1. Rutgers University Computer Science Department Haym Hirsh Rutgers University

2. Chartered in 1766 as Queens College 1771: First classes held, instructor: Frederick Frelinghuysen, 18-year-old stepson of college president 1774: First graduation, 19-year-old Matthew Leydt 1793: Vote to merge with Princeton fails by one vote 1795: Closes; 1807: Reopens; 1812: Closes; 1825: Reopens 1873: 64 students Today: 50,000 students 3 campuses Largest US women’s college 8 th oldest university in US Over 100 departments

3. Computer Science Department 1954: First computer, numerical analysis taught 1958: “Information Processing” class 1963: Center for Information Processing formed 1964: All Engineering freshmen required to take “Basic Computer Programming” 1966: Computer Science Department formed, two faculty 1969: Saul Amarel hired from RCA labs, chair until 1984

4. Main Areas Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Graphics Theoretical Computer Science Computer Systems

5. Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Graphics Alex Borgida: Knowledge representation Doug DeCarlo: Non-photorealistic rendering; computer graphics Ahmed Elgammal: Human motion analysis Apostolos Gerasoulis: Search engines Haym Hirsh: Machine learning; information retrieval Tomasz Imielinski: Data mining Casimir Kulikowski: Medical informatics Michael Littman: Reinforcement learning; probabilistic planning David Madigan: Data mining Thorne McCarty: Knowledge representation Dimitris Metaxas: 3D deformable models Dinesh Pai: Sensorimotor computation; computer graphics Vladimir Pavlovic: Computer vision; probabilistic inference; bioinformatics Michael Pazzani: Machine learning; information retrieval Chung-chieh (Ken) Shan: Computational linguistics Louis Steinberg: AI and design Matthew Stone: Computational linguistics

8. Related Units Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science Center for Computational Biomedical Imaging and Modeling Statistics

9. Eric Allender: Complexity theory Martin Farach-Colton: Algorithms; bioinformatics Michael Fredman: Algorithms Apostolos Gerasoulis: Numerical methods Michael Grigoriadis: Optimization Bahman Kalantari: Optimization; root-finding; visualization Joseph Kilian: Cryptography S. Muthu Muthukrishnan: Algorithms Gerard Richter: Numerical Methods William Steiger: Computational geometry Mario Szegedy: Complexity theory; combinatorics; quantum computing Endre Szemeredi: Complexity theory; combinatorics Theoretical Computer Science

10. Related Units DIMACS Rutgers Center for Operations Research Mathematics

11. Ricardo Bianchini: Distributed computing; low power; Internet technology Alex Borgida: Software engineering; programning languages Liviu Iftode: Operating systems; distributed systems; self-healing systems; pervasive computing Tomasz Imielinski: Databases Daniel Jimenez: Computer architecture Uli Kremer: Compilers; low power; embedded systems Saul Levy: Computer architecture Richard Martin: Internet and distributed systems; sensor networks Naftaly Minsky: Security S. Muthu Muthukrishnan: Databases Badri Nath: Wireless networking; sensor networks Thu Nguyen: Internet and distributed systems; peer-to-peer networks Barbara Ryder: Programming languages Computer Systems

12. Related Units WINLAB Electrical and Computer Engineering