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| He was appointed dean by the ] in March of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Computer Science Transfer|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/news.php?id=1917|work=Wayne State University College of Engineering|accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> | He was appointed dean by the ] in March of 2011 to facilitate{{fact}} the transfer of the Department of Computer Science out of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and into the College of Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|title=Computer Science Transfer|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/news.php?id=1917|work=Wayne State University College of Engineering|accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> | ||
| Since joining WSU, Dr. Fotouhi has graduated 25 Ph.D. and 30 M.S. students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Students|url=http://www.cs.wayne.edu/fotouhi/page.php?id=4|work=Wayne State University|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
| He generated controversy with the firings of several people, including non-faculty personnel who worked under Professor Greg Auner.<ref name=Crains>{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Tom|title=Researcher Greg Auner goes from top dog to doghouse, and it's all about the money, Wayne State says|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130601/NEWS/306029984|work=Crain's Detroit Business|publisher=Crain Communications Inc.|accessdate=16 December 2013|date=June 2013}}</ref> Auner retained eight of his original 24 employees due to contractual issues. On March 17, 2011, the locks were changed on the doors to Auner's labs, and campus police escorted members of the his team and his students out of the building.<ref name=Crains/> A research professor from the team informed Fotouhi the lab contained ] under high pressure and need to be safely shutdown.<ref name=Crains/> One of the former technicians was found and returned to shut down the lab.<ref name=Crains/> | |||
| Prof. James Woodyard, an associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department, announced his resignation at the end of a WSU Board of Governors meeting on February 7, 2014, because of Fotouhi's "lack of integrity."<ref>From ''The Detroit News'': http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140207/SCHOOLS/302070121#ixzz2toAjgHJ5 Professor resigns in protest over WSU engineering dean's actions by Lauren Abdel-Razzaq and Kim Kozlowski 2 Comments From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140207/SCHOOLS/302070121#ixzz2toB6urCX</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| Farshad Fotouhi | |
|---|---|
 Farshad Fotouhi in 2011 | |
| Born | 1957 |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science, Databases, Data Mining, Semantic Web, Multimedia Systems, and Biomedical Informatics |
| Institutions | Wayne State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Sakti Pramanik |
Farshad Fotouhi is the dean of Wayne State University's college of engineering. Prior to that he was chair of the Department of Computer Science since 2004. Farshad Fotouhi joined Wayne State University in 1988. Before being appointed chair of the Department of Computer Science, he was associate chair from 2000-2004 and a member of the faculty.
Life and career
Schooling and research
He holds a bachelor's in Computer Science from Western Michigan University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the College of Engineering at Michigan State University.
Fotouhi's research includes biomedical informatics, multimedia systems and the Semantic Web. He has published more than 190 papers in academic journals and conference proceedings. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, as well as Ford Motor Company and other companies.
He has been a program committee member for various conferences related to his research interests and is a member of the editorial board of IEEE Multimedia Magazine, chair of the Steering Committee of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Semantic Web and Information Systems. In recent years, Dr. Fotouhi has organized several workshops including the Workshop on Privacy in Information Society, the IEEE Workshop on Scientific Workflow, and the ACM workshop on the Many Faces of Multimedia Semantics.
Wayne State University
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He was appointed dean by the provost in March of 2011 to facilitate the transfer of the Department of Computer Science out of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and into the College of Engineering.
Since joining WSU, Dr. Fotouhi has graduated 25 Ph.D. and 30 M.S. students.
He generated controversy with the firings of several people, including non-faculty personnel who worked under Professor Greg Auner. Auner retained eight of his original 24 employees due to contractual issues. On March 17, 2011, the locks were changed on the doors to Auner's labs, and campus police escorted members of the his team and his students out of the building. A research professor from the team informed Fotouhi the lab contained silane gas under high pressure and need to be safely shutdown. One of the former technicians was found and returned to shut down the lab.
Prof. James Woodyard, an associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering department, announced his resignation at the end of a WSU Board of Governors meeting on February 7, 2014, because of Fotouhi's "lack of integrity."
See also
References
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- College of Engineering Dean Select Farshad Fotouhi
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- "Computer Science Transfer". Wayne State University College of Engineering. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- "Students". Wayne State University. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Henderson, Tom (June 2013). "Researcher Greg Auner goes from top dog to doghouse, and it's all about the money, Wayne State says". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications Inc. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140207/SCHOOLS/302070121#ixzz2toAjgHJ5 Professor resigns in protest over WSU engineering dean's actions by Lauren Abdel-Razzaq and Kim Kozlowski 2 Comments From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140207/SCHOOLS/302070121#ixzz2toB6urCX