SJSU has several ongoing collaborations with IBM including a memorandum of understanding to establish a Center for Advanced Studies headed by Ronald Mak, an IBM employee and CS professor at SJSU. Students have worked on projects at IBM's Almaden Research Center and SJSU President Mo Qayoumi spoke there. Professors are teaching courses using IBM technologies and partnering with IBMers on research projects.

1. SJSU Collaboration with IBM -
some recent examples
Stephen K. Kwan
Professor
College of Business, SJSU
12/1/2011

2. IBM on Campus
• Center for Advanced Studies – MOU signed,
headed by Ronald Mak (IBM, CS SJSU)
• IBM Great Mind Challenge (Larry Gee, MIS)

3. • History of Computing Speakers Series (Ron
Mak)

4. • SJSU President Mo Qayoumi spoke at
“Regional Upward Spirals: Future
Technologies, Skills, Jobs and Quality-of-Life”
IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
September 27th, 2011
• Multiple Sbona Honors Program Students
from the College of Business work with IBMers
at Alamden on various projects for the last
few semesters (Spohrer, Philips, Mak, …)
• Professor AshrafShirani of the College of
Business will be using Cognos in his MBA class
in the spring semester

5. • Professor Chris Tseng of CS received IBM Smarter
Planet Innovation Award
• Professor Stephen Kwan of the College of
Business is teaching Service Science courses to
MIS and MBA students
• Professor Lou Freund of the College of
Engineering is teaching Service Engineering in the
Master of Industrial Engineering program
• Professor Ron Mak of CS is teaching IBM related
software engineering classes
• Professor Stephen Kwan is working with Cheryl
Kieliszewski of IBM Almaden on a research
project

6. • Watson Jeopardy watch party at SJSU

9. Students meeting IBMers

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