EE/CS Education for the Future

The Third KAIST-Stanford Technology Forum Conference

presented by the US-Asia Technology Management Center

EE/CS Education for the Future

June 17, 2003
Bechtel Conference Center in Encina Hall, Stanford University
RSVP required: Please email Viji Jagannathan at viji at stanford dot edu
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Schedule

Slides

8:45 AM	Opening Remarks Professor James Plummer, Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University Professor Myung Jin Chung, Dean, School of Information Technology, Chair, EECS Department, KAIST
Morning	Session Theme: "Getting to the Frontier" Challenges to EE/CS curricula as a result of continuing technology advancement. How can EE & CS departments prepare students to reach the leading edge of technologies, when that leading edge keeps moving farther and farther away from the basic-level curriculum? These sessions will also address the teaching of skills versus theory and also the teaching of underlying scientific background and tools, i.e. math and physics.
9:15	Keynote 1: Undergraduate Education in Electrical Engineering at Stanford Professor Bruce Wooley, Chair, EE Department, Stanford	Slides [ppt]
9:45	Keynote 2: EE Education in KAIST Professor Hyun Wook Park, EECS Dept., KAIST	Slides [ppt]
10:15	Break
10:30	Panel Discussion on “Skills & Theory” How to Keep Up Professor Jin Hyung Kim, CS, KAIST Professor Byung Kook Kim, EE, KAIST Professor Mark Horowitz, EE & CS, Stanford Professor Hector Garcia-Molina, Chair, CS Department, Stanford	Slides: J. H. Kim [ppt] B. K. Kim [pdf] Horowitz [ppt] Garcia-Molina [ppt]
12:00 PM	Lunch
Afternoon	Session Theme: "Well-Rounded Curricula for EE & CS" The role of "other" subjects in EE & CS curricula, industry participation and work experiences, entrepreneurship education.
1:15	Keynote 1: Building an Undergraduate Curriculum through University-Industry Partnerships Professor Steve Kang, Dean of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz	Slides [pdf]
1:45	Keynote 2: The "Entrepreneurship" Opportunity Professor Tom Byers, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford	Slides [ppt]
2:15	Keynote 3: Interdisciplinary Education to Combine EECS and Biological Science Professor Soo-Young Lee, Chair, Department of Bio Systems, KAIST	Slides [ppt]
2:45	Break
3:00	Panel and General Discussion with the Audience on "The Importance of a Well-Rounded Educational Experience" Including topics such as biology and other sciences, experiences outside the classroom, entrepreneurship and other topics. Professor Hyun Seung Yang, EE & CS, KAIST John Howard, Visiting Scholar, Stanford Professor Steve Kang, Dean of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz Professor Soo-Young Lee, Chair, Department of Bio Systems, KAIST Moderated by Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center
4:55	Closing Remarks