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    This document provides a progress report from April 2014 on computing and data analytics. It discusses meetings held in Silicon Valley in March 2014 with industry leaders. Topics covered included industry trends, research partnerships, and recruiting. The meetings highlighted an increasing focus on analytics in business, the need for new interdisciplinary skill combinations, and the importance of technical and social science understanding of security and privacy issues. Recommendations from the meetings included more networking opportunities for students and alumni, creating an innovation center for student projects, and bringing in guest speakers from industry.

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    Computing & Data Analytics

    Progress Report
    April 2014
    Timeline
    November
    2012: Joint
    CBE/RCEAS
    Meeting
    April 2013:
    Consensus
    on Digital
    Media
    Exploration
    Summer
    2013: One-
    on-One
    Interviews
    November
    2013: NYC
    Meeting
    March
    2014:
    Silicon
    Valley
    Meetings
    Silicon Valley Meetings
    Team
    Dan Lopresti,
    CSE Department
    Chair
    Brian Davison,
    CSE Professor
    (on sabbatical at
    Facebook)
    David Wu
    Moe Rinkunas
    Topics
    Industry trends
    Research
    partnerships
    Recruiting
    Connections
    Google
    Facebook
    Avaya (and
    more)
    Silicon Valley Advisors
    Trends & Insights
    Changing
    CMO
    Function
    Increasingly analytic,
    systematic, and data
    driven
    Unmet
    Needs
    New skill
    pairings
    Use Lehighs
    strength in
    interdisciplinary
    programs
    Intersection
    of Tech &
    Start-up
    Cultures
    Security
    & Privacy
    Technical
    understanding along
    with a social science
    view
    Importance
    of
    Analytical
    Mindset
    Comfort with
    numbers and large
    data sets
    Early exposure for
    students
    Data Scientists
    Coders
    Data Visualization
    Recommendations
    More opportunities for networking between alumni
    and with students
    Connections
    Creation of an innovation center to allow students
    to work on projects at companies year-round
    Experiential
    Learning
    Bringing in guest speakers from companies in this
    space
    Idea Sharing
    Increased awareness of faculty research areas
    Reputation
    Building
    Actions
    Connections
    Establishing a
    Lehigh Innovators
    Network affinity
    group
    Experiential
    Learning
    Evaluating
    connections to
    Mountaintop
    experience
    Grants for start-up
    internships
    Idea Sharing
    Three speakers
    this spring
    Compiling list of
    potential future
    speakers
    Reputation
    Building
    Focus of Fall 2013
    Resolve Magazine

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