r=: -'"~~. ~ APPLICATION FOR G'~~ FACUL TV MEMBERSHIP South'Vestern --- ". "_. Academic Affairs 5TATE U:-;IVF.RSlTY Ilfl OCT;;'. Name: Dr. Arvind Shah Department: Computer Sciecne l\~ -' l ' i I Campus phone:_9_3_1_-2_1_1_4 Campus email: arvind.shah@gsw.edu Highest degree held: _P_h_.D_. Is this a tenninal degree in your teaching discipline? - Yes No Ifnot, please indicate other justification for graduate faculty membership. See faculty handbook, Section II, B, 1. The terminal degree is in the related subject area - Statistics. How have you demonstrated exemplary competence in teaching and mentoring of students? Teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Advisor for the graduate students; Director of Graduate Program in CS; supervise projects of students. Currently I supervise four projects on database design. Developed new courses: Information System Project Management Undergraduate level}, Business intelligence (Graduate level). How have you demonstrated exemplary competence in scholarship and professional activities? See faculty handbook, Section II, B, 3. Guide internship projects, conference presentations, publications. and attending professional development workshops/seminars. Developed academic proposals for undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science. Attach a current CV. Based upon the evidence presented, we recommend this candidate for Graduate Faculty Membership. fo.:; n's FeflwffE'(- /OpS/;Z Dean 17 A". /I ~atf jr 7 J f~ "() '2..') '(...- Vice President for Academic Affairs Date Nominated by Graduate Affairs on {,I 12-6/12 Elected by General Faculty on Chair, Gra uate Affairs
ARVIND C. SHAH 113, GA. Hwy 27, E. Apt. # A-8 Americus, GA 31709 Tel: (229) 931-2114 (Office), (229) 942-5975 (Home) E-mail: arvind.shah(a),gsw.edu EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), M.S. University of Baroda, India - 1968 Master of Science (Mathematics), M.S. University of Baroda, India - 1970 Master of Science (Mathematics), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia - 1972 Ph.D. (Statistics), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia - 1978 M.S. (Computer Science), Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, Georgia - 2000 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: August 2008 to Present: Chairman, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing & and Mathematics, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA. August 2008 to 2008: Coordinator, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing & and Mathematics, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA. August 2006 to Present: Professor, Department of Computer Science, School ofcomputer and Information Science, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA. August 2000 to 2006: Associate Professor, School of Computer and Information Science, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA. September 1997 to July 2000: Assistant Professor, School of Computer and Information Science, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA. July 1997 to September 1997: Instructor, DeVry Institute oftechnology, Addison, IL. July 1988 to June 1997: Reader, Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Tech & Engineering M. S. University of Baroda, India. January 1980 to August 1981: Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. September 1977 to March 1979: Assistant Professor, University ofnorth Florida, Jacksonville, FL. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: February 1982 to March 1988: Project Executive, National Dairy Development Board, Anand, India. FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LOAD: Fall 2007-Summer 2012 Responsibilities as department chair Director of Graduate Program in Computer Science Advisor of Graduate students in Computer Science CIS 3200 Microcomputer Network Management 3 hrs CIS 3300 System Analysis and Design 3hrs CIS 4310 Information System Project Management 3 hrs CSCI 4400 Intro to Database Management Systems - 3hrs
CIS 6410 Client Server systems - 3 hrs CSCI 6410 Advanced Database Systems - 3 hrs CIS 6420 Data Mining 3 hrs CIS 6900 Special Problems in CS & CIS - Business Intelligence - 3 hrs OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND SERVICE (2007-2012) Member of Graduate Affairs Committee Member of Business and Finance Committee Member of Self authored textbook review committee Member of Featured Scholar Award Committee Member of Information Tech. Advisory Committee (until 2008) Member of Faculty Search committee, School of Computing and Mathematics Chair of Post Tenure Review Committee. School of Computing and Mathematics (Spring 2012) Lead Presidential delegation to Dalia Group of Institutions, India - 2011 Registered as Ph.D. guide at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) for Computer Science major. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS Member of Georgia Academy of Science since 1999 Member of Association of Computing Machinery since 1999 Member of UPE since 2003 Member oflnternational Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent Trends of Computer Technology in Academia-20l2, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur, INDIA. SCHOLARSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (LAST 5 YEARS) Publication 1. Book: Introduction to DBMS Dr. A. C. Shah and Dr. Ashok Patel, Published by McMillan Publishing, India. Dec. 2010. 2. Simon Baev, Boris Peltsverger, Arvind Shah - Design of a Reconfigurable Virtual Computing Laboratory, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, July 16-19,2012, Las Vegas, NV. 3. Shah, AC, A R. Patel - Identifying constraints to E-Governance Implementation & services to citizens in developing countries: A comparative study, Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends of Computer Technology in Academia, to April 21-23 2012, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur, INDIA Conference Presentation 1. Jani, Kruti, Shah, AC. "Intelligent Personalized Online Services using Web Logs" Poster session at International Seminar on Creating Excellence for Sustainable Society, HNGU, India, May 15-16,2011. 2. Arvind Shah, Boris Peltsverger, Durgesh Vis hen - Web-based tool for mapping course learning outcomes to program learning outcomes, 88 th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academia of Science, Gainesville College, GA, March 25-26, 2011.
