A New Vision: Creativity, Innovation and Impact

COMPUTER SCIENCE

DimitrisN.MetaxasDis.nguishedProfessorofCS

DepartmentChair

CurrentStateoftheDepartment•  Faculty

–  41TenuretrackFaculty–  8TeachingFaculty–  ResearchandVisi.ngProfessors

•  CSAreas:–  ComputerandNetworkedSystems–  IntelligentSystemsandDataScience–  TheoryofCompu.ng

•  Students:–  9,100studentsincomputerscienceclasses–  242computersciencemajorsgraduated,2016–  947declaredcomputersciencemajors,2016

•  Alumni–  Manytopperformersinindustryandacademiaasyouwillwitnesstoday!

CurrentStateoftheDepartment•  Collabora.onswithSeveralDepartmentsandCenters:

–  Mathema.cs,Psychology,Arts,Medicine,LifeSciences,BusinessSchool,SCI

•  NewCSareasweareengaging:IntelligentSystems,Data

Science,SmartCi.es,DigitalHumani.es,Computa.onalArts,HCI,

•  Ourrankinghasrecentlyimprovedby6points

•  Willcon.nuetoimproveasthedepartmentgrowsinexci.ngnewresearchareas,createsneweduca.onalprogramsandimprovesitsengagementwithindustryandouralumni.

SevenInnova.veNewFaculty

PranjalAwasthiMachineLearning,Theore/calComputerScience:Conductedaward-winningresearchinmachinelearningusinglocalmembershipqueries(notpictured)

AbdeslamBoulariasRobotLearning:Developedstate-of-the-artalgorithmsmergingmathema.caltoolswithprac.calengineeringskills

MubbasirKapadiaAutonomousVirtualHumans,CrowdModeling,Human-AwareArchitecturalDesign,Computa/onalNarra/ve:Twoco-authoredvolumesinVirtualHumans

Konstan>nosMichmizosComputa/onalNeuroscience,Neuro-Rehabilita/onRobo/cs:DevelopedMIT-Anklebotwhichappliesphysicaltherapytochildrenwithneurologicaldisorders

JingjinYuAlgorithmicRobo/csandControl,Cyber-PhysicalSystems:Developedcu\ng-edgeefficientalgorithmsformul.-robotpathandforma.onplanning

DeshengZhangCyber-PhysicalSystems,MobileNetworking,DataScience:BridgingCyber-PhysicalSystems,InternetofThings,andDataScienceinWhiteHouseSmartCi.esIni.a.ve

GerarddeMelo:(Jan2017):DataMiningandMachineLearningforNLP

ComputerScienceLiving-LearningCommunityforWomen

•  Rutgers has started a living-learning community that aims to support women computer scientists and increase their numbers in the field.

•  The Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science and Engineering at Douglass Residential College, and the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS).

•  “Increasing gender diversity in computer science is our goal,” -Rebecca Wright, Professor, Computer Science

TheCAVE

•  TheC.A.V.E.(Collabora.veAcademicVersa.leEnvironment)

•  Morethanjustahangout:TheCAVEisstockedwithLinuxcomputers,movablewhiteboards,andbungeetablesperfectforcollabora.vework.

•  “Iwaseitherinclass,orIwasattheCAVE,”-BillLynch,Classof2014-SoawareEngineer,Google.

AMajorthatProvidesKnowledge,Experience,andCommunity

•  HackRU

•  WomeninComputerSciencegroup

•  HackRSpace

•  Studentsgoontotopgraduatestudyprogramsacrossthecountry,aswellascompaniessuchasGoogle,Facebook,Amazon,andVerizon.

