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Ignacio Trejos + Cenfotec


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Symbiotic relationships betweenAcademia and IBM:

a path for innovation and success

Ignacio Trejos Zelaya

Universidad Cenfotec

IBM Technical Exchange 2013.09.11


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The need to develop this muscle


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The original sin: Cenfotec originated from anindustry 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

Local software

industry

Intensive

software users

Software technology

trends &

opportunities

Computing Curricula

(ACM, IEEE, BCS)

Software

Engineering

good practices

Academic

Experience

Accreditation in

Engineering and

Technology

Based onknowledge



ICT capability levels

Ph.D., M.Sc.

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

Technician

R&D

Design &

specification

Construction

(from specification)

Execution

Diplomado (Associate)

Traditional emphasisin Costa Rica

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Part of an eco-system

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Global IT Environment

Cenfotec

StudentsAlumni

New

gradu

atesProfessors

Parents

Other

influences

V.

Couns

ellors

Sector

professionals

Society

Prospects

Industrys

MNCs

Government

Research

centers

CINDE +

PROCOMER

Information

Convenience

(location)Price / financing

Safety for

children

Technical

SupportInformation

Information on

success

Advise/

Information

Price/ financing

Convenience

Social

confirmation

Quality programs

Quality professors

Infrastructure

Convenience

SocialconfirmationUpdate

Better benefits

Sense of belonging

Job bank

Headhunters

/ companiesneeds

Continued

education /

update

Post graduates

Valuable liasons

(jobmania)

Creative

specialists

Soft skillsEnglish

Large amount of

pofessionals

Transparency

Aligned joint work

QA

SCR (better

allgned with the

strategy)

Information

Industrys

local

Companies

CAMTIC

Joint Research

Professional

updating

programs

Valuable liasons /

joint events

Update

Information on

universities


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Affiliations

HASTQBHASTQB

Software

Division

Software

Division


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Academic and industry alliances

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Academic InitiativeAcademic Initiative


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Good practices are needed!


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Team-based: roles,integrative Realistic projects: real clients, real development

Increasing complexity

Planned autonomy growth

Project- based curriculum

tiempo

autonoma


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Employer testimonials

Cenfotecs students and graduates are very versatileand 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 andgraduates 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


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Productivity and learning curves

tiempo

produ

ctivity

time


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And communication between disciplines!


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Employers and customers


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Centro de enseanza

ndice

formacinInstituto Tecnolgico de Costa Rica 4.40

Universidad de Costa Rica 4.30

Universidad Nacional 3.84CENTRO DE FORMACION ENTECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACION 3.46

Universidad Latina 3.29

Universidad Latinoamericana deCiencia y Tecnologa 3.12

Universidad Estatal a Distancia 3.07

Universidad Interamericana 2.89Universidad Internacional de lasAmricas 2.84

Universidad Hispanoamericana 2.59

Universidad Metropolitana CastroCarazo 2.42

Universidad Central 2.34

Universidad Magister 2.31

8 years after CAMTIC+FLACSO+UCR/PROSIC

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

*Study by CAMTIC/FLACSOIDRC, 2008Perception of employers about the quality graduates, per educational institution

4 years

4 years

3 years

3 years

2 years


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Galardn EducacinCmara de Comercio de Costa Rica, 2008

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Universidad Cenfotec (AD 2011)an ICT-focused University

Second option to UCR orTEC (till 2014)l

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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Former brand:

Cenfotec

Associate

Technical program

Open training

Master & postgrad certificates

Licenciatura

Bachelor

In-house training

New brand:

Universidad

Cenfotec

Value proposition


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Program articulation

Undergraduate (Post-)Graduate

Technician Associate

(Diplomado)

Bachelor,

Licenciatura

Specialization

(post-graduateCertificate)

Master

2nd. year

4th. year 9 to 12 months

3rd. year

2nd. year

16 mos. (PT)

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Six (sub-)disciplines

CS IS CE

SE IT NW


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Technical programs Associate & Bachelor Specialist & Master


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The IBM Academic Initiative provides fantasticresources for teaching and experimentation

IBM Academic Initiative


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IBM, on Cybersecurity curriculum


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Validation Needs analysis

Information resources

Teaching resources

Curriculum development


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Internships


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IBM, on instructors and professors


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Invited talks


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Start with invited talks

(Co-)teaching


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Joint community outreach


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We need more women in technology!


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Social responsibility + TCU


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Mentoring


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Sponsoring workers for their studies


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Prototyping nice stuff! (e.g. instrumentation,

sensors, analytics for Smart Cities)

Sponsoring (u)graduate theses and research


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Co-publishing


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Joint research? Co-patenting?


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Pulling CR academia to OSS developments

2013 09 symbiotic relationship academia & ibm

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