Multi-disciplinary Pathways to Computing:A Scalable and Col aborative Approach to Capitalize on the Demand for Computer Science Education

The number of students demanding computer science(CS)education is rapidly rising,and while faculty sizes are also growing,the traditional pipeline consisting of a CS major,a CS master’s,and then a move to industry or a Ph.D.program is simply not scalable.To address this problem,the Department of Computing at the University of Illinois has introduced a multidisciplinary approach to computing,which is a scalable and collaborative approach to capitalize on the tremendous demand for computer science education.The key component of the approach is the blended major,also referred to as“CS+X”,where CS denotes computer science and X denotes a non-computing field.These CS+X blended degrees enable win-win partnerships among multiple subject areas,distributing the educational responsibilities while growing the entire university.To meet the demand from non-CS majors,another pathway that is offered is a graduate certificate program in addition to the traditional minor program.To accommodate the large number of students,scalable teaching tools,such as automatic graders,have also been developed.

fDimensions of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Child Protection Work--A Collection and Analysis of Practices in Southeast Europe

Multi-agency and interdisciplinary collaboration working across and within sectors and teams is critical to ensure that children are adequately protected from any risk of abuse. Research indicates that children are most effectively protected when agencies and stakeholders work together. This is because it is almost impossible for a single agency to respond adequately to any allegation and the complex nature of child abuse. Countries in South East Europe are actively engaged in developing and refining their child protection systems over the last 20 years. Considerable efforts are placed on introducing and building the capacity of workers to respond to child abuse from a system and multi-agency perspective. Barriers to effective multi-agency working include： systems which are not designed or are overly complicated for the reality of the context; lack of training and resources; long-standing and entrenched attitudes towards other professionals and co-working; and a lack of accountability and ownership

Multi-Stage Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Method for Enhancing Complete Artillery Internal Ballistic Firing Performance

To enhance the comprehensive performance of artillery internal ballistics—encompassing power,accuracy,and service life—this study proposed a multi-stage multidisciplinary design optimization(MS-MDO)method.First,the comprehensive artillery internal ballistic dynamics(AIBD)model,based on propellant combustion,rotation band engraving,projectile axial motion,and rifling wear models,was established and validated.This model was systematically decomposed into subsystems from a system engineering perspective.The study then detailed the MS-MDO methodology,which included Stage I(MDO stage)employing an improved collaborative optimization method for consistent design variables,and Stage II(Performance Optimization)focusing on the independent optimization of local design variables and performance metrics.The methodology was applied to the AIBD problem.Results demonstrated that the MS-MDO method in Stage I effectively reduced iteration and evaluation counts,thereby accelerating system-level convergence.Meanwhile,Stage II optimization markedly enhanced overall performance.These comprehensive evaluation results affirmed the effectiveness of the MS-MDO method.

哈工大软件学院“MSE+X”软件工程硕士跨国联合培养项目(英文)

In the information time,the information technology and industry plays more and more important role in development of economy,promoting the world to be unified and emphasizing the globalization through such tendency of their own.The IT application area also becomes larger and diverse through the mergence of multiple disciplines and multiple domains.IT industry demands the inter-disciplinary talent,who are believed to be industrialized,internationalized,and equipped with multi-disciplinary and inter-domain knowledge,and the ability of international competence.Facing the challenge of the new globalization tendency of international industry especially the IT and software industry,universities keep make great efforts to provide qualify graduates to fulfill the demand of industry.This paper introduces a novel joint Master programme which aims at establishing an international education system and platform.The schema,the characteristics,the execution principles are discussed wishing to share our practice and experience with our education colleagues.

多学科和多行业协同破解建筑室内空气质量难题

Healthy building is a new trend after green buildings in the world."WELL"was launched as the first guideline for healthy buildings in 2014 in USA.In 2017,China Healthy Building Assessment Standard was launched.Good indoor air quality is an important part for healthy buildings.The score of indoor air quality accounts for nearly 25 in the total score(100)in Healthy Building Assessment Standard(T/ASC 02-2016).The indoor air quality items in the standards are mainly based upon China Indoor Air Quality Standard(GB/T 18883-2001).However,the target indoor air pollutants in the both standards(T/ASC 02-2016 and GB/T 18883-2001)are not determined based upon the indoor air quality investigations in China.In order to revise the China Indoor Air Quality Standard(GB/T 18883-2001)and improve or develop the relevant indoor air quality control techniques,it’s necessary to know the important and unsolved problems in indoor air quality control in China.From them,the important scientific problems and key technical problems in China can be identified,and the gaps between the control demands and the levels of the related industries in China can be recognized.Then,various control approaches and strategies can be developed effectively.For this purpose,we present a series of important and unsolved problems in indoor air quality control in China:Identify the target indoor air pollutants and the corresponding thresholds based upon China’s indoor air quality situations,develop energy efficient engineering approaches to simultaneously control indoor air climate and quality,and develop the approach of scientific evaluation for indoor air quality control effect.The important scientific and key technical problems behind them are:The method of determining the target indoor air pollutants,the method of determining the thresholds of the target indoor air pollutants,the principle and method to overall control of indoor air climate and quality,the method of scientific evaluation for indoor air quality control effect not only based upon the concentrations of the target indoor air pollutants but also based upon the human health response.We are carrying out a national research project whose title is"study on fundamental problems and key technical approaches in indoor air quality control".Based upon its research advance,we put forward a framework and understanding of solving the aforementioned problems:(1)Determining the target indoor air pollutants based upon the burden of diseases of indoor air pollutants in China.In the study,the burden of diseases of all target indoor air pollutants is obtained so that the overall burden of diseases of indoor air pollution can be roughly estimated.It’s a quantitative index to show the importance of indoor air quality problems in China.(2)Determining the corresponding thresholds of the indoor air pollutants based upon the control feasibility and the health benefit.The healthy benefit can be evaluated by the reduction of burden of diseases of the target indoor air pollutants which can also be equivalent as the reduction of economic loss.(3)Developing inverse problem and variation method to identify the optimal control systems and operative strategies.It’s an original novel approach for indoor air quality control.(4)Developing some partial space and/or partial time control approaches for indoor air quality.(5)Developing novel evaluation method for control effect by using biomarker-based techniques.(6)Narrowing or even removing the gaps between the indoor air quality control related industries.The indoor air quality control standards in those industries shouldn’t conflict each other.(7)Applying various newly-developed sensors and big data techniques to understand the links between the indoor air quality and human health response.New on-line monitoring sensors with acceptable precision,together with some new big-data analysis methods are strongly needed.To tackling the above problems which are related to many disciplines,collaboration among multi-disciplinary research and industries is very important.

Challenges and opportunities for managing pediatric central nervous system tumors in China

Central nervous system(CNS)tumors represent the most deadly cancer in pediatric age group.In China,thousands of children are diagnosed with CNS tumors every year.Despite the improving socioeconomic status and availability of medical expertise within the country,unique challenges remain for the delivery of pediatric neuro-oncology service.In this review,we discuss the existing hurdles for improving the outcome of children with CNS tumors in China.Need for precise disease burden estimation,lack of intra-and inter-hospital collaborative networks,high probability of treatment abandonment,along with financial toxicities from treatment represent the key challenges that Chinese healthcare providers encounter.The tremendous opportunities for advancing the status of pediatric neuro-oncology care in and beyond the country are explored.