Computing Research Outcomes

We have identified several areas of computing research that have strategic importance for Florida Tech, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Computer Sciences and Cybersecurity. Within a few years, we expect to achieve research goals that have been documented in Computing Research Objectives. To determine if we are moving in the right direction, we outline here a set of immediate and continual outcomes that can be used to steer our research course. How these outcomes will be measured is described in Computing Research Assessment.

Research and scholarship is required of faculty and expected of students. Although the research and scholarship of faculty is intertwined with that of students, we choose for simplicity to separate the expected outcomes even though they often overlap or are identical. Besides faculty and students, there must be research infrastructure and resources available.

Research Infrastructure Outcomes

Faculty and students must be provided an environment conducive to research and scholarship. The university, college, and department must be able to acquire research space, equipment, faculty, support staff, and students in order to establish this environment. With the assistance of the university and the college of engineering, the department will be able to:

  1. Acquire adequate research laboratory and office space.
  2. Acquire adequate research equipment: computers, software, networks, and peripherals.
  3. Recruit faculty willing and able to conduct research in established areas or in new areas ripe with potential.
  4. Recruit students willing and able to collaborate with faculty and other students in the development of research programs.

Faculty Research Outcomes

Faculty are required to conduct research and engage in scholarly activity. To do so, the university and department must provide an environment that is conducive to this effort. The faculty research outcomes listed here are not to be interpreted as requirements on individual members of the faculty, but expectations on the faculty as a whole with individuals contributing in part.

Under the above assumptions and restrictions, faculty in the department will be able to:

  1. Publish their research in peer-refereed journals and conferences.
  2. Write books or chapters on subjects in which they are expert.
  3. Develop preliminary research results for publication in technical reports, conferences and workshops that are not fully refereed, but reviewed.
  4. Gain recognition as invited speakers at conferences and organizations.
  5. Apply for and receive external funding to support their research.
  6. Develop useful software applications.
  7. Participate in the organization of conferences and workshops.
  8. Integrate their research into the curriculum.

Student Research Outcomes

Students are expected to conduct research and engage in scholarly activity, in particular, Ph.D. students are required to do so. The university and department must provide an environment that is conducive to this effort.

The student research outcomes listed here are not to be interpreted as requirements on individual students, but expectations on the department's student body as a whole with individuals contributing in part.

Under the above assumptions and restrictions, students in the department will be able to:

  1. Collaborate in research that leads to publication peer-refereed journals and conferences.
  2. Contribute to books or book chapters.
  3. Author preliminary research results for publication in technical reports, and reviewed conferences and workshops.
  4. Receive tuition and stipends for participation in research projects.
  5. Develop useful software applications.
  6. Participate in conferences and workshops.
  7. Learn new research results through special topics and advanced course work.