Undergraduate Faculty Workshops in Computer Graphics and Software Engineering

在过去的几年里，本科生计算机科学系迅速增长，但计算机科学博士学位的增长却不足以填补这些职位的空缺。这意味着，在许多机构中，大部分计算机科学教师都拥有其他领域的学位，并在计算机科学方面自学。这个问题在本科生或以教学为导向的机构中更加严重，这些机构的教员被期望在几个领域任教，而且很难跟上计算机科学的快速发展。要提高计算机本科教学质量，教师队伍的再培训和振兴势在必行。随着教师的再培训，有必要开发新的课程材料，供本科课程使用。在这个面向48名本科教师的项目中，正在开发课程材料，并为两个领域的本科教师举办研讨会：软件工程和计算机图形学。之所以选择这两个领域，是因为它们的重要性与日俱增，而且最近的硬件和软件发展都极大地改变了本科水平所能提供的内容。参与者的家乡机构将支付旅费，佐治亚州立大学将额外捐助3.3万美元，以支持该项目。

There has been a rapid growth in undergraduate computer science departments in the past few years, without sufficient growth in Ph.D.s in Computer Science to staff these positions. This means that in many institutions the bulk of the computer science faculty have their degrees in other fields and are self taught in computer science. This problem is compounded in undergraduate or teaching - oriented institutions where the faculty are expected to teach in several areas and have difficulty in keeping up with the rapid progress in computer science. To enhance the quality of the undergraduate programs in computer science, retraining and revitalization of the faculty is necessary. Along with the retraining of the faculty, there is a need for the development of new curriculum materials for use in the undergraduate courses. In this project for 48 undergraduate faculty, curriculum materials are being developed and workshops are being held for undergraduate faculty in two areas: Software Engineering and Computer Graphics. These two areas were chosen because of their increasing importance and because they are both areas where recent hardware and software developments have significantly changed what can be offered at the undergraduate level. The home institutions of the participants are contributing the travel costs and Georgia State University is contributing an additional $33,000 in support of the project.