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  1. The meeting was called to order at 3 pm.
  2. The minutes of the October 13, 2014 meeting were approved.

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  1. There was some more discussion on the cross listing of CS 374 in ECE, particularly regarding the extra hour that would get added to the CompE curriculum. Kudeki asked if we should consider having our own algorithms course. At the end of the discussion, the committee voted to approve the cross-listing  of CS 374 in ECE.
  2. The course proposal from Pramod Viswanath for ECE398BD (Making Sense of Big Data) to be taught in Spring 2015 was approved.
  3. The course proposal from Pramod Viswanath for ECE398PL ( Probability in Engineering Lab) to be taught in Spring 2015 was discussed by the committee. Hajek mentioned that, from his experience teaching this course this Fall, many students appear to be deficient in Python, the programming language used for the lab. There was a general discussion on ways to improve programming proficiency for this and other courses such as 210. At the end of the discussion, the committee voted to approve the course for Spring 2015.
  4. The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 PM.

 

These minutes drafted by V. Veeravalli, Oct 20, 2014.