Acadia University Jodrey School of Computer Science Acadia

Acadia University 阿卡迪亚大学 Jodrey School of Computer Science �瑞�算机学院

Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada Acadia University Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jodrey School of Computer Science Carnegie Hall Home of the Jodrey School of Computer Science

Acadia Gets in Your Blood ! 1977 Soccer Team • Dr. Danny Silver, Director

High Demand / Low Supply of Talent (thousands) Unemployment: ICT < 3. 5%; National average of 7. 0%. Source: Industry Canada website: Quarterly Monitor of the Canadian ICT Sector - Q 2, 2008

Jodrey School of Computer Science • 40 years of computer science at Acadia • 25 th Anniversary of the School – Oct, 2008

Undergraduate Degrees Offered • CIPS-accredited undergraduate degrees, all with Co-operative Education Option: • Bachelor of Computer Science with Honours • Bachelor of Computer Science with Specialization 1. E-Commerce (since 2000) 2. Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing (2009) 3. Game Development (2010) • Conditional acceptance with English upgrading on campus

Bachelor of Computer Science Required Courses Cover: • • • Java, C, Linux Programming Math/Statistics Computer Architecture Software Engineering Computer Networking Data Structures Analysis of Algorithms Op. Systems, Translators Database Systems Artificial Intelligence Society and Ethics Project / Thesis (Honours)

Small Class Sizes, Collaborative Work • 100 -200 UG, 15 -25 Grad students • 30 -50 new UG students per year • 5 -7 new grad students per year

Great People, Facilities and Options • • Faculty: 8 full-time profs, 2 part-time Staff: Admin. assistant, CS Lab Technician CIPS accredited degrees In class and Open Acadia con’t ed. courses On-site free tutoring 100% Co-op placement over last 3 years Research experience as an undergraduate Many opportunities to work on campus

Graduate Program Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science • Degree requirements: • Research methods course • Four graduate level courses • Thesis project

Graduate Program Graduate Funding: • Acadia Graduate Awards • Up to $9, 000 • NSERC and industry funding • Used to cover students up to $7, 000 • Co-operative education option

Labs and Research Groups • Intelligent Information Technology Research Lab • Cooperative Intelligent Distributed Systems Group • Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Res. Group • XML and Applications Group • Web Census Research Group • HCDI - Human Computer Dog Interface Group

Jodrey School of Computer Science • • World class facilities (network, servers, HPC) Home of NS Robot Programming Competition Student Computer Science Society Numerous faculty/student events: • • • Soccer, Broomball Volleyball, Curling Corporate duck race Video game competitions Ethnic pot-lucks • “Come as a student … leave as a Colleague”

A Student Perspective • • Han Xu (3 rd year): “Acadia University is located in the town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, approximately 100 kilometers northwest of Halifax. It is very beautiful and quiet university. The environment and atmosphere is very suitable for study. The computer science program is well respected in Canada. I am one of the computer science students. Wolfville is a small town, but there are several Chinese restaurants, supermarkets and shopping centers around it. It is very comfortable to live here. ” 阿卡迪�大学坐落在新斯科舍省的喔菲尔市，离省会哈 利法克斯 100多公里�。阿卡迪�是一个漂亮安静的大 学。�里的�境和气氛非常适合学�。���程系在整 个加拿大都很有名。我是其中一名�程系的学生。喔菲 尔是个小城市，但是喔菲尔周�分布着好几个中餐�， 超�市�和�物中心。�于留学生来�非常适合再�里 生活。

Summary • • Beautiful region Great university Great opportunities in CS Great program - UG / G Small class, colab. proj. work Great people – friends for life EAP program Co-op option

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