Northwest Workshop on Integrative Computing Education and Research (ICER)

FAY06ID：CNS 0548906PI：Eric Roberts(Stanford University)标题：西北集成计算教育和研究研讨会斯坦福大学获得了CEISE特别项目奖，将在美国西北部举办一次研讨会，讨论如何转变本科计算教育以应对技术及其应用的快速变化。这次研讨会的目的是开始一场全国性的讨论，以引导本科计算机教育的变革。这样的转变对于信息技术(IT)劳动力的准备和美国在技术创新方面的持续领先地位至关重要。研讨会将确定需要变革的领域和实现变革的战略。这个项目的学术价值在于，将在计算机教育领域具有广泛专业知识的有思想的人聚集在一起，将产生协同效应。更广泛的影响在于对计算机教育的潜在影响，从而对美国各地的广泛学生产生影响。近年来，计算机学科专业的学生数量有所下降，尽管这些学科毕业生的就业需求继续攀升。值得注意的是，考虑主修计算机专业的女性和少数族裔学生的数量甚至大幅下降，进一步限制了可用的人才库。确定创新战略，以增加和增加计算机学科的广泛学生，不仅将在加强国家经济方面产生巨大影响，而且还将在维护机会平等方面产生巨大影响。

ABSTRACTCISE Special Projects FY06Id: CNS 0548906PI: Eric Roberts (Stanford University)Title: Northwest Workshop on Integrative Computing Education and Research Stanford University has received a CISE Special Projects award to convene a workshop in the Northwest of the United States on the transforming of undergraduate computing education in response to rapid changes in technology and its applications. The purpose of this workshop is to begin a nationwide discussion to catalzye the transformation of undergraduate computing education. Such a transformation is critical to information technology (IT) workforce preparation and the continued preeminence of the U. S. in technology innovation. The workshop will identify areas of needed change and strategies for effecting the change. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the synergies that will follow from bringing together thoughtful individuals with wide-ranging expertise in the area of computing education. The broader impact lies in the potential impact on computing education and thus a broad range of students across the United States. The number of students majoring in computing disciplines has declined in recent years even though employment demands for graduates in these disciplines continues to climb. Significantly, the number of women and minority students who consider the possibility of majoring in computing has fallen even more dramatically, further restricting the pool of available talent. Identifying innovative strategies to add and attach a broad range of students in computing disciplines will have enormous impact not only in terms of strengthening the nations economy but also in preserving equality of opportunity.