Prof. dr Mile Stoj čev Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis

1. Public Presentation TEMPUS project (CD-JEP 16160/2001) Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher EducationProject activities and achievments Prof. dr Mile Stojčev Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis

2. Outline • Consortium • About the project • Organizational Structure • Realization of project activities • Main events during the project • Innovations in teaching • Key successes • Dissemination • Project Web site • Remaining activities • Photo gallery

3. Consortium • Contractor institution: • CSUD – Computer Science Department, University of Dortmund, Germany • Coordinating institution: • FEEN – Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia and Montenegro • Consortium members: • TEIA – Technological Education Institution of Athens, Greece • FNSMS – Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia • FSMN – Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Nis, Serbia and Montenegro

4. About the project Project is supported by European CommissionDirectorate-GeneralXXIIEducation, TrainingandYouthTempusJointEuropeanProject(JEP) • Type of the project: • Curriculum Development JEP • Duration of the project: • 3 years

5. About the project Project Objective: To innovate undergraduate curricula in computer science, by restructuring existing and involving new high quality courses, flexible enough to adapt to the new technologies and the future one's. To develop cooperation between consortium partners.

6. Outcomes • Reconstructions of CS courses in fields: ComputerArchitecture (CA), Logic Design (LD), Data Base Systems (DBS), Computer Networks (CNet) and Internet & E-Technologies (IntET). • New subjects in Computer Science. • New teaching environment in CS courses and retraining of teaching staff. • Progress reviewed and future activities planed.

7. Organizational Structure CA LD Project Contractor DBS prof. dr Claudio Moraga University of Dortmund CNET IET External Expert prof. dr Rolf Drechsler University of Bremen Project Coordinator prof. dr Mile Stojčev Faculty of Electronic Engineering Central Management Team prof. dr Katerina Georgouli – TEIA, prof. dr Marjan Gušev – FNSMS, prof.dr Ivan Milentijević – FEEN, prof. dr Miroslav Ćirić - FSMN Workgroup for Computer Architecture Workgroup for Logic Design Workgroup for Database Systems Workgroup for Computer Networks Workgroup for Internet and E-technologies

8. Realization of Travels More then 30 colleagues from FEEN were involved.

9. Student mobility program Four week practical placement of undergraduate students from FEEN at partner institutions • 7 students at University of Dortmund (realized) • 4 students at TEI Athens (realized) • 4 students at FNSM Skopje (ongoing) Program is evaluated as “an example of good practice” by NTO for Serbia and Montenegro. Student mobility program will be presented at DAAD-Bologna Conference in Bonn, March 17th 2005.

10. Student mobility program Key of success lies in rigorous selection procedure. We evaluated the following: • average mark during the studies • interview • number of passed courses • language proficiency in English (or German) • average mark from the group of courses • laboratory work • results international competitions • duration of study

11. Realization of publishing activities The following issues have been published at Faculty of Electronic Engineering: • Proceedings of Workshops on Computer Science Education • 14 textbooks • two regular issues of Facta Universitatis

12. Innovations in teaching (formal approach) • New topics involved in more than 20 different courses • Five completely new courses (first delivered for the first time in winter semester 2003/04, others in winter semester 2004/05) are involved in current curricula at Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis: • Software Engineering • Embedded systems • Mobile and wireless services • Software design using design patterns • Databases – advanced techniques • Work on reconstructing CS courses and involving new courses in existing CS curriculum initiated the work on draft version of new CS curriculum and ECTS implementation. First proposals have already been discussed.

13. Main events during the project(6 WSs + 2 Symp) • Workshop on Computer Science Education (Skoplje September 30th - October 1st) • Workshop on Computer Science Education (Nis October 2nd - October 3rd) • Symposium on Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education(TEI, Athens, April 21st, 2003) • Workshop on Lab. Practicing in CS Education(FEEN, Nis, June 18th, 2003) • Workshop on Innovations in Teaching Computer Science Courses(FEEN, Nis, October 7th, 2003)

14. Main events during the project(6 WSs + 2 Symp) • Workshop on Teaching Methods In Computer Science Courses(FNSMS, Skopje, October 08th, 2003) • Workshop on Tools for CS Education(FNSMS, Skopje – Bitola, December 11th – 14th, 2003) • Symposium on Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education: Retraining of Young teaching staff(TEI, Athens, February 24th-27th, 2004) • Joint working group meetings(CSUD, University of Dortmund, March 15th and 19th, 2004) WSs and Symps were specific checkpoints for the project.

