Department of Computer Sciences: An overview

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Department of Computer Sciences An overview

• Aditya Mathur
• August 2000

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Faculty and Students (1999-2000 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.

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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

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Faculty Recruitment 1994-95 1999-00

• 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)

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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

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1999-2000 Graduate Survey

• B.S. degree 138
• 94 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)

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Department of Computer Sciences Relations with
Indiana Companies

• Aditya Mathur
• June 26, 2000

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Corporate Partners Program
Members of CS CPP
US Companies/ Indiana Companies
Purdue CS
Feedback on Educational Programs
Interns Graduates Research Partnerships
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Focus on Indiana Companies

• Attune
• Centillion Data Systems
• Made2Manage
• Tivoli Systems (first to join CPP)

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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)

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Collaboration with Indiana Companies 2

• Educational programs
• K-12 outreach program
• Freshman and senior seminars
• Merit scholarships and awards
• Internet Olympiad
• Software Engineering courses