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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