UIC Dept. of Computer Science

University of Illinois at Chicago

Computer Science

UIC

Open House

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Agenda

Registration & General Info, Welcome

UIC general information

CS Facilities tour

Animation: Jason Leigh

Dinner

Undergraduate Program, Careers in CS

Q & A Panel, Prize drawings

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Campus History

• Undergraduate Instructions began in Chicago around 1946

• Two two-year campuses were established Navy Pier and at Galesburg

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Navy Pier, 1946

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Campus History Con’t

• Circle Campus opening Univ. of Illinois Chicago Circle in 1965 – 8600 Students

• Renamed University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Campus History

• Ground Breaking in year 2000 for the South Campus Development project

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Academic Departments

• College of Liberal Arts and Science• College of Architecture and the Arts• College of Applied Health and Sciences• College of Business Administration• College of Dentistry• College of Education

• College of Engineering• College of Medicine• College of Nursing• College of Pharmacy

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Highlights

• In terms of Federal R&D expenditures as compiled by NSF, ranks higher than Purdue, Michigan State, and Indiana;

• Has world’s most powerful magnet, used to for research in studying the human body

• Has largest medical school in the US;

• Offers the first, and only, PhD program in Bioinformatics in the state of Illinois

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

• Largest university in Chicago

• 25,000 students• 16,000 undergraduates• 12,000 faculty and staff • $1.4 billion budget • 100 buildings on 250 acres• State’s major public medical

center • Research volume more

than $300M; federal research funding in FY04 $192.8M

• One minute from Loop

UIC Today

UIC Dept. of Computer Science

Computer Science

• Over 30 Award-winning faculty8 NSF Career awards, 5 Fellows, 15 editors or board members, 5 teaching awards

• 220 undergraduates, 200 graduatesDiverse student body, BS, MS, Ph.D.

• A leading research dept. at UICOver $7 million yearlyCorporate sponsors: IBM, Apple, Boeing, Motorola, GM, SUN, DARPA, NIH, ONR, DOD

• Setting near the heart of ChicagoInternship opportunities