1. Department of Computer Science DCC University of Chile
35 years developing Computing in Chile
Department of Computer Science
DCC
University of Chile

2. DCC … a tradition of ‘first’ in Chile (1)
…35 years developing Computing in Chile
DCC … a tradition of ‘first’ in Chile (1)
...Department of Computer Science (1975)
...developer of a software product for worldwide distribution, BIRDS (1980)
…sender of an first among universities (1985)
…department joined to the international UUCP Web (1986)

3. DCC … a tradition of ‘first’ in Chile (2)
…35 years developing Computing in Chile
DCC … a tradition of ‘first’ in Chile (2)
…administrator of the .cl domain(1987 and so far)
…host of a Web server in Latin America (1993)
…Web site about Chile (1994)

4. Teaching (accreditated programs)
…35 years developing Computing in Chile
Teaching (accreditated programs)
Undergraduate program
Computer Engineering
Postgraduate programs
Master of Sc. (Computer Sc.)‏
Master in Information Technology‏
Ph.D. (Computer Sc.)‏

5. Teaching number of students (2010)
…35 years developing Computing in Chile
Teaching number of students (2010)
Undergraduate program = 180
Postgraduate programs (domestics and foreigners)
Master of Sc. = 35
Master in IT = 25
Ph.D. = 30
Summer school (secondary) = 58

6. Faculty (largest C.S. Department in Chile)
…35 years developing Computing in Chile
Faculty (largest C.S. Department in Chile)
20 full-time professors
9 foreigners
40 part-time instructors and professors
post-docs
ad-hoc researchers
research assistants

7. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Centers and Labs (1)
CWR Center for Web Research
C5 Informatics for Education Center
CLCERT Center for Cryptography & Computer Security Research
CARL Collaborative Applications Research Lab
GMA Algorithms Group

8. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Centers and Labs (2)
MaTE Model and Transformation Engineering
NIC Chile .cl domain administration
NIC Labs applied research and technology transfer laboratory of NIC Chile
LACCIR Latin American Research Virtual Institute (MS sponsored)

9. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Centers and Labs (3)
PLEIAD Programme Languages and Environments for Intelligent, Adaptable and Distributed Systems
PRISMA (Pattern Recognition, Similarity Search, and Indexing in Multimedia Archives)
Yahoo! Research Latin America

10. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Lines of research (1)
Algorithms and data structures
Applied cryptography
Computer security
Collaborative systems
Databases
Educational informatics

11. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Lines of research (2)
Human-computer interaction
Logic for Computer Science
Mesh algorithms and applications
Networks, distributed systems and parallelism
Programming languages
Software engineering
Web research

12. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Research results (1)
50 ISI-indexed international articles ( )‏
‏100 papers on average per year, in congress and international conferences
International conferences started by DCC professors
Members of journal editorial boards
Chilean government committees consultant

13. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Research results (2)
Consulting for Industry
Books, book chapters, and others
Close research ties with major universities and labs worldwide (USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain, etc.)

14. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
Challenges
Increase the number of pre and postgraduate students
Generate new research associations
Increase relation to Industry
Introduce to large-scale projects
Stimulate multi-disciplinary research

15. …35 years developing Computing in Chile
DCC
DCC 2009