IT school to watch: Indiana University - so says Computerworld
August 18, 2008
Computerworld magazine's Web site posted today its picks for IT Schools to Watch in 2008. Indiana University's School of Informatics is among the listing of 10 Innovative Schools. The complete article is available here.
Exerpt: [In the late 1980s...] Gary McGraw attended a lecture given by professor Douglas Hofstadter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, researcher and scholar in artificial intelligence and cognitive science from IU.
McGraw, who's now chief technology officer at Cigital Inc., a security software provider in Dulles, Va., was captivated by Hofstadter's remarks, and he decided to enroll in IU so he could study under Hofstadter. McGraw later obtained his Ph.D. in computer science and cognitive science in 1995 in a program that was the precursor to the School of Informatics.
IU "doesn't just pay lip service to interdisciplinary education -- they live it, they do it," says McGraw, who has served on the dean's advisory council to the school for the past four years.
"As the CTO of a high-tech company who has to hire people out of these programs, I can tell you that if you get taught to think and analyze and understand the humanity behind the technology, you're going to be better suited to work in the real world," says McGraw.
