Information Technology Lonnie Bentley Professor and Head Department

Information Technology Lonnie Bentley, Professor and Head Department of Computer Technology (CPT) - and H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore, Professor Department of Computer Science (CS)

Information Technology (IT) at Purdue Information Technology (IT) includes all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information. Such information may be text, numbers, images, audio, video, etc. An IT program is one that combines those elements of Computer Science, Computer Technology, Graphics, and Information Systems that are related to producing and disseminating information.

Information Technology (IT) at Purdue IT at Purdue includes: • • • Computer Science Computer Technology Computer Graphics Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Others

Information Technology (IT) Initial UAE IT program is joint offering: • • • Computer Science Computer Technology Computer Graphics Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Others

Information Technology (IT) Computer Science Characteristics: – Advancing frontiers of Information Technology – Applying computational principles to technical and societal problems – Areas of specialization: • • Graphics visualization Information security Networks and operating systems Software engineering

Information Technology (IT) Computer Technology Characteristics: – – – Industry oriented Problem solving Team oriented Latest technology & hands-on experiences Areas of specialization: • • Software Development Database Systems Integration Telecommunications and Networking Technology

Information Technology (IT) Computer Science + Computer Technology = Basic and Applied Research capabilities and More IT Professional career opportunities

Information Technology (IT) Computer Science and Computer Technology basic and applied research collaboration with UAE faculty: – – – – – Wireless Mobile Computing Computer Forensics Biometrics and Bioinformatics Information Security and Assurance Optical Networking and Storage Graphics and Visualization Database Technologies Distributed Systems Human-Computer Interaction

Information Technology (IT) Computer Science and Computer Technology career opportunities: – Applications programmers – Systems analysts – Programmer/Analysts – IT project managers – – – Database administrators Network architects Network administrators Web architects Webmasters Security specialists

Information Technology (IT) The Proposed UAE IT Curriculum offers students a choice after completing their second year.

Information Technology (IT) Future Tracks? – Information Systems – Computer Graphics – Computer-integrated manufacturing – others?