tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54630227185728604372024-02-20T07:09:17.540-08:00csisimportantcsisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-43765647734509306872011-02-14T21:43:00.000-08:002011-02-14T21:45:45.012-08:00It has made headlines...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></span><br />
<div class="uiAttachmentTitle" style="color: #333333; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong><a href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110214/NEWS0102/102150310/UC-drop-computer-science-major?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">University of Cincinnati to drop computer science major | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com</a></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: grey;">news.cincinnati.com</span><br />
<div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc" style="color: grey; margin-top: 5px; word-wrap: break-word;">The University of Cincinnati will stop accepting undergraduate majors in computer science starting in fall 2012. It's a budget-cutting move being played out at area colleges.</div><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc" style="color: grey; margin-top: 5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Good comments were made as well, including:</span></div><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc" style="color: grey; margin-top: 5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br />
</div><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc" style="color: grey; margin-top: 5px; word-wrap: break-word;">"Dean Carlo Montemagno made this decision entirely on his own without discussion or debate with his faculty, other deans, department heads, or academic leaders. His version of a discussion is in the form of a unilateral announcement. This is an individual with his own obscure agenda who has no regard for the opinions or needs of others or the larger community. He characteristically has very extensive beliefs about fields in which he has no expertise beyond his own initial understanding that has gone without further research or scholarship. This decision of his, which must be challenged, is a sad reminder of his inability to communicate effectively, hear other opinions, and engage in constructive debate. I don't think this decision will pass a sanity test, but it is not clear if the Board of Trustees could really fully engage in a discussion at this level. That is difference between a superior institution and one that is continuously reset to mediocrity. Leadership must be thoughtful, creative, and aggressive for improvement. </div><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc" style="color: grey; margin-top: 5px; word-wrap: break-word;">It is entirely wrong to think that there are no jobs or needs by the larger community that could be served by graduates of this program. Many spectacularly talented individual have gone through computer science and computer engineering are are highly valued in the positions both in the Cincinnati and beyond."</div>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-40847374339261828822011-02-10T16:52:00.000-08:002011-02-10T16:52:30.123-08:00The CEAS 2009-10 Annual ReportThe report provides some statistics for all departments including CS, and some of them are not very clear, especially the ones related to funding. The report also contains an article on the Northrop Grumman - Xetron tie-up with CEAS for the Master's in CS program. The link to the report is as follows.<br />
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http://www.ceas.uc.edu/content/dam/ceas/images/College/CEASAnnualReport.pdfcsisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-62194732478450375292011-02-07T15:10:00.001-08:002011-02-07T15:11:39.797-08:00Dean's "dangerous and bizarre" decision. Letter to UC President Williams by founder of Computer Sci program Jerry Paul Dean Montemagno of CEAS has announced a town meeting to be held on Thursday,<br />
Feb. 3. It is my understanding that during this meeting he intends to announce a “plan”<br />
for CEAS that includes the indefinite suspension of undergraduate admissions to the<br />
Computer Science (CS) undergraduate program. Since this is tantamount to cancelling<br />
this program, I will refer to it as a cancellation in what follows. I am writing to ask you<br />
to consider the consequences of such a dangerous and bizarre potential action.<br />
The reason that I am writing to you directly is the failure on part of the Dean to<br />
properly inform the CS faculty of his plan......<br />
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A good part of my academic career was spent building up the computer science<br />
program here at UC (see www.cs.uc.edu/~jpaul). The CS program has enjoyed<br />
remarkable success, in spite of the unconscionable lack of support that it has received<br />
since being moved from A&S to the College of Engineering (COE now CEAS) in 1994. <br />
This lack of local support can be well documented, and flies in the face of local, State,<br />
and National priorities. I would be happy to provide detailed documentation if desired......<br />
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Read more at: <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16466720/PresidentLetter.pdf">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16466720/PresidentLetter.pdf</a>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-91849049905547091842011-02-06T17:52:00.001-08:002011-02-06T17:52:38.300-08:00Dr. Ono's letter<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Thanks for encouraging the computer science community to share their views with me. I look forward to reading the letters and emails and will consider them in relation to the Dean's recommendation </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
Best wishes,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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Santa J. Ono</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
Provost </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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Best wishes, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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Santa Jeremy Ono, PhD </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
