INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN AMBIENT COMPUTING EDUCATION1

Abstract

Funded by the US-EU Atlantis Program,
International Cooperation in Ambient Computing Education
Project is establishing an international knowledge-building
community for developing a broader computer science
curriculum aimed at preparing students for real-world
problems in a multidisciplinary, global world. The project is
collaboration among the universities of Troy (USA),
Sunderland (UK), FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany),
Algarve (Portugal), Arkansas at Little Rock (USA) and San
Diego State (USA). The curriculum will include aspects of
social science, cognitive science, human-computer
interaction, organizational studies, global studies, and
particular application areas as well as core computer
science subjects. Programs offered at partner institutions
will form trajectories through the curriculum. A degree will
be defined in terms of combinations of trajectories which
will satisfy degree requirements set by accreditation
organizations. This is expected to lead to joint- or dualdegree
programs among the partner institutions in the
future.

 

 

Index Terms ⎯ EU-US cooperation in higher education,
ambient computing, computer science education, student
mobility.