Insightful Understanding of China's Higher Education and Research in Computer Science and Information Technology
A U.S. Delegation visit to China

May 20 - June 3, 2006


The Program for the U.S.-China Computer Science Leadership Summit:

The Summit will be held in Beihang University

English
Chinese

Tuesday, May 23, 2006
 
 9:00 -  9:30 Welcome
              
              Jingpeng Huai, Executive Vice President, Beihang University (local host of the summit) 
              Peter Freeman, Assistant Director for CISE, US NSF                
              Guojie Li, President of China Federation of Computing 
              Fred Roberts, US Delegation head, Rutgers University

 9:30 - 11:00 State of Art in Education and Research

              State of the Computer Science Departments in US 
              (Marc Snir, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

              Just Six Variables 
              (Daoxu Chen, Nanjing University)

              Discussion theme: Opportunities and Challenges we are facing

11:00 - 11:10 Break

11:10 - 12:40 Ph.D. Training

              Ph.D. required courses
              (Keith Marzullo, University of California San Diego)

              Computer Science Foundations for Ph.D. Students,
              The Carnegie Mellon Perspctive
              (Randy Bryant, Carnegie Mellon University)
             
              Expectations and Quality Control for Ph.D. Students  
              (Martha Pollack, University of Michigan)

              Introduction to the PhD Program of the Department of Computer Science and
              Technology at Tsinghua University
              (Chuang Lin, Tsinghua University)

              The Dragon Star Program
              (Yinghua Min, Tsinghua University)

              Discussion theme: how do further improve computer science Ph.D. graduate programs?

12:40 -  2:00 Lunch

 2:00 -  3:30 Computer Science Faculty Selection and Retaining

              Faculty Development in the US: Selection & Retention and
              the Faculty Life Cycle
              (Debra Richardson, University of California, Irvine, and 
              Valerie Taylor, Texas A&M)

              Organization of Computer Science Faculty in China
              (Dianfu Ma, Beihang University, and Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology)

              Overview of US Computer Science Faculty Life Cycle
              (Debra Richardson, University of California, Irvine, and 
              Valerie Taylor, Texas A&M)

              Faculty Development in the US: Faculty Life Cycle and Retention
              (Debra Richardson, University of California, Irvine, and 
              Valerie Taylor, Texas A&M)

              Junior Faculty Recruitment and Development at HKUST
              (Lionel Ni, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) 

              Expectations and Quatlity Control for Ph.D. Students 
              (Martha Pollack, University of Michigan)

              Development and Promotion of the Faculty Teams in the Schools/Departments
              of Computer Science of the Universities in China
              (Xu Xiaofei, Harbin Institute of Technology)

              Discussion theme: how do we create the best environment for faculty development?
 
 3:30 -  3:50 Break

 3:50 -  5:20 Evaluation of Computer Science Research and its Impact

              An Introduction to China's Science and Technical Programs
              (Cheng Xu, College of EECS, Peking University)

              Comments on Development-Oriented versus Basic Research
              (Jason Cong, University of California, Los Angeles, and Bryant York, Portland State University)

              Evaluating Research and Impact
              (Gurindar Sohi, University of Wisconsin)

              Multi-Dimensional Factors in Academic Research Evaluation
              (Xu Cheng, Peking University, and Xiaodong Zhang, Ohio State University)

              Discussion theme: how do we weight technical innovations vs basic research?

 5:20 -  6:20 Funding Agencies and Computer Science Research Centers

              R&D Orientation of Computer Science and Technology 
              in Chinese R&D Organizations
              (Wang Huaimin, School of Computer Science and Technology, NUDT)

              Expectations and Quality Control for PH.D. Students 
              (Martha Pollack, University of Michigan) 

              Research Centers in Computer Science: A New Way of Doing Science
              (Fred Roberts, Rutgers University)

              Overview of USA National Science Foundation
              (Wei Zhao, US National Science Foundation)

              Basic Research on Information Sciences Supported by NSFC
              (Zhiyong Liu, NSFC)

 6:20 -  6:50 Cooperation and Dialogues

              How to Understand and Cooperate between US-China in CS	      
              (Jingpeng Huai, Beihang University)