•  “WhatIloveaboutRutgersisthesheerrangeofknowledgeandexperiencethatisavailabletoyouasanundergraduate.Whetherit’sthroughyourcoursesorwithstudentgroups,orthroughindependentresearch,youmeetalotofpeople,takeinalotofinforma.on,andgetthechancetofindyourpar.cularpassion.”-PoorvaSampat,RutgersComputerScienceMajor

NewCSChallenges

ComputerScience

Mathema.calandPhysicalSciences

Industry

EducaionalPrograms

SocialSciences

ArtsMedicalSciences

Engineering

LifeSciences

•  ComputerScienceservestoconnectandimpactsallbranchesofscience,artsandengineering

•  CSisnotjustanenablerofresearchinothersciences.•  Mostmodernproblemsarecomplexandrequirecollabora.veresearchthatwillcreatenewscienceinbothCSandtheotherdisciplines;Newandemergingtypeofresearch

•  NeedforincreasedIndustrialcollabora.onandInterac.ons•  NeedfornovelandCon.nuingCS/Mul.disciplinaryEduca.onPrograms

FourCentersChartNewTechnologicalFron.ers

•  CBIM–CenterforComputa.onalBiomedicine,ImagingandModeling

•  CDDA–CenterforDynamicDataAnaly.cs

•  RDI2–RutgersDiscoveryInforma.csIns.tute

•  DIMACS–CenterforDiscreteMathema.csandTheore.calComputerScience

ComputerScien.stsDevelopClassroomTechnologywithLongReach

•  TheVideoWall,developedatRutgersbyDougMokoandRichMar.n

•  Innova.vevideoconferencingsystemdevelopedbytheDepartmentofComputerScienceisconnec.ngclassesacrosstheacrosstheexpanseoftheRutgerscommunityandallowingresearcherstocommunicateacrosscon.nents.

•  “Thegoalisreallytomakedistanceirrelevant”–RichMar.n

GonearethedaysoftheisolatedCSDepartment!

•  ComputerScienceiswhatconnectsusall–oursmartdevices, our social networking, our informa.onconsump.on, our problem solving, our safety, oureduca.on, our science, our daily work, and oureconomy:–  Allaspectsoflife!

•  Wewanttoaddressthesechallengesthroughnewini.a.vesthatwillresult:–  Innova>on,Crea>vityandImpact.

WherewewanttotakeourCSDepartment?

CreateamodernDepartmentthatisaleaderinResearch,Educa.onandIndustrialImpact:•  WeseeCSasacomplexecosystemthatimpactstheUniversityandIndustry

•  Createtheleadersoftomorrowinindustryandacademia:–  OurStudentsisourMission!

•  Createnewrela.onshipswithindustrytoimproveeduca.onandconductnew

research

•  Enableincuba.onofnewcompaniesinNJandworldwideincompu.ng.

•  InvolveallofyouandourAlumniinthenewini.a.ves!

•  Weneedallofyou!

HowtoAchieveourGoals

•  Hiringof15newfacultyinsuchvitalareasasintelligentsystemsanddatascience;ar.ficialintelligenceandhuman-computerinterac.on;largescalemodelingandvisualiza.on;computerandnetworkedsystems;andsecurity.

•  Newcoursesandtracksforundergraduates,inves.nginnewMaster’sprogramsandenhancingourpartnershipswithindustry.

•  Akeyfocuswillbecollabora.veprogramswithotherdepartmentsintheSchoolofArtsandSciencesandacrossRutgers,suchthatwewillconstantlyevolveandgearoureduca.onandresearchenvironmenttowardsinnova>on,crea>vity,andimpact.

SpecialThanks

KazKulikowskiTomaszImielinski EricAllender

SpecialThanks

AndallourfacultywhothroughtheirhardworkhavecontributedtomakingourDepartmentseekexcellenceinresearchandeduca>on.

SpecialThanksJonRisingerLydiaWangAshleyGregoryKomalAgarwalJoanneWalshSarahCrawfordCarolDifrancescoGingerOlszewskiReginaRibaudo-DoughertyDorisAllenAnetaUnratMaryannHoltsclawJamesMielkeLarsSorensenCharlesMcGrewDanaRiciKaraDonaldson

SpecialThanks

•  OurDeans

•  Execu.veDeanofSASPeterMarch•  DeanofMathema.calandPhysicalSciencesRonRansome