College of Information College of Information Sciences and TechnologySciences and Technology

July 2013

A Brief UpdateA Brief Update• University-level activities

• College Health Check

• New Frymoyer Chair

• Recruiting and Marketing

• Undergrad and Grad Enrollment

• Career Services & Corporate Associates

• Online Programs

• Research Update

• Development

• Facility Updates

• Office of Multicultural Affairs

• Entrepreneurial Activities & Start up Week

• Current Initiatives

• Perspectives on Alumni Activities and Roles

University Level Activities

• New Provost – Nick Jones• Ongoing Searches

– President– Dean, College of Engineering– Dean, College of Agriculture– Interim Vice President for Research– Interim Dean, Graduate School– Vice President for Communications– Dean of Law School

• New 5-Year Strategic Planning Exercise

IST Health Check• Undergraduate resident admissions• Placement

– 2012 placement at 82 % with $ 60 K starting salaries

• Graduate resident admissions– 25 Ph.D. students; 20 M.S. students

• Online enrollments– Undergraduate: 275 FTE

– Graduate: 205 FTE

• Faculty recruiting• Research funding

– $ 4.16 M to date (41 % ahead of 2012)

• Development– Achieved 118 % of Campaign (revised) $ 18 M goal

• Budget

New Frymoyer Chaired Professor

• Ph.D. computer and Cognitive Science (Univ. of Wisconsin)

• Program Director, information Integration and Informatics Program (NSF)

• Professor of Computer Science, Iowa State University

• Primary Research Interests– Artificial Intelligence

– Machine Learning

– Bioinformatics and Computational Systems Biology

– Data Mining

– Information Integration

– Knowledge Representation & InferenceVasant Honavar

Recruiting

• Social Media– Webpage: for 2017 students– Tweets: among perspective & accepted students– Google +: Current students & alums for reach out to accepted students via Google+

• Yield Enhancement Initiatives– Follow up letters to accepted students– Holiday greeting cards– Current students e-mailing to accepted students– Alumni in selected regions attending Accepted Student programs in their area– Coffee house events in MD-DC-VA and NY-NJ areas– Dean’s scholarships ($ 3,000) to 20 students

• Prospective Student Plans– Expanding recruitment areas– Social media to connect with prospective students– Microsite update– Open House planning– Centre region plan to host regional Computer and Technology competition in IST Building– Development of a marketing plan for iTech Academy (summer camp for high school students)

Moradeyo Olorunnisola

Leslie Meyer

Marketing PlanningMarketing Planning

• Office of University Relations marketing study

– New recruiting book– New poster displays, easels, banners, website,

videos, etc.

• College-level strategic marketing effort initiated

– Led by Ed Glantz and Wes Bumbarger – Initial focus on recruiting– Meeting(s) with Jordan Rednor– WPSU videos commissioned– Additional photographs– Continued focus on marketing and communications

Additional Activities– New Web Design commissioned– Green room implemented– New videos (students, corporate

associates, etc.)– Increased social media

emphasis– Dean’s blog, Facebook, etc.

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Career Services/PlacementCareer Services/PlacementActivities/Programs

•Corporate Associate Resumania! •IST Pro Expo•IST Future Forum•Corporate Associates meeting•CIA Recruiter-in-Residence Program•PwC Dining Etiquette Seminar •Employer Technical Workshops/Information Sessions •Corporate Associate Recorded Mock Interviews – in the Media Commons Presentation Rooms •Addition of two more Corporate Associates

– Total of 15 Corporate Associates

•Startup Week 2.0•Planning Startup Week 3.0

In 2012, 82 % of IST graduates had job offers by graduation•Average starting salary: $ 60.5 K (IST majors); $ 59.2 K (SRA)•$ 5.2 K average signing bonus

Corporate Associates ProgramAssociates Benefits

• Priority access to students• Ability to impact curriculum• Access to college administration• Special services and events• College visibility• Priority access to Office of Career