              Next Steps
              Jingpeng Huai, Beihang University
	      Fred Roberts, Rutgers University 
 
 7:30         Banquet: speaker Andrew Yao (Tsinghua University)- 
              


中美计算机科学高峰论坛

US-China Computer Science Leadership Summit

中国北京

一、中美计算机科学高峰论坛议程

时间:2006523日上午900

地点:北京航空航天大学如心会议中心大报告厅

上午9:00 - 9:30,开幕式

北京航空航天大学常务副校长怀进鹏教授

美国国家科学基金会副主任Peter Freeman教授

中国国家自然科学基金委员会领导

中国计算机学会领导

美国资深计算机科学家代表团团长Fred Stephen Roberts教授

上午9:30 - 11:00,计算机科学教育与科研状况

美国计算机科学教育与科研工作的基本状况(美国Marc Snir教授)

中国计算机科学教育与科研工作的基本状况(中国陈道蓄教授)

讨论题目:计算机科学教育与科研界面临的机遇与挑战

上午11:00 - 11: 10,茶歇

上午11:10 - 12:40,计算机系(学院)的教师队伍建设

美国计算机科学教师队伍的构建过程(美国Debra RichardsonValerie Taylor 教授)

中国计算机科学的教师队伍建设(中国徐晓飞教授、马殿富教授)

香港计算机科学的教师队伍建设(香港Lionel M. Ni教授)

讨论题目:如何为计算机科学的教师队伍创造最好的发展环境?

中午12:40 - 14:00,中餐

下午14:00 - 15:30,计算机科学专业的博士生培养

美国计算机科学博士生的基本素质培养(美国Randy BryantKeith Marzullo教授)

面向博士生培养的中美合作项目:龙星讲座(中国闵应骅研究员)

中国计算机科学专业的博士生培养机制与挑战(中国林闯教授)

讨论题目:如何改进计算机科学专业的博士生培养机制?

下午15:30 - 15:40,茶歇

下午15:40 - 17:10,计算机科学研究的创新机制与评估方法

美国如何评估计算机科学研究工作(美国Gurindar SohiMary Lou Soffa教授)

技术研究与基础研究的比较(美国Marc Snir、丛京生教授)

中美计算机科学研究评估的比较(美国张晓东教授、中国程旭教授)

讨论题目:如何协调发展计算机科学的技术创新与基础研究?

下午17:10 - 18:10,计算机科学的基金管理机构与研究承担机构

中美基金管理机构的领导作用比较(中国刘志勇研究员、美国赵伟教授)

美国计算机科学研究所的生存之道(美国Fred Stephen Roberts教授)

中国计算机科学研究机构的发展道路(中国徐志伟研究员、中国杨学军教授)

下午18:10 - 18:40,中美计算机科学的合作与交流

中美计算机科学的未来合作机遇(中国怀进鹏教授,美国Fred Stephen Roberts教授)

讨论题目:如何进一步开展中美计算机科学界的合作与交流?

晚上18:50 - 20:20,晚宴

晚上18:50 - 19:00

晚宴致辞,中国国家自然科学基金委员会副主任孙家广院士

晚上20:00 - 20:20

计算机科学(计算机系)的发展历程与未来方向(清华大学姚期智教授)

 


 

二、美国代表团访问日程

时间:2006520----2006520

地点:北京

2006 5 20 日,星期六

抵达北京,入住翠宫饭店

2006 5 21 日,星期日

参观长城、十三陵

翠宫饭店晚餐小组会

2006 5 22 日,星期一

上午:访问微软亚洲研究院、访问IBM研究中心

下午:访问中科院计算所

2006 5 23 日,星期二

中美计算机科学高峰论坛(北京航空航天大学)

2006 5 24 日,星期三

上午:美国国家科学基金会驻北京办公室揭幕庆典(10:00AM-2:00PM

下午:参观天安门广场及故宫博物院

晚上:参观中国传统杂技

2006 5 25 日,星期四

上午:访问清华大学、访问北京大学

下午:分三组赴西安、南京和上海

 


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