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President's Message for 2010 I am pleased, as 2010-2011 President of CSAB, Inc., to report to you the major events of 2010. First, I wish to extend my appreciation to the Representative Directors on the CSAB Board. Without their dedication and many volunteer hours, our mission would not be successful. The directors for the majority of the year were:
I also wish to extend my appreciation to the Alternate Directors on the CSAB Board for their dedication and many volunteer hours. The alternate directors were:
I would especially like to thank my Executive Committee, Barbara Price, Curtis Carver, and Patrick Walsh. As will be discussed below, we have had a very busy year; in addition to the normal CSAB business, we have continued our transition to new executive leadership and dealt with the aftermath of the termination of our relationship with a former member society. CSAB named two Fellows in 2010, Past President Pat Walsh and former IEEE-CS Representative Director Elizabeth Unger. Pat has been involved in CSAB accreditation activities since 1986. He has chaired the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, was appointed ACM Representative Director to CSAB from 2004 to 2010, served as CSAB President from 2007 to 2009, and has been one of CSAB’s ABET Representative Directors since 2005. Pat will continue to serve as Past President in 2011. Beth was among the first program evaluators to serve CSAB in the early 1980s and was Chair of CSAB’s Computing Science Accreditation Commission from 1999 to 2001 when the commission merged with ABET. She served on the CSAB Board of Directors representing the IEEE Computer Society from 2005 to 2009. I would also like to recognize some other Board members whose service to CSAB is ending: Bob Sloan filled out Art Price’s term representing IEEE-CS when Art became an ABET employee. His perspective has always made his contributions to Board discussions as a RD and ARD extremely valuable. Accreditation: CSAB continues to be an active and vital organization that has been effective in promoting the quality of education in computing since its inception in 1985. CSAB is the ABET-designated lead society for accrediting programs in Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), and Software Engineering (SwE). CSAB is also a co-operating society for accrediting programs in Biological Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Information Engineering Technology. CSAB continues its important work to improve the quality of computing education and enhance the standing of computing professionals. We now touch more than 375 programs worldwide:
CSAB has an absolutely marvelous core of volunteers. In July 2010, the following volunteers were recognized as PAVE training facilitators:
As PAVE training mentors:
Program criteria webinar developers and facilitators:
We awarded certificates of appreciation to the following individuals for their service to CSAB: Manton Matthews George Pothering Ray Greenlaw Gayle Yaverbaum Susan Schall ABET: The CSAB representatives to the ABET board are:
In March 2010, Larry Jones was elected Board Liaison to the ABET Executive Committee by the ABET Board. Larry was installed in October 2010 and is the first computing professional to serve as a member of the ABET Board Executive Committee. Member Societies: We continue to hold summit meetings with our member societies, ACM and the IEEE-CS. The volunteer leadership, chief executive officers, and executive directors of these societies have provided invaluable leadership and continue to strongly support the mission and work of CSAB. These summit meetings with the participating societies have provided an excellent forum to keep the member societies informed about the ongoing activities and the challenges faced by CSAB. These meetings have focused on issues critical to CSAB, such as containing costs by adjusting the ABET financial model, Program Evaluator recruiting and training, coordinating industry support, and discussing international issues. Also, we will continue to cooperate with the CEAA and the EAB of the IEEE. We are continually exploring new opportunities to better serve education, our member societies, and the computing profession, both at home and abroad. We will face many challenges, notably training issues, internationalization, and controlling costs. I gratefully acknowledge and recognize all the Board members, Board alternates, and committee Chairs for their contributions to the growth of computing accreditation and for improving the quality of computing programs. I am very proud to have served as your president in 2010 and was honored this year to recognize Pat Walsh and Beth Unger as a CSAB Fellows. Last but not least, my thanks and appreciation to all our volunteers serving as CAC, EAC, and TAC commissioners, team chairs, and program evaluators for their present and past service. Stephen B. Seidman
President's Message for 2009 I am pleased, as 2007-2009 president of CSAB Inc., to report to you the major events of 2009. First, I wish to extend my appreciation to the directors on the CSAB Board. Without their dedication and many volunteer hours, our mission would not be successful. The directors for the majority of the year were: • Barbara Price, representing ACM I also wish to extend my appreciation to the alternate directors on the CSAB Board for their dedication and many volunteer hours. The alternate directors were: • Robert Sloan, representing IEEE-CS I would especially like to thank my executive committee, Murali Varanasi, Larry Jones, George Kasper, and Art Price. As will be discussed below, we have had a very busy year, in addition to the normal CSAB business: We hired a new executive director and dealt with an errant member society. Without the efforts of these four gentlemen, CSAB would not have been able to achieve its mission. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, this is their last year on the CSAB board. Murali Varanasi served the Board as past president. Murali joined CSAB in 1992, served as a CSAB team chair, as CSAB Treasurer from 2001 to 2005, as CSAB president from 2005 to 2007, and as past president since then. It is with much appreciation that we bid Murali farewell. He was instrumental in the success of many activities during his tenure, including the expansion of accreditation to Information Systems and Information Technology and the beginning of a search committee for a new Executive Director, and he guided us through some hard financial times. We will miss his contributions, advice, and wisdom. Larry Jones is leaving the Board, having served six years, currently as our treasurer. Larry started his volunteer accreditation activities in 1989 as a program evaluator. He was named member-at-large to the CAC, then vice chair of operations, chair-elect, and chair. After serving as chair of the CAC, Larry was named chair of the ABET Accreditation Council, where he lead the efforts on