News 02-26-2002
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U. Illinois, Security Firm, Start Info Assurance Center
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Argus Systems Group, Inc.,
a company specializing in security technologies, jointly launched the Center
for Advanced Research in Information Security. The Center will be located in
the school's computer science department, which was designated as a Center of
Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the National Security Agency.
The center will focus its research on next generation infrastructure security
technologies, and aims to influence public policy in the area of information
assurance.
For more information, visit: http://www.engr.uiuc.edu.
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Central Conn. State Unveils M.S. in Data Mining
Central Connecticut State University has introduced an online master's degree
program in data mining. The curriculum, introduced in Jan. 2002, is aimed at
meeting the demand for IT professionals who analyze database information for
business decision-makers. The degree program, which will feature training in
Clementine, a data mining analytics platform from SPSS Inc., will be offered
via OnlineCSU, the school's web system. The M.S. degree can be completed in
four semesters but has prerequisites in calculus and computer science.
For more information, visit: http://www.ccsu.edu/datamining.
Dartmouth Website Offers Real Estate Service
Dartmouth College's real estate office has launched a website to help the
school's 2,400 faculty, staff and graduate students in the tight New Hampshire
housing market. The site, redesigned by Essex Junction, Vt.- based InnoSoft
Inc., lets browsers search for new housing, order repairs and service for current
housing, submit housing applications, and learn about various community services.
For more information, visit: http://www.dartmouthre.com/
Harvey Mudd Conference Pushes Women to Enter Math Fields
Harvey Mudd College chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is hosting
its annual one-day Women Engineers and Scientists of Tomorrow Conference to
encourage Southern California high school women to enter the math-based science
and technology fields. The conference, to take place on March 2, from 9 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. on the school campus, is designed to give high school women an
opportunity to learn about careers in the fields of engineering, math and science
by meeting successful women engineers, scientists, and students majoring in
these subjects.
For more information, visit: http://www.hmc.edu.
Seeds of Engineering Careers Sown in Adolescence
A survey of more than 1,200 engineers found that the drive to invent and design
is a major catalyst for becoming an engineer and is a often discovered in middle
and high school, a critical time for developing math and science skills. The
survey was conducted by MathSoft Engineering & Education, Inc., a developer
of design software. Of those surveyed, 59 percent identified that their career
interests developed before or during the tenth grade. More than 75 percent decided
to pursue their careers because of an affinity for math and science.
For more information, visit: http://www.mathsoft.com.
Online Masters Degree in Health Law Enters Second Year
Nova Southeastern University said a second class of students had begun its
online master's degree program in health law. The graduate program is designed
to educate non-lawyer health care professionals about health- related legal
issues. The masters is a two-year program taught almost entirely over the Internet.
Short residential sessions each year supplement the program, which is designed
for working professionals, full-time practitioners, administrators, military
personnel, nurses, and leaders in the health care industry.
For more information, visit: http://www.mhl.nsulaw.nova.edu.
Surveys of Online Learning and Teaching Released
Two survey reports related to the use of the Internet in teaching and training
have been made available online. "Online Teaching in an Online World" looks
at the preferences of 222 college instructors who have used the Web to share
syllabi and course resources in the World Lecture Hall or MERLOT.org The report
examines instructor training, support, and resource exchange, as well as e-learning
attrition rates, decision-making, and tool preferences. The second report, "Online
Training in an Online World," based on survey responses of 201 corporate trainers,
looks at the types of training offered online, organizational factors limiting
the adoption of e-learning, preferred e-learning instructional approaches, and
e-learning assessment.
For more information, visit: http://publicationshare.com/.
Awards, Deals, Contracts in the Higher Ed Community
- Five Pennsylvania colleges and universities purchased licenses for the Campus
Pipeline Web Platform to provide Web access to campus information and services.
The schools are Drexel University, Lehigh University, Philadelphia College
of Osteopathic Medicine, Saint Joseph's University, and York College. The
Campus Pipeline Web Platform is enterprise integration software that serves
as a hub for Web-based campus services.
- The California State University, Fresno, purchased 25 seats of Cosmos/Works,
a computer-aided design platform, from Structural Research & Analysis Corp.
- The University of California, Los Angeles, will equip its police force with
the Mobile Data Browser from HTE Inc., a provider of enterprise-wide software
solutions for government agencies. The software allows officers to wirelessly
exchange messages and graphics files and tap into law enforcement databases
when they are away from the station.