Solutions

Corporate Associates• AT&T • Capital One• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)• Cognizant Technology Solutions• Deloitte Consulting• Ernst & Young• Hewlett Packard (HP)• Johnson and Johnson• LGS Innovations• National Security Agency (NSA)• Northrup Grumann• PNC• PPG• PricewaterhouseCoopers• Tata Consultancy Services• Unisys

Online Degrees and Certificates• Master of Professional Studies in

Information Sciences• Master of Professional Studies in

Homeland Security• Master of Professional Studies in

Enterprise Architecture• Post-baccalaureate certificate in

Information Systems Security• Graduate Certificate in Enterprise

Architecture

# 1Online education from the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) ranked # 1 in April 2011 by

the Best Colleges for online IST degree programs. The online undergraduate and graduate programs from the College of IST offer a convenient and flexible delivery method for students to obtain an IST degree

independent of location, age or work situation.

Projected Growth (FY’13 – ’14) 135 sections646 degree seeking undergrads

2859 U/G 3-credit enrollments365 degree seeking grad students

954 G 3-credit enrollments21 % increase in Grad enrollments 21 % increase in Undergrad enrollments

Instructional DesignInstructional Design

Ravi Patel

Kent MatsuedaAmy Garbrick

Melissa Hicks

IST ANGEL Templates Lecture videos and slides Drop Boxes

Discussion forums Readings Team Tools & Peer Evaluation Online Meetings Quizzes Gradebook

By the Numbers•47 completed courses •12 new courses in development•7 Enterprise Architecture•21 IST & 8 SRA undergrad courses•New mini-MOOCs in development

Peggy Fisher

Some Recent Awards (since Oct, 2012)

•DoD IASP – National Security Agency $ 44.5 K•Unrestricted research gift – Korea Association of Industry, Academy and Research Institute $ 50.4 K•EA Center Partnership – Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP $ 18 K•EA Center Partnership – Vertex, Inc. $ 21.5 K•IBM Faculty Award – IBM $ 10 K•New methods for representing and interacting with qualitative GIS data – U. Army Corps of Engineers $ 100K•E2E Penn State – Purdue Visual Analytics Integration $ 49 K•Network-based hard/soft information fusion – State University of New York at Buffalo $ 100K•Computer-aided human centric cyber situation awareness – U.S. RDEC $ 720 K•EA Center Partnership – Siemens Corp $ 18 K•Towards secure lean software – Office of Naval Research $ 50 K•Multi-INT data fusion and analytics research – Raytheon Corp $ 100 K•Towards optimization of macro-cognitive processes – Carnegie Mellon University $ 45.5 K•Using mobile phones for improving chronic disease management practices – Nokia $ 6.3 K

Research UpdateResearch Update

Research Centers•Center for Cyber Security, Information Privacy and Trust (LIONS Center)•Center for Network Centric Cognition and Information Fusion (NC2IF)•Center for Human Computer Interaction•Center for Enterprise Architecture Research•Center for Online Innovation in Learning

Total research awards FY11/12 = $ 6.679 MAwards to date FY13 = $ 4.159 M (41% above 2012)

IST DevelopmentIST Development

Endowment Summary

Corporate Associates• AT&T

• Capital One

• CIA

• Cognizant Technology Solutions

• Deloitte Consulting

• Ernst &Young (EY)

• Hewlett-Packard

• LGS Innovations

• National Security Agency (NSA)

• Northrup Grumman

• Pennsylvania National Bank (PNC)

• Pittsburgh Paint & Glass (PPG)

• Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)

• Tata Consultancy Services

• Unisys

At 85 % of the way through the Campaign for the Future, IST has achieved 118 % of the $18 M

goal

Maureen KilianJoyce MatthewsRita Griffith

• Current IST market value: $ 7.1 M• Faculty chairs/professorships

• 1 faculty chaired position• 1 professorship position• 2 career development professorships

• Scholarships• 22 Trustee scholarships• 11 undergraduate scholarships• 1 student combination scholarship• 1 graduate student scholarship• 2 program support funds

