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New CSU Provost Dustin Anderson Begins Tenure Today

President Stuart Rayfield has appointed Dustin Anderson as Columbus State University’s new provost, executive vice president and chief academic officer. Currently the associate provost for student success & academic programs at Georgia Southern University, Anderson officially begins his CSU tenure today.  As a senior university leader and member of the president’s Executive Leadership Team, Anderson will lead the university’s academic enterprise, overseeing a total Academic Affairs budget of $54.7 million and a team of more than 450 faculty and staff. This includes the academic colleges and deans; research, outreach and faculty development centers; and affiliated administrative units.  “Dr. Dustin Anderson brings a strong track record of academic leadership and innovation, and a demonstrated commitment to student success, after 15 years as an educator and administrator at Georgia Southern,” Rayfield said. “I am confident he will help us further advance Columbus State’s str...
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Turner College Economist Ranked Among World Leaders in Economic Education and Education Economics Research

An academic study by a researcher at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies that   conducts a bibliometric analysis of more than 8,600 publications (from 2000 to 2020) in the areas of economic education and education economics reports that Turner College economist Frank Mixon  has been one of the most consistent research producers worldwide.  As the study states, "The affiliations of the most prolific authors reflect strong contributions from globally renowned institutions, often located in the most research-active countries. For instance, KimMarie McGoldrick and Franklin Mixon are . . . affiliated with universities in the United States . . . [and] are among the top contributors." Both McGoldrick, who is affiliated with the University of Richmond, and Mixon are each among the 10 most prolific scholars analyzed in the study, which  appears in a recent issue of  Economics and Applied Informatics .

CSU Recognizes Turner College's Recent AACSB Reaccreditation

Two signature programs recently were reaccredited by their national review agencies, signaling a seal of approval and expertise for Columbus State University’s business and theatre programs.  These voluntary, peer-reviewed processes provide students, parents and future employers with assurances that the coursework, fieldwork, internships and other factors comprising a student’s “college experience” meet rigorous quality standards.  For business schools like the Turner College, AACSB accreditation underscores how the process ensures a quality education experience for students. AACSB accreditation is recognized worldwide as the highest standard of quality, with only 6 percent of the world’s leading business schools achieving AACSB accreditation.  “The standards for teaching and student success are consistent for all AACSB-accredited institutions,” Deborah Kidder , Turner College dean and Bill Heard Endowed Chair of Business Administration, said of the college’s extended AA...

TSYS School's Abid Leads Computer Science Faculty Across Google Scholar Metrics

Today we are taking a look at the Google Scholar citations garnered by the research conducted by computer scientists in the TSYS School. This analysis includes only those TSYS School faculty who have a registered Google Scholar account. Riduan Abid leads the way with 1,793 citations, followed Linqiang Ge with 1,282 citations. Ranked third, with 414 citations, is  Hyrum Carroll , followed by Yi Zhou with 366 citations. Rounding out the top five is Amjad Hossain , with 289 citations. Hossain joined the TSYS School in August of 2024. Completing the top seven are Rahmatullah Roche with 157 citations, and  Yesem Kurt Peker with 146 citations. A couple of additional metrics are also available on Google Scholar. One of these is the h-index, which is the largest number of a scholar's publications, h, that have each garnered at least h citations. Ge currently maintains the largest h-index, at 19, followed by Abid with and 18 and Zhou with a 12. Lastly, the i10-index represents the...

TSYS School Computer Scientist Yi Zhou Works to Improve Gastroscopy Imaging for Medical Diagnoses

In gastroscopy image diagnosis, the physiological structure of the stomach and peristalsis causes interference and blurred images, which increases the difficulty of lesion identification. Anchor-based object detection technology is a method that presets anchors with specific scales and aspect ratios in the image to determine the position and category of the target object. It can quickly and accurately identify various objects in complex scenes and thus provide an important basis for subsequent analysis and decision-making. However, anchor-based object detection techniques in gastroscopy image diagnosis suffers from limited localization accuracy, high computational cost, and scale sensitivity. Advanced anchor-free object detectors such as fully convolutional one-stage object detection (FCOS) were proposed to solve these problems. Unfortunately, for gastroscope image analysis, FCOS-based detectors have three drawbacks: (1) the centrality feature may not work well if the target center doe...

Construction on Synovus Center Exterior Progressing

Work on the exterior of CSU's Synovus Center, home to the Turner College, is progressing. According to Thomas Rice, Director of Plant Operations, the project has  entered Phase 3, which includes demolition of the exterior brick between the Synovus Center and Schuster.  During this time, pedestrian traffic will be rerouted away from the walkway between the two buildings and off the Schuster lawn to allow for safe excavation and equipment access. Emergency routes will remain open, and directional signage will be posted throughout the area. Before the front entrance is closed, the rear entrance will reopen and new emergency exit routes will be established.

Turner College Faculty Most Prominent Among CSU's Top Scholars

A couple of key departures from CSU faculty have combined with steady progression of CSU business and computer science faculty to place Turner College and TSYS School faculty in a position of prominence with regard to Google Scholar citations. Last year's departure of former CSU biologist Kevin Burgess for Mercer University and the recent departure of former CSU robotics engineer Mahmut Reyhanoglu for Wentworth Institute of Technology meant the loss of two of CSU's top five scholars. Now, the ranking of CSU faculty by Google Scholar citations is even more dominated by Turner College business faculty and TSYS School computer science faculty. According to the most recent career Google Scholar citations data, the top five CSU faculty are Frank Mixon (economics), Deb Kidder (management), Phil Bryant (management), Johnny Ho (management) and Kate Early (exercise science). The top 10 is rounded out by Riduan Abid (computer science), Robin Snipes (management), Patricia Patrick (t...