Professor of Pediatrics and Biology </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
University of Cincinnati </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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Tel: 513-556-2588 </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
Fax: 513-556-7861 </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:santa.ono@uc.edu" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">santa.ono@uc.edu</a> </span></span></span>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-54776738068391249772011-02-05T19:12:00.000-08:002011-02-05T19:12:27.230-08:00Let no one tell you that CS is not engineering...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The first major challenge for artificial intelligence was to defeat the chess grandmaster; it was accomplished in 1996 when Deep Blue Defeated Gary Kasparov. Now the next frontier is the Jeopardy game on the famous TV show. Can IBM's "Qwizzard" named Watson defeat the reigning champions of Jeopardy? Can it answer more than 90% of the questions correctly and also get to the buzzer before the humans do?<br />
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An article from NYT on this topic is enclosed can be read here: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/opinion/06powers.html?hp" style="color: black;" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/<wbr></wbr>02/06/opinion/06powers.html?hp</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I hope you read the article on the design of Mr. Watson. If you have read the article carefully, you would have noticed that the design of the Watson program has been hailed as a "..feat of engineering.."<br />
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<b>So, let no one tell you that computer science is not engineering.</b></span>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-50948187555146920612011-02-04T15:18:00.002-08:002011-02-04T15:19:56.536-08:00The Letter<div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div id="internal-source-marker_0.8583735462743789" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the afternoon of the 3</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7.2pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">rd</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of February, during the town hall meeting for all College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) constituents, the Dean of CEAS, Dr. Carlo Montemagno, unveiled his plan to deal with the recently announced budget cuts at the University of Cincinnati. As part of his “Road to 2019” plan, he proposed his notion to completely dissolve the School of Computing Science and Informatics. While other budget-related cuts where presented, in regard to the Computer Science program, the dean stated the following measures:</span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<ol><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Close the CS program completely.</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Completely suspend all admissions for the Bachelors CS starting in 2012.</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Move all graduate students that are currently enrolled in the Computer Science and Engineering to the recently formed School of Electronics and Computing Systems.</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increase the engineering undergraduate program fee by 10%.</span></div></li>
</ol><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Understandably, in face of such drastic cuts, some measures must be taken. However, the reasoning behind Dr. Montemagno's decision is unjustified and even, to a certain point, irrational. Through this letter, we wish to notify UC and it's community of the ongoing situation and of possible effects, and propose an open-discussion towards possible alternatives. We hope that a significant number of students and parents will get involved in our cause. We believe that, students must come together and decide a plan of action immediately to deal with our grievances.</span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a quick brainstorm and limited discussion, we have identified the following effects (contributions are welcomed in posterior meetings). Please note that [G] represents graduate student, and [U] undergraduate student grievances.</span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<ul><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G][U] Accreditation</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G][U] A binding contract was made between students and UC. With the proposed changes, how will UC keep it's end? In all practical terms, in 2012, students will have no practical option but to change from CS to CE.</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G] Quality of research</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G] Loss of funding opportunities</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G] Advisors may be pressured to leave UC</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G] No TA (if we have no department, there will be no department funding)</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G][U] CS is an integral part of any good university. Any student, in order to be competitive in today's market, needs a solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[U] Enrollment has increased in the department in the last 2 years. How can the Dean justify this type of cut?</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G] As CS graduate students, if current faculty are pressured to leave, who will mentor students? By merging with the SECS department, it is obvious that certain research topics will be completely ignored.</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[G][U] What are the facts behind this decision? It is well known that the CS department has more enrollment than other departments. So why CS is being dissolved? </span></div></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While not proposing a solution yet, we outlined alternatives that could still be explored, without resorting to such extreme measures.</span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<ul><li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faced with a similar situation, the Department of Physics at UC decided to increase enrollment, rather than decrease, let alone completely freezing it. Both their department, as well as ours (CS), has shown a trend of increasing admissions. Why has this option been overlooked?</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While other departments have a smaller population of faculty and undergrad students, why is this cut not performance based?</span></div></li>
