Faculty of Information Science and Technology
Dean: Prof. Dr.Muhammad Rafiq Asim
The CIIT has been established to cater for intellectual and technological needs of the World especially focusing the IT needs of the Southern World. The faculty of Information Sciences and Technology (FIST) in CIIT is supposed to play its role accordingly. Since, changes in the IT industry are very rapid therefore, CS departments at various campuses of CIIT are being established and upgraded with an eye on the revolutionary changes taking place in the IT world. Some of the salient features of the faculty vision are outlined as follows:
Strategic Plan
The faculty aims to achieve the following strategic targets on the subject.
- To prepare the skilled manpower in the area of CS, in particular to meet the IT needs of the Southern World.
- To target that fifty percent of the faculty is PhD so that PhD programs run smoothly and high targets of research profile are achieved.
- To share our IT skills and expertise with the outer world countries.
- To provide IT industry, through research and graduate studies, with skills, ideas, and innovations in areas of advanced technologies.
- To leverage the centrality of the technological position of Pakistan in Muslim world.
- To strengthen the Research & Development relations with the western world by starting new collaborative research projects.
- To promote sustainable development through knowledge creation.
Teaching Curricula and Ethical Training
The Curricula and training programs for CIIT are designed keeping in view:
- The provision of ethical responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness and making teachings of Islam – a passion and tolerance.
- The thrust and trends in computer science and IT.
- The skills that match the market needs for manpower.
- The measures to develop liaison with industry not only by solution of their problems but also in terms of students’ internship.
- Technical and major electives are to be taught in depth so as to prepare students for research and development.
Research
The research activities of the faculty include but are not limited to:
- To establish one centre of excellence in areas/sub areas of computer science under CS department of each and every campus depending upon the feasibility.
- We plan to establish a research center for open source tools and technologies by the end of 2010. Purpose of this research center will be to provide assistance to our industry to solve their IT related problems (e.g. ERP solutions) by using open source tools and technologies.
- Starting of a research journal of international repute by the Faculty.
- The faculty should be autonomous in funds in general and the research supervisors should have autonomy of research funds brought by them in particular.
- Motivating the faculty to start new research projects.
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