its present and future generations.