Academia and IBM Path for Innovation

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec
Symbiotic relationships between Academia and IBM: a path for innovation and success
Ignacio Trejos Zelaya Universidad Cenfotec
IBM Technical Exchange 2013.09.11

The need to develop this muscle
The original sin: Cenfotec originated from an industry need!
Origins of Cenfotec (1998..1999)

Demand for technology Demand for trained workforce Insufficient supply (quantity, quality, diversity) Growing local industry Impact on development
Concept development
Based on knowledge Software technology trends & opportunities Computing Curricula (ACM, IEEE, BCS)
Local software industry Intensive software users Academic Experience
Software Engineering good practices
Accreditation in Engineering and Technology
ICT capability levels

R&D
4
Design & specification

3
Ph.D., M.Sc.
Traditional emphasis in Costa Rica
M.Sc., Ing. (Lic., B.Sc.)
Construction (from specification)

1
Diplomado (Associate)
Execution
Technician 2
Part of an eco-system
Global IT Environment
Other influences
Information on success
Industrys MNCs Industrys local Companies CAMTIC
Creative specialists Soft skills English Large amount of pofessionals
Government
Transparency Aligned joint work QA
Society Research centers
SCR (better allgned with the strategy) Information
Parents
Information Convenience (location) Price / financing Safety for children
V. Couns ellors
Prospects
Joint Research
Cenfotec
CINDE + PROCOMER
Technical Support Information
Students
Advise/ Information Price/ financing Convenience Social confirmation
Professors
New gradu ates
Alumni
Sector professionals
Professional updating programs Valuable liasons / joint events
Quality programs Quality professors Infrastructure Convenience Social confirmation
Update Better benefits Sense of belonging
13
Job bank Headhunters / companies needs
Continued education / update Post graduates Valuable liasons (jobmania)
Update Information on universities
Affiliations
Software Division
HASTQB
Academic and industry alliances
Academic Initiative
15
Good practices are needed!
Project- based curriculum

Team-based: roles,integrative Realistic projects: real clients, real development Increasing complexity Planned autonomy growth
autonoma
tiempo
Employer testimonials
Cenfotecs students and graduates are very versatile and adaptable persons to the diverse engineering processes that ArtInSoft has. Thanks to the technical knowledge and its practical application, that Cenfotec so deeply teaches, their students and graduates have demonstrated to be highly productive individuals in our working environment, without requiring long learning curves. Working with Cenfotec has been a successful experience." Dr. Ivn Sanabria Piretti, Artinsoft
Productivity and learning curves
productivity
tiempo time
And communication between disciplines!
Employers and customers
8 years after CAMTIC+FLACSO+UCR/PROSIC
Quality of graduates / institution [scale 1 .. 5]

Centro de enseanza Instituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica Universidad Nacional CENTRO DE FORMACION EN TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACION Universidad Latina Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologa Universidad Estatal a Distancia Universidad Interamericana Universidad Internacional de las Amricas Universidad Hispanoamericana Universidad Metropolitana Castro Carazo Universidad Central Universidad Magister ndice formacin 4.40 4.30 3.84 3.46 3.29 3.12 3.07 2.89 2.84 2.59 2.42 2.34 2.31
4 years
2 years
3 years 4 years
3 years
*Study by CAMTIC/FLACSO IDRC, 2008 Perception of employers about the quality graduates, per educational institution
Galardn Educacin Cmara de Comercio de Costa Rica, 2008
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Universidad Cenfotec (AD 2011) an ICT-focused University
Master & postgrad certificates Licenciatura Bachelor In-house training Associate Technical program Open training
Value proposition
New brand: Universidad Cenfotec
Second option to UCR or TEC (till 2014)l
Former brand: Cenfotec
Current, high-level knowledge High-quality, rigorous Relevant, focused Managers will trust Cenfotecs brand Articulation, progress paths Post-graduates Continuing education Certifications Accreditation
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Program articulation
Undergraduate
(Post-)Graduate
Technician
Associate (Diplomado)
Bachelor, Licenciatura
Specialization (post-graduate Certificate)
Master
2nd. year 4th. year 3rd. year 2nd. year 16 mos. (PT) 9 to 12 months
25
Six (sub-)disciplines
CS
IS
CE
SE
IT
NW
Program development roadmap

Technical programs <= 2008
Software development (T) IT support (T)
Associate & Bachelor

Software development (A) Software Engineering (B) (@ U. Latina)
Specialist & Master
2009+
Testing & sw quality (T)
ICT (A)
Database technology (S) [BI, DBA]
2010+
Interactive Web design & development (T) Networking (T+) CCNA Networking (T)
Software Engineering (B) ICT (B) Networking (A) Interactive Web development (A)
Database technology (M) [BI, DBA] Software Q & process (S, M) Cybersecurity (S, M)
2013+
Communication Technologies (T) Interactive Web design (T)
InformationSystems (B) Networking & telecom m (B, L) Interactive Digital Media (B, L) Software Engineering (L) ICT (L) Game development (L)
Software Engineering (M) [Design & Architecture] IT Services Management (S, M) Software Engineering (M) [Reqs+Domain, Sw technology] Innovative Digital Business Mgt (M)
On-going
Pending approval
In design
Planned
IBM Academic Initiative

The IBM Academic Initiative provides fantastic resources for teaching and experimentation
IBM, on Cybersecurity curriculum
Curriculum development
Validation Needs analysis Information resources Teaching resources
Internships
IBM, on instructors and professors
Invited talks
(Co-)teaching
Start with invited talks
Joint community outreach
We need more women in technology!
Social responsibility + TCU
Mentoring
Sponsoring workers for their studies
Sponsoring (u)graduate theses and research

Prototyping nice stuff! (e.g. instrumentation, sensors, analytics for Smart Cities)
Co-publishing
Joint research? Co-patenting?
Pulling CR academia to OSS developments

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Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

The need to develop this muscle

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

The original sin: Cenfotec originated from an industry need!

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Origins of Cenfotec (1998..1999)

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Local software industry Intensive software users Academic Experience

Software Engineering good practices

Accreditation in Engineering and Technology

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

ICT capability levels

Design & specification

Traditional emphasis in Costa Rica

M.Sc., Ing. (Lic., B.Sc.)

Construction (from specification)

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Industrys MNCs Industrys local Companies CAMTIC

Creative specialists Soft skills English Large amount of pofessionals

Transparency Aligned joint work QA

Society Research centers

SCR (better allgned with the strategy) Information

Technical Support Information

New gradu ates

Professional updating programs Valuable liasons / joint events

Quality programs Quality professors Infrastructure Convenience Social confirmation

Update Better benefits Sense of belonging

Job bank Headhunters / companies needs

Continued education / update Post graduates Valuable liasons (jobmania)

Update Information on universities

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Academic and industry alliances

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Good practices are needed!

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Project- based curriculum

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Productivity and learning curves

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

And communication between disciplines!

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Employers and customers

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

8 years after CAMTIC+FLACSO+UCR/PROSIC

Quality of graduates / institution [scale 1 .. 5]

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Galardn Educacin Cmara de Comercio de Costa Rica, 2008

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Universidad Cenfotec (AD 2011) an ICT-focused University

Former brand: Cenfotec

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Specialization (post-graduate Certificate)

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec

Program development roadmap