Annual Report 2001

3 Post-graduate Training/Teaching Activities

3.1 Fellowship Programme

UNU/IIST Fellows are primarily selected by staff during visits to institutions in developing countries, but also through off-shore training activities and participation in conferences and seminars. Potential candidates for Fellowships must satisfy a number of criteria:

they must have a BSc - with a MSc being desirable
they must be well-versed in the basics of software engineering and computer science
they must have a relatively good level of English

In addition, the releasing institution must show strong interest in strengthening computer science education or research and development according to the UNU/IIST agenda as well as a commitment to and capability of continuing the joint projects initiated by the Fellows recruited by UNU/IIST.

Basically, Fellows receive three types of training at UNU/IIST or at its partner universities in developed countries:

Research training - whereby Fellows are trained in doing research, in asking relevant scientific questions, and in the techniques for solving these. During their Fellowship period, they are expected to write scientific reports and are encouraged to submit them to journals and scientific conferences.¹
Development training - whereby Fellows are trained in advanced development of software - in methods, principles, techniques and tools. Fellows are also encouraged to produce technical reports for external publication.
Curriculum development training - whereby Fellows spend typically 3-6 months at UNU/IIST or at its partner universities, during which time they develop, together with UNU/IIST staff and university teachers, curricula and material for computer science courses. At the end of their Fellowship, they take home course material and software to support their teaching at home universities.

A total of 36 UNU/IIST Fellows representing 13 countries received training on-site or at universities in developed countries in 2001. Following is a complete list of Fellows who received training in 2001:

Fellows

   
                       Period of fellowship  Nationality   Project
                       --------------------  ------------  ----------
Fu Guoyi               09/11/97 -- 28/01/02  China         Macau Projects
Li Yong *              21/03/00 -- 22/01/01  China         DeTfoRS
Juliano Iyoda          15/05/00 -- 31/07/01  Brazil        DeTfoRS
Raoudha Beltaifa       01/07/00 -- 31/03/01  Tunisia       Software Reuse
Tang Xinbei            08/08/00 -- 07/08/02  China         Macau projects
Lutbat Yadamsuren      01/09/00 -- 01/08/01  Mongolia      DeTfoRS
Wang Yanjie            09/09/00 -- 15/05/01  China         Engineering
                                                           Design DB
Wang Zhuo              09/09/00 -- 15/05/01  China         Engineering
                                                           Design DB
Iong Pei Hin           18/09/00 -- 31/01/02  Macau         Comp. Sys.
Chen Chang *           21/12/00 -- 31/10/01  China         DeTfoRS
Wang Zheming *         01/11/00 -- 30/07/01  China         Distance Learning
Wang Jinsong *         01/11/00 -- 30/07/01  China         Distance Learning
Li Danning *           18/01/01 -- 20/04/01  China         GIS
Barsbold Bazarragchaa  01/02/01 -- 31/10/01  Mongolia      DeTfoRS
Kim Pyong Sam          03/02/01 -- 31/10/01  DPR Korea     DeTfoRS
Kim Yong Chun          03/02/01 -- 31/10/01  DPR Korea     DeTfoRS
Irshad Khan            12/02/01 -- 05/10/01  Bangladesh    Curr. Dev.
Siba Udgata            01/03/01 -- 31/08/01  India         DeTfoRS
Liu Weimin *           12/03/01 -- 07/10/01  China         DeTfoRS
Viktor Verbovskiy      01/06/01 -- 31/01/02  Kazahkstan    DeTfoRS
George Oparah          25/06/01 -- 26/10/01  Nigeria       Casino
Gafurov Davrondjon     02/07/01 -- 15/12/01  Tajikistan    Curr. Dev.
Ana Funes              01/09/01 -- 31/05/02  Argentina     RAISE
Aristides Dasso        01/09/01 -- 31/05/02  Argentina     RAISE
Yang Hongli *          27/09/01 -- 29/06/02  China         Curr. Dev.



Development of Computer Science Departments Fellows
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                       Period of fellowship  Nationality   Partner Univ.
                       --------------------  ------------  ---------------------
Charles Uwadia         16/03/01 -- 15/06/01  Nigeria       University of
                                                           Queensland, Australia
Nil Bhattacharjee      25/02/01 -- 15/06/01  Bangladesh    University of
                                                           Queensland, Australia
Undraa Dorligjav       23/07/01 -- 06/11/01  Mongolia      University of
                                                           Queensland, Australia
Le Quang Hieu          23/07/01 -- 06/11/01  Vietnam       University of
                                                           Queensland, Australia 
Amarbat Pashka         25/08/01 -- 09/12/01  Mongolia      Kwangju Institute 
                                                           of Science and
                                                           Technology, R. Korea
Phillip Fasina         25/08/01 -- 09/12/01  Nigeria       Kwangju Institute
                                                           of Science and
                                                           Technology, R. Korea
Tran Dinh Que          01/09/01 -- 08/12/01  Vietnam       University of
                                                           Calgary, Canada
Ngolah C. Foinjong     01/09/01 -- 08/12/01  Cameroon      University of 
                                                           Calgary, Canada
Tan Xinming            26/09/01 -- 08/12/01  China         University of
                                                           Calgary, Canada
Adejoke O. Olamiti     24/09/01 -- 22/12/01  Nigeria       South Bank
                                                           University, U.K.
Yuan Zhaorui**         02/01/01 -- 31/12/01  China         Utrecht University,
                                                           Netherlands



