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July 6, 2004
Dear Alumnus of the IPFW Computer Science Department,

Greetings! We would like to begin a continuing dialogue with you, as the department enters some exciting new times. We want to make sure that you know we care about you and what experiences you have encountered since your graduation.

Why? Here is a very important reason, using the words of a former university president:
“ One may judge a University by its faculty, its research, or its students, but the best measure is the quality and character of its alumni, as reflected in their professional achievement, in their citizen service, in the way they live and in the values by which they live.”
Dr. David Dodds Henry, President Emeritus, University of Illinois, 1955-71

The “Brag Sheet” developed during the Fall term in 2003 is a good summary of current department activities. There will be some new and updated entries for the Fall term of 2004, and we want to include input from you! (see survey below) Some planned updates include the following:

  • Alumni
  • Students
    • CS has the only student from the School of ETCS to serve as a new “Ambassadon” – a select group of IPFW students formed to develop student leadership.
    • A chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the national CS Honorary Society is being formed.
    • CS has one of the few students selected for the Eli Lilly Entrepreneur Scholar Internship Program.
    • Entering freshmen have the highest SAT scores in the entire School of ETCS.
  • Faculty
    • TWO new assistant professors hired: a total of 11 funded full-time positions
      • Dr. David Liu from The Ohio State University – Networks
      • Dr. Lubomir Stanchev from the University of Waterloo – Embedded systems and databases
    • Dr. B.J. Kim was promoted to Associate Professor, with Tenure
    • Associate Professor Bob Sedlmeyer is on Sabbatical during 2004-2005 at Raytheon
  • Curriculum
    • Innovative changes in the B.S. CS degree, including new courses in Software Engineering, Unix, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Human Computer Interaction, Advanced Graphics, and Senior Capstone Design
    • New Survey of Computer Science course, beginning in the Fall, 2004 term. This will be a prereq to CS 160 (Java I) as retention has been a significant concern.
  • Laboratories
    • Two new state-of-the-art labs with 44 P4 Dell PCs, including dual-boot Windows XP and Linux
    • New dedicated Senior Design and Research lab
    • Half-time technical assistant for software and hardware
  • Advisory Boards
    • Professional Advisory Board(PAB) of 17 members – meets four times a year. Want your organization to join? See the PAB web site.
    • Student Advisory Board(CSSAB) of 22 members – meets three times a year. Check out the CSSAB web site.
  • K-12 Outreach
    • Tammy Toscos, full-time visiting instructor, is busy in area schools telling students what an exciting career CS is and how to prepare.
    • Professor Sedlmeyer is offering Java courses to area teachers who want to prepare their students for the new Advanced Placement exams.
    • Professor Udoh just completed a successful 2nd annual SPICE program, a summer program on Java: grades 8-12.
    • Please forward your ideas on how we can recruit and retain more students to Dr. Ken Modesitt modesitk@ipfw.edu
      Associate Chair for Assessment and Accreditation, Department of Computer Science
      Associate Dean for External Partnerships and Research, School of ETCS
  • Move to different building
    • CS left Kettler Hall after 30+ years Summer 2004!
    • CS New location: Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Building. Come see our new digs!

We are trying to update our alumni files and require your help. Please complete this survey and a little token of our appreciation will be sent to you by return mail within a week of receiving your answers! A summary, profiling CS alumni, will be part of the first annual CS Newsletter. We plan to start in the Spring, 2005, just to keep you up-to-date with the activities here and to solicit your suggestions on such items as curriculum, students, labs, networks, student internships, faculty/industry collaboration, etc.

Send your completed survey to:

Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne
Department of Computer Science
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

Contact the IPFW Alumni Association for information on membership

Check out the History of Computer Science at IPFW.

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