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© Copyright CSAB 2007

CSAB, Inc.

Report to IEEE EAB

February 15, 2008

J. Fernando Naveda

Member, CSAB BoD

Vice-Chair, IEEE-CS EAB

©Copyright CSAB, 2008

CSAB

CSAB member societies: IEEE-CS, ACM, AIS CSAB is the lead society for computer science (CS),

information systems (IS), software engineering (SwE), information technology (IT) programs

CSAB is a cooperating society for computer engineering (CE) programs

CS,IS, and IT accreditations are conducted by CAC of ABET

SwE accreditations are conducted by EAC of ABET


CSAB responsibilities

Development of program criteria PEV selection Training of PEVs Assignment of PEVs Quality control Nomination of CAC commissioners Providing CSAB member societies with a forum for

discussion of accreditation matters Representing CSAB member societies on the ABET

Board


CSAB/IEEE Cooperation

Liaison between CEAA/APC and CSABIEEE EAB VP participates in CSAB summit meetings

Information exchange between CSAB and IEEE Directors to ABET


Numbers of Accredited Computing Programs

Computer Science 230Computer Engineering 198Information Systems 23Software Engineering 15Information Technology 7


Computing Programs Accredited by CAC and EAC


Critical issues

November 30, 2007

• FinancialABET financial issues Since 2002, ABET assessments to CSAB increased by 38% Continuing growth will result in a 3rd CSAB Director to ABET in 2008 Costs associated with participation project

• International issuesInternational accreditation efforts

• Recruiting large numbers of new PEVsIncrease in the number of accredited programsRetirement of first generation of PEVsChanges in training and mentoring

• Potential for new accreditation effortsComputational science

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