   * partially funded by releasing institution
  ** totally funded by partner institution

3.2 Off-Shore Training Courses

The objectives of the Off-shore UNU/IIST Post-Graduate and Post-Doctoral Courses are:

Awareness and Education: To propagate awareness of and provide in-depth training in the most advanced software technology within the UNU/IIST agenda areas. The main vehicles for UNU/IIST's teaching of Formal Methods are: (1) The RAISE method, tools and language (RSL), one of the best supported and most mature formal methods available today, and (2) The Duration Calculus, one of the most exciting techniques for dealing with safety critical, (hard) real-time, reactive and hybrid systems. UNU/IIST has also provided other courses. In 1999, we delivered course in Creating Home Pages. In 2000, the course of Algorithmics became available. In 2001, UNU/IIST established two more new courses on Software Project Management and Co-design of Hardware/Software Systems.
Fellow Identification: To identify potential Fellows and to discuss with them and with their supervisors, availability, timing and project subjects.
R&D Project Identification: To identify, with leading staff of the host universities or industries in the country of the Off-shore course, possible joint advanced development and/or research project actions.

UNU/IIST organized 16 advanced courses and schools in 10 countries in 2001.

Workshop on Software Testing, 4-6 January 2001, Hyderabad, India
This course was given by Mr. Chris George. 70 participants attended the course.
Training course on Software Project Management, 15-19 January 2001, UNU/IIST, Macau
This course was given by Rajesh Vasa and Edmonds Lau from the Center of Software Engineering, School of Information Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. About 70 people from Macau, Zhuhai and other parts of China attended this course.
Formal Software Specification using RAISE, 1-11 March 2001, Kathmandu University, Nepal
This course was given by Dr. Tomasz Janowski. 25 participants attended the course.
Duration Calculus and Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Concurrent Systems, 7-13 May 2001, Guiyang city, Guizhou, China
This course was given by Dr. Dang Van Hung and Dr. Liu Zhiming. 12 participants attended the course.
Formal Software Development using RAISE, 14-18 May 2001, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
This course was given by Mr. Chris George. 12 participants attended the course.
Course on VDM, 4-10 June 2001, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
This course was given by Dr. Richard Moore. 29 participants attended the course.
Real-Time Systems Development with Duration Calculus, 11-15 June 2001, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
This course was given by Dr. Dang Van Hung. 29 participants attended the course.
Software Project Management, 18-22 June 2001, Harare, Zimbabwe
This course was given by Mr. Chris George. 25 participants attended the course.
Mongolia Summer School in Software Engineering, 30 July 2001 to 17 August 2001, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
This school was held in collaboration with the National University of Mongolia. The school covers the following topics:
1. Software Project Management (given by Chris George)
2. Internet Programming (given by Robert McArthur)
3. Databases and Distributed Database Management Systems (given by Dennis Remmer)
4. Formal Methods in Software (given by Richard Moore)
20 participants attended the course.
Course on RAISE and Software Project Management, 6-17 August 2001, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
This course was given by Alejandra Cechich. 8 participants attended the course.
In-House Training School on Techniques for Software Specification and Verification, 17 September to 5 October 2001, UNU/IIST, Macau. 34 participants attended the courses.
In addition to giving courses on RAISE and DC by the academic staff as usual, Prof. Kees Middelburg presented a course on process algebra, Dr. Xu Qiwen presented a course on model checking and Prof. He Jifeng presented a course on software/hardware codesign.
12 ex-fellows and visitors attended the school. Further supports from the ex-fellows and visitors for UNU/IIST activities were discussed during the school.
Course on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, 15 October to 9 November 2001, Chennai, India
This course was organized in collaboration with the Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Course lecturers included Dr. Tomasz Janowski from UNU/IIST and scientists from IMSc and TIFR in India and from Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan. 61 participants from 4 countries attended the course.
Training course in Formal Software Development and Software Project Management, 12-24 November 2001, Lanzhou, China
To train software engineers and academics in software development and management techniques. The course was organised in collaboration with Lanzhou Computer Centre, and taught by Mr. Chris George. 29 participants attended.
Software Development and Management, 19-30 November 2001, Shanghai, China
This was a training school jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office on City Informatization, UNU/IIST and East China Normal University. The school included two courses: Software Project Management and Software Development Process Using UML. 50 participants from 17 countries attended the school. The lecturers were Mr. Rajesh Vasa and Prof. He Jifeng.
Summer School on Object-Oriented Processes and Technologies, 3-15 December 2001, Recife, Brazil
This school was jointly organized by the Federal University of Pernambuco, Center of Information (Cin-UFPE), Brazil and UNU/IIST. A total of 24 participants from 3 countries attended the school. The school courses were given by local academic staff and Prof. He Jifeng.
Workshop and Course on Mobile Computing System and Formal Methods, 15-19 December 2001, Hyderabad, India
This course was organized in collaboration with the University of Hyderabad. 105 participants attended the course. The course was given by Indian academic staff, UNU/IIST ex-fellows and Mr. Chris George.

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Annual Report 2001