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

9900660 Adjouadi，MalekBarreto，ArmandoPasztor，AnaMartinez，MariaRoig，Gustavo佛罗里达国际大学(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使一个多学科教育基础设施的建立具有工程上的关键创新，以促进基于教学活动与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，包括残疾人；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。包括补充教学部分，以迎头解决那些扫描电子显微镜“高风险”课程的失败率(失败率超过30%)，这是计算机科学和工程的关键基础。在拟议的基础设施内，建立了一个全面的渠道，以吸引更多的工程学学生，并纠正FIU显示计算机科学和工程学毕业率有限的全国趋势。该项目还涉及招收和留住在计算机科学和工程领域传统上任职人数较少的群体的学生，即妇女、西班牙裔和非裔美国人。除了这些教育方面的增强，该项目的影响还将通过在分布式处理、图像和信号处理方面的预期研究成果来扩大，特别是在它们应用于残疾人的人机界面方面。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，使更多的少数族裔学生参与进来，为最终授予更多博士学位铺平道路，不仅授予西班牙裔学生，而且还授予非裔美国人和残疾学生。希望通过这些努力，这个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族裔平衡的技术企业，造福于当代和子孙后代。

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.