Model 1: Establishment of a Graduate Group in CS&E and the Distribution of FTEs across Existing Units

Graduate Group. The establishment of a Graduate Group in CS&E is reasonable and desirable. The Graduate Group would allow better coordination of CS&E graduate education and linking CS&E faculty from different departments together to do interdisciplinary research. The Graduate Group would immediately develop a curriculum for a graduate degree and possibly a graduate area of emphasis for CS&E. A CS&E seminar series would allow the Graduate Group to create more awareness about CS&E and its significance for the future of this campus. Distribution of CS&E FTEs across Existing Units. Concerning the distribution of CS&E FTEs across existing units, the question one has to answer is: Would the distribution of existing and new CS&E faculty across existing departments, coupled with the establishment of a Graduate Group, suffice to achieve the desirable impact that the CS&E Initiative should have? The answer is probably ``no.'' The distribution of FTEs does not seem desirable, since it would most likely not lead to the evolution of a coherent educational and research thrust in CS&E.