WORKSHOP ON RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

WORKSHOP ON RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education TEMPUS project CD-JEP 16160/2001 1

Implementation of innovations at UKIM Skopje 2002 -2005 University “Sts. Cyril & Methodius” Fac. of Nat. Sciences & Mathematics Institute of Informatics 2

Univ. “Sts Cyril & Methodius” l l One of two universities in Macedonia “Big” university 26 faculties, 5 institutes More then 35. 000 students 3

Univ. “Sts Cyril & Methodius” l l l Organizes Computer Studies – Informatics at two faculties: Faculty of Natural Sciences & Math. Electro technical Faculty 4

Univ. “Sts Cyril & Methodius” l l Differences for Computer Studies/Informatics at both faculties: Software and hardware driven/oriented? Background: Math or electrical? Science or technology? 5

Faculty of Natural Sciences & Math. l l l Institute Institute of of of Informatics Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Geography 6

History (Institute of Informatics) l l University Numerical Center from 1972 Studies for Applied Mathematics and Informatics from 1977 Institute of Informatics founded in 1985 Organizes separate studies for educational and applied informatics 7

Staff (2005) l l l 15 professors 17 teaching and research assistants 4 staff (secretary, library, system eng. ) 8

Organization l l l Department of theoretical background of informatics – “mathematics” (TOI) Department of software engineering (SE) Computer Center 9

Education degrees l Undergraduate studies l Graduate studies • Educational Informatics • Applied Informatics • M. Sc. • Ph. D. 10

Undergraduate studies l l Educational Informatics – “teachers” Applied Informatics – “engineers” 11

2 profiles of Applied Informatics l Industrial Mathematics and Informatics l Software Engineering • Statistics • Modeling and Optimization • Discrete Processing • Application Programming • Computer System Engineering • Information Systems 12

Reorganization of Computer Studies l l l 1979/80 – Mathematics – Informatics study 1985/86 – formation of Institute 1989/90 – studies of Applied Informatics and educational informatics 13

Reorganization of Computer Studies l l l 1998 -2000 (2 year reconstruction) Tempus JEP-14440 -99 (1999 -2002), Distributed Information Technologies new curricula and flexible education. Tempus CD JEP 16160 -2001 (20022005) Innovations of Computer Science Education 14

Results l Organized 5 workshops • • • CS education in Europe 30. 09 -1. 10. 2002 Skopje Teaching methods in CS courses 8. 10. 2003 Skopje Tools for CS education 11 -14. 12. 2003 Bitola Advances in CS education 23 -26. 09. 2004 Ohrid CS and IT education in EU 17 -18. 02. 2005 Skopje 15

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Participating on workshops l University of Nis, Electronic Faculty • 2 -3 Oct 2002 • 18 -19 June 2003 • 6 -7 Oct 2003 • 7 -8 Oct 2004 • 3 -4 Mar 2005 17

Participating on seminars l Technical Education Institution in Athens • 21 -22 Apr 2003 • 07 -11 June 2003 • 19 -23 Nov 2003 • 28 -31 Mar 2005 18

Participating on presentations l University of Dortmund • 13 -18 March 2003 • 10 -14 May 2003 • 14 -17 Sept 2003 • 17 -20 March 2004 • 16 -23 June 2004 • 10 -16 March 2005 19

Realized visits 20

Workshop results l 124 presentations, and 164 participants from 15 different academic institutions take active parts during the preparation of the material and numerous discussions related to presentation of the achieved results of our joint project. 21

Proceedings l 35 papers passed the referee procedure for publication. The contributed papers were divided into six sessions, on innovations curriculum, lab practicing, teaching tools, Internet technologies, Mathematics in computer science, and selected topics. 22

Published papers l l M. Stojcev, I. Milentijevic, D. Kehagias, R. Drechsler, M. Gusev, "Computer Architecture Core of Knowledge for Computer Science Students", Cyprus Computer Society Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2003, pp. 12 -19. A. Misev, M. Gusev, "Visual simulator for ILP dynamic OOO processor", 30 th ISCA conf. Proc. CS education workshop, pp. 87 -93 24

How we implemented innovations l l l Improved new curricula Introduced new courses Established WEB courses Published textbooks and manuals New tools: simulators, labs Interchange of ideas!!! 25

Improved new curricula l Software engineering • Computer systems • Application engineering • Information systems 26

Introduced new courses l l Computer Architecture advanced systems Computer systems (computer networks, , microprocessors, network operation systems, parallel processing) IT (computer network design, system software, interactive applications, Internet programming, Internet technologies, multimedia, information systems) 27

Established WEB courses l l l l l Computer Architecture Advanced Computer Systems Microprocessors and microcontrollers Internet programming Internet technologies Network and distributed operating systems Parallel processing System software Computer networks Computer network design 28

Web courses 29

Textbooks and manuals l Textbooks l Manuals • Computer architecture • Advanced computer architecture • Mobile and wireless technologies • Computer architecture • Microprocessors and microcontrollers 30

Textbooks 31

Textbooks and manuals l Lab manuals • Computer architecture • Microprocessors and microcontrollers • Parallel processing • Computer network design • System software • Internet technologies • Network and distributed operating systems 32

Lab manuals 33

New tools l l Simulators: Dynamic Out of order processor Tomasulo algorithm Other simulators… 34

Conclusion l l l The innovation process is on-going The web sites are alive and still developing New teaching material available both by electronic and printed versions 35