Department of Computer Sciences: An overview Aditya Mathur August 2000
Faculty and Students ( AY) 31 faculty members 4 lecturers ~ 900 undergraduate majors 160 graduate students Research expenditure ~ $ 4.0 M Corporate Partners Program (~ 20 members) Major research activities contribute to advances in all areas of IT.
Faculty Research Areas Analysis of Algorithms Compilers and Programming Languages Computer and Network Security Databases, e-Commerce, and Data Warehousing Geometric, Numerical and Symbolic Computing. Networking and Operating Systems Software Engineering
Faculty Recruitment : Systems and software: Networking, operating systems, and computer security (4 ) Compilers and programming languages (4) Databases and digital libraries (2) Scientific computing & computer graphics: (3)
Research Centers Software Engineering Research Center (SERC) A. Mathur, Director Indiana Center for Database Systems A. Elmagarmid, Director COAST laboratory - now a University- wide center: CERIAS E. Spafford, Director Purdue Visualization Center E. Sacks, Director
Graduate Survey B.S. degree: responded to survey 9 will pursue a graduate degree 85 found IT jobs 11 did not state location of employment 51 left the State (average salary = ~ $ 51,500) 23 stayed in Indiana (average salary = ~ $ 46,500 ) M.S. degree: 60 8 responded; left the State with average salary = ~ $ 67,500 Ph.D. degree: 9 2 responded; left the State with (average salary = ~ $ 85,250)
Department of Computer Sciences – Relations with Indiana Companies Aditya Mathur June 26, 2000
Corporate Partners Program Purdue CS US Companies/ Indiana Companies Interns Graduates Research Partnerships Members of CS CPP Feedback on Educational Programs
Focus on Indiana Companies Attune Centillion Data Systems Made2Manage Tivoli Systems (first to join CPP)
Collaboration with Indiana Companies [1] Research: Lily Endowment Inc.: CERIAS Great Lakes Chemical Corp., INITA, Made2Manage, RealMed, Tivoli: Membership in Research Centers (CERIAS, SERC) Individual research projects Med Institute, Micro Database Systems, Clarion Health Partners, Indiana Health Industry Forum: Indiana Century 21 Partnership (Indiana Telemedicine Incubator):
Collaboration with Indiana Companies [2] Educational programs: K-12 outreach program Freshman and senior seminars Merit scholarships and awards Internet Olympiad Software Engineering courses