University of Oregon Department of Computer and Information Science

University of Oregon Department of Computer and Information Science

Deschutes Hall, home of the CIS department
Type	Public Research
Established	1970
Head	Joe Sventek
Location	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Campus	University of Oregon
Website	http://cs.uoregon.edu

The Department of Computer and Information Science (abbreviated as CIS) at University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon is a public school for computer science within the College of Arts and Sciences established in 1970.^[1] US News & World Report currently ranks the graduate program as tied for 63rd along with Iowa State University, University at Buffalo--SUNY, and University of Iowa, placing it as 1st for such computer science programs in the state of Oregon.^[2] The department currently occupies Deschutes Hall.

History

The University of Oregon Department of Computer and Information Science was founded in 1970. Deschutes Hall was built on the UO campus for the department in 1990. Construction of the building was funded primarily through a United States Department of Energy grant sponsored by Oregon governor Victor G. Atiyeh and United States senator Mark Hatfield.^[3]

Degrees

The CIS Department grants a variety of B.S., B.A., M.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.

Undergraduate

The department offers two undergraduate degree majors: Computer and Information Science (CIS) and Math and Computer Science (MACS). Both majors can be obtained with a B.S. or B.A. Minor programs are also offered. The CIS major has seven available tracks: Business Information Systems, Computational Science, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Database and Informatics, Software Development, and Foundations (freedom of choice in elective courses).^[4]

Graduate

The department offers Master's and Doctoral degree programs. The Master's degree requires a thesis or project. The Doctoral degree requires a directed research project, oral comprehensive exam, and dissertation and defense.^[5]

Research

The UO computer science department is home to a multitude of research laboratories.

• Advanced Integration and Mining Lab (AIM Lab)] conducts data integration and data mining research.
• Applied Computational Instrument for Scientific Synthesis (ACISS)] maintains a supercomputer for university research and uses it to conduct high performance computing studies.
• NETSEC: Network Security Research Lab] conducts research in network security.
• The Neuroinformatics Center (NIC)] researches the application of computer science and numerical computation to problems in neuroimaging.
• Oregon Network Research Group] researches applied areas of network systems.
• Wearable Computing Group focuses on the development and evaluation of wearable and mobile computing for facilitating and augmenting human collaboration.

Conferences

The department organizes and hosts two annual conferences: Security Day, which consists of talks and discussion on cybersecurity, and the Oregon Programming Languages Summer School, a two-week program on types, logic, semantics, and verification.^[6][7]

Student groups

Association for Computing Machinery chapter

The university has an established student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), an international learned society for computing. Members frequently gather to host workshops and outreach events, provide undergraduate tutoring, and promote open-source software.^[8]

Web Dev Club

The Web Dev Club, founded in 2013, organizes workshops and industry-sponsored events on web development tools and methodologies such as Bootstrap, Django, and Ruby on Rails. These events are open to the general public.^[9]

Women in Computer Science

Women in Computer Science (WICS) is a student-run organization that provides networking opportunities for people in the department who identify as female. WICS's primary objective is to increase enrollment of women in all computer science departments and fields.^[10]

Alumni

• Kent Beck, B.S. (1983), M.S. (1987), software engineer, creator of the Extreme Programming and Test Driven Development software development methodologies, also named agile software development^[11]
• Gurdeep Singh Pall, M.S. (1989), corporate vice president of Skype Technologies^[12]
• Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, B.A., software engineer and consultant, founder of the information technology consulting firm Wirfs-Brock Associates, and inventor of Responsibility-Driven Design^[13]

References

1. "Special Fortieth Anniversary Edition" (PDF). UO Computer and Information Science.
2. "Best Computer Science Programs". http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings/page+3. US News & World Report. External link in |website= (help);
3. "Deschutes Hall". The Architecture of the University of Oregon. UO Libraries. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
4. "2014-15 Catalog: Computer and Information Science - Undergraduate". University of Oregon. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
5. "2014-15 Catalog: Computer and Information Science - Graduate". University of Oregon. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
6. "Security Day". University of Oregon. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
7. "Programming Languages Summer School". University of Oregon. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
8. "University of Oregon Chapter". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
9. "Web Dev @ UO". UO Web Dev Club. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
10. . University of Oregon Women In Computer Science https://www.cs.uoregon.edu/groups/wics/. Retrieved 12 December 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
11. "Kent Beck". Three Rivers Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
12. "Microsoft Corp. Executive Profile: Gurdeep Singh Pall". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
13. Online C.V

External links

• University of Oregon Computer and Information Science