inter-commission cooperation leading to harmonization of accreditation criteria, improved training of evaluators, and overall greater cooperation among ABET’s commissions. In addition to these direct ABET duties, Larry managed the CSAB finances and was an integral part of the financial design to insure there are no unplanned increases in our member society assessments. George Kasper is leaving the Board, having represented AIS and served as the at-large member of the executive committee. Throughout this year of heightened Information Systems activity, George has been a true and consistent supporter of CSAB and the CSAB mission. George’s insight into Information Systems programs and criteria and his insights into the Information Systems community will be missed. Art Price served as the board vice president for most of the year; however, he resigned last summer to accept a position at ABET as the adjunct accreditation director for computing. Art has devoted an ungodly amount of time to CSAB (probably two to three hours/day). His contributions are thorough, outstanding, and timely. As an example, he volunteered to do the initial interviews of all 10 finalists for the CSAB executive director position--at an hour each plus write-up time. He has also played an integral role in the detailed examination of CSAB’s finances. The primary contribution Art has provided is as a consistent, fair, always-available training coordinator. Without Art's involvement, CSAB would not have been able to meet its training commitment to ABET. Art previously served for many years as a PEV, team chair, and commissioner for ABET's CAC. Bob Sloan has been named to serve the remainder of Art’s term as a director representing IEEE-CS. I would also like to recognize some other Board members whose service to CSAB is ending: Beth Unger is leaving the board after serving four years as a representative director for IEEE-CS. Beth developed and managed the online training system that was used to re-train more than 100 of CSAB’s PEVs on the new CAC criteria. Beth’s vast accreditation experience and her efforts to modernize our training delivery are very much appreciated. Heikki Topi is also leaving the board after serving as an alternate representative director for AIS. I would like to thank Heikki for his level headed approach to dealing with Information Systems issues this past year. AIS: The Association for Information Systems (AIS) has chosen to withdraw its membership in CSAB, Inc., effective September 2009. Be assured, however, that this will have no effect on CAC/ABET-accredited information systems (IS) programs nor IS programs seeking accreditation or reaccreditation in the future. CSAB led IS accreditation before AIS was a member society, and CSAB will continue to be the lead ABET member society for IS programs. In this capacity, CSAB has responsibility for the development of IS accreditation criteria, the selection and training of IS program evaluators, and the nomination of IS members to the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. AIS’s withdrawal will have no effect on CSAB’s status or role within ABET and the ABET accreditation process. CSAB’s founding member societies, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), remain active participants in and dedicated supporters of CSAB. Both societies have IS expertise within their membership, including special interest groups, and both have committed to assist in leveraging this expertise for CSAB. In short, AIS’s withdrawal will have no impact on IS programs, on CSAB’s role within ABET, or on ABET-accredited and potentially accredited programs. This withdraw will also have no effect on the assessments of our other member societies. Accreditation: CSAB continues to be an active and vital organization that has been effective in promoting the quality of education in the computing sciences since its inception in 1985. CSAB is the ABET designated lead society for accrediting programs in Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT) and Software Engineering (SwE). CSAB is also a co-operating society for accrediting programs in Biological Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Engineering Technology. CSAB continues its important work to improve the quality of computing education and enhance the standing of computing professionals. Below you will find the annual state of the organization and the accomplishments of this year and plans for the future. In our core business as the ABET lead society for accrediting programs in computing science, software engineering, information systems and information technology we have accredited more than 300 programs: • Computer Science 271 We have an absolutely marvelous core of volunteers. In July 2009, the following volunteers were recognized as PAVE training facilitators: • Barbara Price As PAVE training mentors: • Judy Solano, Mentoring Coordinator Program Criteria Webinar Facilitators: • Ken Martin Awarded certificates of appreciation for their service to CSAB: • Hwan Chung, ABET Staff, Lead Software Engineer: For providing CSAB with exceptional support throughout the introduction of the ABET training website. ABET: Art Price also resigned from the ABET board, where he served as a representative of CSAB. We were pleased to appoint Larry Jones to fill the remainder of Art’s appointment, which runs to October 2011. The CSAB representatives to the CSAB board are: • Larry Jones, representative director to October 2011 • Murali Varanasi, representative director to October 2012 • Patrick Walsh, representative director to October 2010 • Kay G. Schulze, alternate representative director to October 2009 • Heikki Topi, alternate representative director to October 2009 Appointments for alternate representative directors past October 2009 will be discussed during our October 2009 Board meeting. I also serve on the ABET finance committee and am pleased to report that the ABET finances are in very good shape. The ABET 2009 fiscal year-end profit forecast continues to improve; it is expected that greater than 1.5 million will be contributed to the ABET reserves this fiscal year. As a member society of ABET, we have no reason to be concerned with their financial situation or ability to manage it in the future. Patrick LaMalva, our Executive Director for the last 19 years has decided to retire; we wish Pat a happy and peaceful retirement.
I gratefully acknowledge and recognize all the Board members, Board alternates, and committee chairs for their contributions to the growth of computing accreditation and for improving the quality of computing programs. I am very proud to have served as your president for 2007-2009 and was honored this year to recognize Art Price as a CSAB Fellow. Last but not least, my thanks and appreciation to all our volunteers serving as CAC commissioners, team chairs, and program evaluators for their present and past service. Patrick J. Walsh |
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