<li style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why are cuts not being made uniformly across all constituents in the college?</span></div></li>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you believe that these changes will impact YOU in a huge way, please reply to this email ASAP so that we can take a more organized approach to make our grievances heard to the concerned and rational people.</span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Computer Science Graduate Students</span></div>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-33256863427508689072011-02-04T15:18:00.000-08:002011-02-04T15:18:23.772-08:00CS Town Hall Meeting<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">We hope your quarter's going great. Next week on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><b>Tuesday, February 8</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">, we are hosting an event with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><b>Seapine Software </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><b>500 Swift Hall </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><b>5:00PM</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">.</span></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">A Seapine rep will be giving an exciting presentation on Agile and SCRUM software development methodologies and there will be <b>FREE PIZZA</b>, and a drawing for<b>EXCITING PRIZES</b>!</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">Many of you may have attended Dean Montemagno's Town Hall meeting, in which he proposed many changes to CEAS, including the elimination of the CS Bachelors degree program. After the Seapine presentation, at <b>6:00PM</b>, we will be holding our own<b>Town Hall</b> meeting in which we will discuss and analyze the proposed changes, and reveal our response letter that we will be sending to the dean, the provost, and the president. Please come and let your voice be heard! Tell your parents and employers about this as well; all are welcome and encouraged to attend. <b>CS IS IMPORTANT!</b>Get the message out and save our department.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;">Thank you, and we hope to see you all on Tuesday night!</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica;"><br />
</div>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463022718572860437.post-16197177711691644402011-02-04T14:39:00.000-08:002011-02-04T14:39:00.529-08:00CS IS IMPORTANT!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Due to significant budget cuts, Dr. Carlo Montemagno,</span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">the dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati,</span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">has proposed that the School for Computing Sciences and Informatics (CSI) be removed from the college. Over the last two years, the college budget was reduced by 4.6 million dollars and it must be further reduced by 4.4 million next year. Dr. Montemagno has the unenviable position of managing our college through this budget crisis. Unfortunately, we respectfully disagree with the proposal to remove CSI. We feel that the future of our college, university, and community will depend heavily on computer science. As students, our own futures are tied to this program. We invested money, time, and energy into this department for our edification and the benefit of future students, also hoping to ensure that the value of our degree will appreciate years after matriculation. When</span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">the President of The United States calls for more study in computing sciences, cutting this program is against our national interests.</span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;">We urge any students, parents, alumni, co-op mentors of our classmates, and our professional community to voice their opinions to Dr. Montemagno and the Provost, Dr. Santa Ono. This decision will affect us all. The financial situation of the college is daunting, but we feel that great leaders are ones who can creatively overcome obstacles in the most dire of circumstances. Please join us in demanding more from our college leaders by writing to the university leadership.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">E-mail is great way to share your opinion, and a hard copy sent via old-fashioned</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u>certified</u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">U.S. mail would be even better. Your voice counts. Please ensure that it is heard. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Contact Information:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Provost Ono:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Email: <a href="mailto:santa.ono@uc.edu" style="color: black;" target="_blank">santa.ono@uc.edu</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">University of Cincinnati</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">P.O. Box 210097</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Dean Montemagno:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Email: <a href="mailto:carlo.montemagno@uc.edu" style="color: black;" target="_blank">carlo.montemagno@uc.edu</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">College of Engineering & Applied Science</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">2901 Woodside Dr.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Cincinnati OH 45221-0018</span></div>csisimportanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07064913631118129665noreply@blogger.com0