Academic Program Review April 16-18, 2012 Department of Computer Science and Engineering Room 301 Harvey R. Bright Building Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 1 Contents I Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 4 I.1 Charge to Review Committee ............................................................................................. 4 I.2 Schedule of Review/Itinerary ............................................................................................. 5 I.3 Administrative Structure .................................................................................................... 6 II Brief History ............................................................................................................................... 7 II.1 Founding of Department .................................................................................................... 7 II.2 Founding and Development of Related Centers ................................................................ 7 II.3 Review and Changes in Past Seven Years ........................................................................ 15 II.4 Date of Last Program Review ........................................................................................... 16 III Vision and Goals ................................................................................................................... 16 III.1 Strategic Plan .................................................................................................................... 16 III.2 Metrics to Determine if Goals are Being Met .................................................................. 20 III.3 Connections to the University’s Strategic Plan ................................................................ 20 III.4 Policies and Practices Recognizing Good Teaching ..................................................... 20 III.5 Outline of Intended Changes ............................................................................................ 21 III.6 Joint Programs and Collaborative Research ................................................................ 21 III.7 Areas of Outstanding Performance .................................................................................. 22 III.8 Summary of Recognition, Awards, Indications of Successful Teaching (TO) ............ 23 IV Quality Enhancement Plan .................................................................................................. 29 IV.1 Intended Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 29 IV.2 Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success ................................................................ 30 IV.3 Actual Results Obtained ................................................................................................... 30 IV.4 Use of Results for Improvement ...................................................................................... 31 V Statistical Summaries ............................................................................................................... 32 V.1 Student Profile .................................................................................................................. 32 V.1.1 Master’s...................................................................................................................... 32 V.1.2 Doctoral ..................................................................................................................... 32 V.1.3 Non-Degree Students ................................................................................................ 32 V.1.4 Student Demographics .............................................................................................. 32 V.1.5 Number of Admissions .............................................................................................. 32 V.1.6 Student Financial Support ........................................................................................ 32 V.2 Faculty Profile ................................................................................................................... 33 V.2.1 Tenure and Non-Tenure ........................................................................................... 33 V.2.2 Tenure Reviews ......................................................................................................... 33 V.2.3 Post Tenure Review ................................................................................................... 33 V.2.4 Teaching Load ........................................................................................................... 34 2 V.2.5 Faculty Professional Activities .................................................................................. 34 V.2.6 Faculty Hired and Retired During Last Five Years .................................................. 40 V.2.7 Average Age of Full-time Faculty .............................................................................. 41 V.2.8 Gender, Minority Representation ............................................................................. 41 V.2.9 Faculty Curriculum Vitae (see Appendix A) ............................................................. 41 VI Program Components .......................................................................................................... 41 VI.1 Graduate Programs ........................................................................................................... 41 VI.1.1 Admission .................................................................................................................. 42 VI.1.2 Financial Support ...................................................................................................... 43 VI.1.3 Program Requirements ............................................................................................. 43 VI.1.4 Facilities ..................................................................................................................... 44 VI.1.5 Degree Requirements ................................................................................................ 45 VI.2 Graduate Courses Offered (Appendix B) ......................................................................... 48 VI.3 Course Demand ................................................................................................................ 49 VI.4 GRE Scores and GPR of Students .................................................................................... 49 VI.5 Student Involvement in Their Learning .......................................................................... 49 VI.6 Student Body Composition ............................................................................................... 50 VI.7 Recruitment Information ................................................................................................. 50 VI.8 Graduate Program Rankings ............................................................................................ 51 VI.9 Efforts to Sustain Collegiality and Professionalism ........................................................ 53 VII Budget Information .............................................................................................................. 54 VII.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 54 VII.2 Department Funding .................................................................................................... 55 VII.3 Faculty Salaries ............................................................................................................. 59 VII.4 Grants and Contracts .................................................................................................... 61 VII.5 Library ........................................................................................................................... 61 VII.6 Teaching and Research Assistantship Stipends ........................................................... 62 VII.7 Support Staff Salaries ................................................................................................... 62 VIII Strengths and Weaknesses ................................................................................................... 63 VIII.1 Strengths ....................................................................................................................... 63 VIII.2 Weaknesses ................................................................................................................... 64 VIII.3 Recommendations for Improvement ........................................................................... 64 IX Graduate Student Input ....................................................................................................... 64 X Appendix A. Faculty Curriculum Vitae .................................................................................... 65 XI Appendix B. Graduate Courses Offered ............................................................................. 234 XI.1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering ...................................................... 234 3 XI.2 Distinguished Professor B. Stroustrup (Chair); Professors N. M. Amato, R. Bettati, J. Chen, R. Furuta, A. Klappenecker, J. S. Liu, D. Loguinov, R. N. Mahapatra, R. R. Murphy, L. Rauchwerger, F. M. Shipman, V.