15. Key successes • Proceedings of Workshops on Computer Science Education • 14 textbooks • Establishing new teaching environment

16. Key successes - Proceedings • Proceedings of Workshops on Computer Science Education • The Proceedings describes the impact of new fundamentals on undergraduate CS engineering courses at all five participating academic institutions of our joint project during the first two years of this project. • Six Workshops and two Symposiums in two years. • In total, 120 presentations, and 164 participants from 15 different academic institutions take active parts during the preparation of the material and numerous discussions related to presentation of the achieved results of our joint project. • 35 papers passed the referee procedure for publication in this special issue PROCEEDINGS. The contributed papers were divided into six sessions, on innovations curriculum, lab practicing, teaching tools, Internet technologies, Mathematics in computer science, and selected topics.

17. Key successes - Textbooks • MATHEMATICS - The Collection of TestsI. Milovanovic, B. Randjelovic • Numerical Mathematics - A collection of solved ProblemsG. V. Milovanovic, M. A. Kovacevic, M. M. Spalevic • Computer Techniques and Informatics - Questions for the Entrance ExamM. Stankovic • Microcomputer systems - The Collection of Solved ProblemsM. Stojcev, T. Stankovic • Microprocessor Architecture, Part IM. Stojcev

18. Key successes - Textbooks • Laboratory Manual for Microprocessor SystemsT. Stankovic, S. Ristic, M. Krstic, I. Andrejic, and M. Stojcev • Switching Theory for Logic SynthesisTsutomu Sasao; translated by R. Stankovic • Computer Architecture and OrganizationN. Milenkovic • Lab Manual for Artificial Intelligence CourseL. Stoimenov, and A. Milosavljevic • Lab Manual for Data Structures Course Using JavaS. Djordjevic-Kajan, L. Stoimenov, and A. Dimitrijevic

19. Key successes - Textbooks • Lab Manual for Databases Course Using OracleS. Djordjevic-Kajan, L. Stoimenov • Lab Manual for Parallel Computer Systems Course E. Milovanovic, V. Ciric • Discreet Networks and Signal ProcessingV. Stojanovic

20. Key successes - New teaching environment • What does it mean? • New labs with new equipment • Using modern multimedia teaching tools • Web support to teaching

21. a) New labs with new equipment What did we do? • Two new teaching labs were established with one server and 16 PC workstations each. • New digital projectors are at Computer Science Department teaching staff disposal. Lab practical classes from more than twenty different courses are delivered in these Labs.

22. b, c) MTT + Web support • Modern teaching tools are applied at teaching • Important innovations relate to using and developing original multimedia teaching tools (SimArch for Computer Architectures, Intelligent Tutoring System for Databases, Simulators for Computer Networks). • A lot of teaching material has been prepared for Web publication • E-Forum for discussion about proposals for new CS curriculum has been initiated (http://cs.elfak.ni.ac.yu/forum/).

23. Dissemination The following dissemination actions were undertaken: • Proceedings on Workshops on Computer Science Education was published • 6 Workshops and 2 Symposiums were organized • 14 textbooks and manuals were printed • Presentation of project results was delivered at Tempus Information Day – Athens, Greece, November 3rd, 2003. • Web site was regularly updated (http://tempus.elfak.ni.ac.yu)

24. Web site All current activities and achieved results concerning the Project CD_JEP-16160-2001 can be found at web address http://tempus.elfak.ni.ac.yu tempus@elfak.ni.ac.yu

25. Web site • Why is the site so important? • We announce incoming events on the site. • We inform our colleagues about the project. • The site contains a lot of presentations with high quality academic contents. • Follow-up, for each event, is available on the site. • The site provides information about the status of the project. • The site is an open report for the Commission.

26. Remaining activities • Four week stays at EU universities for retraining teaching staff. • Purchasing of new laboratory equipment – development boards and PCs • Workshop on CS education, March 4th 2005, Niš • Special issue of Facta Universitatis on CS education • Final report