Professor Impagliazzo Visited PetrSU



09 October 2019
John Impagliazzo is a leading scientist in the development of Computing Curricula, Professor Emeritus of the University of Hofstra, New York, USA, Life Member of IEEE, eminent educator of ACM.

John Impagliazzo is a leading scientist in the development of Computing Curricula, Professor Emeritus of the University of Hofstra, New York, USA, Life Member of IEEE, eminent educator of ACM. Prof. Impagliazzo has been long and fruitfully cooperating with PetrSU. Namely, he initiated the first Russian conference SoRuCOM 2006 held by PetrSU and promoted publication of the article by Anatoly Voronin, Yury Bogoyavlensky and Vladimir Kuznetsov “Perspectives on the emergence of computing programs propelled by local industry in Russia” in the ACM Inroads journal.

At the meeting with PetrSU Rector Anatoly Voronin, Prof. Impagliazzo told about the activities of the international working group of Computing Curricula 2020 (CC2020) and expressed his gratitude to PetrSU for its active involvement. In his turn, Anatoly Voronin highlighted the importance of introducing to PetrSU the global practices in developing curricula in ICT, especially in view of intensive development of digital economy.

Professor Impagliazzo talked about the procedure of international accreditation applied by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). He has volunteered at the organization for many years. Curricula accredited by the ABET are recognized in the USA and several dozens economically developed and developing countries.

With an ABET-accredited diploma, a student can pursue a career in the countries that recognize this accreditation. Moreover a university that offers ABET-accredited curricula is more attractive to international students.

Anatoly Voronin took interest in accrediting several PetrSU programs at the ABET.

At the 13th Russian research and practice conference Digital Technologies in Education, Science, Society Prof. Impagliazzo presented his reports on CC2020 and accreditation procedure at ABET.

 Institute of Mathematics and Information Technologies

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Phone(s):
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 Information and Telecommunication Systems Research Laboratory

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