3. Shah, A. C., "Unified approach to Course Delivery and Management Systems: Case Study of University System of Georgia", presented at the National Conference on "Emerging Trends & Technologies for Knowledge Delivery & Management (ETKDM)" SVIT-Vasad, Gujarat, India Dec 26-27, 2009. 4. Boris Peltsverger, Arvind Shah, "Creating University Partnerships with Industry: Pros & Cons" presented at the 16 th Georgia Conference on College & University Teaching, Kennesaw, GA., Feb 13-14,2009 5. Shah, A. C., "Documenting Academic Program's Learning Outcomes Assessment" presented at the 85 th Annual Meeting of the Georgia Academia of Science, Jacksonville, FI, Feb 11-12, 2007March 13-14,2008.5 ReviewerlExaminer 1. Examiner for Final Examinations (July 2012) in Bachelor of Computer Science, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur, INDIA 2. Member - Ph.D. thesis review committee for Devasenathipathi N Guided by Nilesh Modi at S V Institute of Computer Studies, Kadi, Gujarat, India. 3. Member - Ph.D. thesis review committee for Kanubhai Patel Guided by Dr. S. K. Vij at Dharamsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India. 4. Session co-chair for paper presentations at ETKDM conference at Vasad, India, Dec. 26-27,2009. 5. Reviewed research paper "Agents Based Knowledge Discovery Framework to Access Data Resource Grid for University Domain" for ETKDM conference proceedings at Vasad, India, Dec. 26-27, 2009. Professional Development 1. Created and configured virtual server using Windows 2008 Enterprise OS. Installed application software such as VS 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2, and Terminal services. 2. Online training on Compliance-Assist on February 17,2012 3. One-Day Workshop on Live Text on Nov. 11,2011 4. Attended "Games, Education, Modeling and Simulation" Symposium at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA on Oct 8, 2009. 5. Attended workshop on STEM Initiative Institute at Tifton, GA November 6-7, 2009. 6. Attended workshop on STEM Initiative Institute at Stone Mountain, GA February 27 29,2009 7. Participation in implementation of domain based security on GSW campus network 2008. Grant Awards: 1. Distinguished Professor Grant 2010-1011 for "Developing Web-Based Mapping Tool (mapping course learning outcomes to program learning outcomes) ". 2. Distinguished Professor Grant 2009-1010 for "Developing a Multimedia Authoring Lab"
Projects: 1. Web based tool for mapping course learning outcomes to program learning outcomes HNGU students' project coordinator and Project guide - Summer 2011 2. Creating and Configuring Application Server in Server Farm - HNGU students' project coordinator and Project guide - Summer 2010 3. Design and Construction of Virtual Lab with Server Farm - HNGU students' project coordinator and Project guide - Summer 2009 4. Emergency Information System for Americus Fire Department - HNGU students' project coordinator and Project guide - summer 2009. 5. Documenting and Disseminating the Effectiveness of Professional Development Schools in Improving Teacher Quality & Retention, Student Learning & Achievement, FlPSE grant 2007, Technology Consultant