The lab became a reality and is now known as the Cognitive Systems Laboratory. This was an idea Floyd got hooked on while teaching at Virginia Tech. As co-director of the lab, Floyd was able to hire students to get involved with area business and industry, helping companies solve some of their operating problems. Here, we have to teach them how to learn. The students of Information Systems will have to adapt to the changes that occur within the business world.
Communication is vital to any company and making decisions is what companies do.
The more successful companies will be the ones that make the better decisions. Many of Floyd's students come to him for career advice after graduation through emails, calls and letters. One letter from a former student touched him very much. The student said he thought of Floyd, not just as a teacher, but a mentor and a friend. And if he had not given Floyd his best effort in his coursework, he would have considered it a breach of the friendship.