• Corporate Associates: $ 150 K/year• Gifts in Kind: $ 12.98 M

Facility UpdatesFacility Updates• New and enhanced Labs

– New Spatial Visualization Lab– Enhanced Extreme Events Lab– New Innovation Lab– New research computing (peta-byte of new

data storage)– Enhanced grad student spaces

• New student-centric facilities– Knowledge Commons area

• Enhanced classrooms– Smart podiums

• Building interior enhancements– New colors– New photos and displays– Enhanced signage

Office of Multicultural Affairs

Activities and Events• Recruitment visits

• Wake County Young Women's Leadership Academy

• Multiple STEM Colleges• St. Augustine University, Raleigh, NC

•Career Fairs• Bennett College, Greensboro, NC• The PhD Project, Chicago, IL

•Diversity Keynotes/Presentations• Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon Speaker• Wake County Young Women’s Leadership

Academy•College Programs

• Girlz Digital World – middle school summer camp 2013

• Women of Distinction Day - March 2013• Black History Month – February 2013• Summer Research Opportunity Program –

summer 2013

Entrepreneurial ActivitiesEntrepreneurial Activities

• IST/university minor in entrepreneurship• IST BA in entrepreneurship• LION Launch Move to IST• Innoblue Accelerator • Vice President of Research (VPR) Initiatives

– Overhaul of IP policies– New initiatives for PSRF– Training sessions for faculty and grad students– New entrepreneur-in-residence announced

• Penn State-wide survey• Start-up Week 3.0 • IST Classroom activities• Development of a PSU wide Portal

• Development of online materialshttp://eshipprototype.weebly.com/index.html

Start-up Week 2013Start-up Week 2013

http://startupweek.weebly.com/index.html Twitter: #ISTstartup

Facebook: IST@PennStateBlogging: ISTstartup

Web: ist.psu.edu/startupSpeaker live interaction via texting

Entrepreneurs from:•Weebly•Scribd•DigitalGlobe•Sincerely•Mapbox•Redkite•Mediabarn•Reddit•Pamela’s Punch•MorganFranklin•Tripwire•Brightly Digital•SongSplits Solutions•Socialcam•NSAi•Innoblue

IST Students in ActionIST Students in ActionIST students taught Java programming to workers in the Ministry of Education &repaired computer hardware damaged by Hurricane Ivan

IST students traveled to Nyeri, Kenya to implement healthcare solutions in a rural area of Africa.

Students won a competition for online keyword advertising; traveled to Google HQ in California; Used local businesses as clients

Grenada Team

Google on-line competition

Machavu Team•Placed 10th (out of 3800 teams) in a DARPA technology contest•Supported USMC national red-team exercise to evaluate available technology to defeat U. S. weapon systems•Founded Weebly.com, a $ 300M startup company based on an IST senior project• Acted as digital native consultants - supported evaluation of security issues for Penn State and the football stadium•Placed 1st in the Hacking & Computer Gaming competition at the national Hackers Fortress Conference in Washington D.C.•Three IST teams achieved in top 15 teams (out of 4,000) for Google Online Marketing Challenge•Placed 1st and 3rd place in the Penn State IdeaPitch entrepreneurial competition•Planned and hosted a national TeDx event on 10/10/10 & 11/•In 2012, raised over $ 56,000 for THON charity•Receive the highest average job salaries of any major at Penn State

David Rusenko

Founder, Weebly.com based on IST 440 W class project; Named as one of Forbes “30 under 30” in 2012

IST student team raised over $ 56 K for 2013 THON (9th in PSU General Organizations)

Current InitiativesCurrent Initiatives• Planning

– Begin preparation of a new Strategic Plan– Development of new concepts & support for online and resident instruction– Planning activities of Research Center for Online Innovation in Learning– Re-look at Scholarly Interest Groups (SIGs)– Planning Startup Week 3.0

• Curriculum updates– Implementation of new web & mobile IST option– Implementation of EA MPA and U/G SRA major– Development of a new cross-college minor in entrepreneurship & innovation– Design of a template for a B.S. in IST (in entrepreneurship & innovation)– Review and refinement of graduate resident curriculum

• Recruiting– Focus on improved recruiting of resident undergraduates– Plan for recruiting of 3 + tenure track faculty

Questions?Questions?