computer science
FAST FACTS ABOUT COMPUTER SCIENCE
- Number of Computer Science Majors, 2009-2010: 195 undergraduate students, 184 master's students (the second biggest department on
campus) - Funds that Target Computer Science (use links to learn more):
- Current Needs in Computer Science :
- Computer Science Scholarships: We will always welcome gifts to help our students meet their needs at UIS. You can either give to a current fund or create your own named scholarship. Learn how.
- Faculty Development Funds: These gifts allow our faculty to attend and speak at regional and national conferences, and stay current in other ways.
- Unrestricted Funds for Computer Science: Because we can spend these gifts on unexpected opportunities and needs, these are particularly powerful. Make your gifts to the Computer Science Fund.
- Technology Upgrades: We've been fortunate to receive some excellent grants from Cisco and State Farm, but technology changes so fast that we always welcome the opportunity to upgrade
News, Links, and Special Reports for Computer Science
- Read Keith Miller's thoughts on robots:
"Visiting Professor at BSU talks ethics of robots," The Bemidji Pioneer, February 11, 2011. - UIS students come in fourth: "Cisco Networking Academy Congratulates Winners of 2010 U.z. and Canada NetRiders Skills Challenge," January 2011
- "Professor Keith Miller studies computer ethics and robots," December 2010
- Keith Miller (above right), Learn from the Pros: Interview
responses and a short video - "Girl Tech camp teaches middle school girls hands-on lessons (right)," June 2010, hosted by the Computer Science Department
- "Camp designed to win girls over to technology," SJ-R, June 2010
- Keith Miller named first Louise Hartman Schewe and Karl Schewe Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences," May 2009
- "UIS receives award from State Farm,"
January, 2009 (Bob Clary, State Farm, lower right)
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