Updated CAC/ABET criteria for accrediting information technology programs were approved by the ABET Computing Area Delegation on July 20 for public review and comment. The proposed criteria revisions are to better align with IT2017. The criteria and a feedback form…
On July 20, 2019, the ABET Computing Area Delegation approved for public review and comment program criteria for associate cybersecurity and similarly named programs. These criteria are the culmination of several years of work by CSAB and ABET, based on…
CSAB has lost one of its founders. Raymond "Ray" Miller was chair of the joint ACM and IEEE Computer Society task force that led to computing accreditation and the creation of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board in 1984. As CSAB's…
ABET's first program-specific accreditation criteria for undergraduate cybersecurity computing programs was approved by the Computing Area Delegation on November 2. This culminates more than four years of extensive work by experts from government, industry, and academia, including those who led…
Allen Parrish, Associate Vice President for Research at Mississippi State University, has been elected 2018-19 CSAB President. Parrish, an IEEE Computer Society representative, is a past Chair of the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, an ABET Fellow, and a CSAB…
ACM SIGCSE is celebrating its 50th birthday. SIGCSE was instrumental in leading the formation of CSAB and establishing accreditation in the computing disciplines. Many of our volunteers were there from the beginning. Congratulations, and cheers to 50 more years of…
Lawrence G. Jones, past CSAB Vice President and Chair of the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, was presented with the Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award at the ABET annual awards gala on November 2. Learn more about Jones and…
CSAB past President Andrew Phillips of the United States Naval Academy has been elected the Chair of ABET's Computing Area Delegation. In addition, two new CSAB Delegates have been seated: Barbara Price of Georgia Southern University and Stan Thomas of…
CSAB and ABET are in San Francisco this week at the AIS ICIS conference. Stop by ABET's booth and say hello to some of CSAB's IS experts. They will be answering questions about becoming a program evaluator and seeking accreditation…
CSAB's next Computing Accreditation Workshop will be held as a pre-symposium event on Wednesday, February 27, in Minneapolis, MN. The workshop has been redeveloped in light of recent changes to the CAC general and program criteria. Registration is now open.…