1. Dale Reed Lecturer, Computer Science University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) reed@uic.edu

2. Got Computer? What computers have you used today?

3. What I’ll describe: 1.Help Wanted? CS Job Prospects, Descriptions 2.CS at UIC 3.EVL research Lab, Pedalplane

4. 1.Help Wanted? CS Job Prospects, Descriptions 2.CS at UIC 3.EVL research Lab, Pedalplane

5. US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos267.htm Despite the recent downturn in information technology, employment of computer software engineers is expected to increase much faster than the average for all occupations, as businesses and other organizations adopt and integrate new technologies and seek to maximize the efficiency of their computer systems.

6. US Dept of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2002-2012 Projections) 7 of the 10 fastest growing occupations are computer (information technology) related occupations. Money Magazine (Nov. 14, 2004) Ranks CS as 6 th among the top 10 degrees in employment demand.

7. Money Magazine (Feb. 2004) Computer Science ranks in the top 5 of highest paid professionals just out of college. The average offer for computer science majors rose 8.9 percent to $48,656; and more than half the offers surveyed topped $50,000.

8. And yet… The number of freshman indicating they are planning on majoring in computer science has declined by over 60% between the Fall of 2000 and 2004 (HERI/UCLA quoted in May 2005 Computing Research News) Job growth + smaller pool of CS grads = Opportunity!

9. Some Computer Science related specialties Programmers (writing the instructions to tell computers what to do) Software Engineers (design, develop, test, and evaluate software systems) Systems Analysts (harness technology to solve general computer problems) Network Administrators (interoperability and security of computer components) Database Administrators (organize, store and secure data) Support Specialists (technical support and advice to computer users) Computer Scientists (theoretical research concerning technological innovation)

10. Recent CS Graduates (BS Degree) Sample Jobs Carnegie Mellon University – Graduate study in security. Accenture – following a semester internship Abbott Labs - Software engineering Microsoft - Testing tools and recruiting Expedia - Web site development for online travel resources Argonne National Laboratory – Integration of new technologies, setting up high-speed networks Apple – Technical writer Microsoft - Software Design Engineer Motorola – Software Development and Testing Note: Many federal agencies are needing computer experts to meet new demands related to homeland security, etc.

11. 1.Help Wanted? CS Job Prospects, Descriptions 2.CS at UIC 3.EVL research Lab Pedalplane

12. Undergraduate Instruction began in Chicago ~1946Undergraduate Instruction began in Chicago ~1946 Circle Campus: 1965: 8600 studentsCircle Campus: 1965: 8600 students

13. How many students today?How many students today? Undergraduate class size in CS: ?Undergraduate class size in CS: ?

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Departments in Engineering 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 Bioengineering Chemical Engineering Civil and Materials Computer Science Electrical & Computer Mechanical & Industrial

18. Computer Science Highlights Over 30 Award-winning faculty 8 NSF Career awards, 5 Fellows, 15 editors or board members, 5 teaching awards 185 undergraduates, 200 graduates Diverse student body, BS, MS, Ph.D. Average undergraduate class size: 25 A leading research dept. at UIC Over $8 million yearly Corporate sponsors: IBM, Apple, Boeing, Motorola, GM, SUN, DARPA, NIH, ONR, DOD Setting near the heart of Chicago, Internships

19. Company Recruiting Visits

20. CS Areas of Expertise Computer security Bioinformatics Artificial Intelligence Databases/Data Mining Computer Systems Networking Computer Graphics/Virtual Reality Human Computer Interaction Software Engineering Automated Design

21. How We Stack Up 1993 National Research Council program quality ranking: Rank, School 8. Univ. Illinois Champaign-Urbana 24. Univ. of Chicago 26. Purdue 38. Northwestern 51. UIC 91. IIT Not in top 108: DePaul, Loyola Similar numbers in more recent US News & World Report

22. Research Examples…

23. TransLight/StarLight International Research Network Connections Investigators: Maxine Brown and Tom DeFanti, CS Department Prime Grant Support: National Science Foundation #SCI-0441094 Cooperation with US and European national research and education networks production science networks Complement at least 10 other 10 Gigabit links

24. The OptIPuter Project Tom DeFanti, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Tom Moher, Oliver Yu, Bob Grossman, Luc Renambot Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, UIC Larry Smarr, California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, UCSD National Science Foundation Award #SCI-0225642 The OptIPuter, so named for its use of Optical networking, Internet Protocol, computer storage, processing and visualization technologies, is an infrastructure that tightly couples computational resources and displays over parallel optical networks using the IP communication mechanism.

25. Multi-Camera Head Tracking for the Varrier Autostereo Display Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Javier Girado, Andrew Johnson, Dan Sandin, Tom DeFanti, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Dept. of Computer Science Office of Naval Research and National Science Foundation 7x5 LCD panels covered with a black line screen overlay to achieve an autostereoscopic effect.

26. SAGE : Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment Investigators: Andrew Johnson, Computer Science, Jason Leigh, Computer Science Prime Grant Support: National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research In the future it will be affordable & desirable to wallpaper rooms with displays showing multiple applications to support data-intensive collaboration.

27. Gateway Traveler Information System Investigators: Dillenburg Nelson, and Rorem Computer Science Prime Grant Support: Illinois Department of Transportation Provide www.gcmtravel.com website with real-time maps of congestion, travel times, incidents and constructionwww.gcmtravel.com 25 million hits per month gcmtravel.com

28. Classroom Simulations of Scientific Phenomena Investigators: Tom Moher, Computer Science; Jennifer Wiley, Psychology; Louis Gomez, Learning Sciences (Northwestern University) Prime Grant Support: National Science Foundation RoomQuake (earthquake simulation) RoomBugs (simulation of insect migration in response to environmental change)

29. Who Should Apply? Students interested in being developers, not just consumers of computer technology ACT scores of 25 or higher, or in top 20% of class Open House dates: October 10 (Columbus Day, Monday) November 11 (Veterans Day, Friday) February 20, 2006 (President's Day, Monday) March 6, 2006 (Pulaski Day, Monday) Contact: Email: recruit@cs.uic.edu Phone: Elena or Santhi at 312-413-4950 www.cs.uic.edu

30. 1.Help Wanted? CS Job Prospects, Descriptions 2.CS at UIC 3.EVL research Lab, Pedalplane