About CISE
About CISE
CISE is concerned with the theory, design, development and application of computer systems and information-processing techniques.
The mission of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department is to educate students, as well as the broader campus community, in the fundamental concepts of the computing discipline; to create and disseminate computing knowledge and technology; and to use expertise in computing to help society solve problems.
The department has a diverse faculty including two distinguished professors, ten professors, nine associate professors, sixteen assistant professors, two senior lecturers and six lecturers. Collectively, the list of achievements and awards received by the faculty include two recent Fulbright Scholars; four NSF Career Awards; four IEEE Fellows; one each ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, SCS Fellow, and SPIE Fellow; two members of the European Academy of Sciences; one IEEE Computer Society Taylor Booth Education Award; one IEEE Computer Society Wallace McDowell Award; and one ACM Karl Karlstrom Education Award.
CISE researchers study the theory, design, development and application of computer systems and information processing techniques. Research areas in the department include:
- Computer Graphics
- Modeling and Art
- Computer Systems
- Database and Information Systems
- High-Performance Computing/Applied Algorithms
- Intelligent Systems and Computer Vision
- Networks and Security
The estimated research expenditures for the 2003-2004 academic year exceeded $4.3 million.
