Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Computer Science (CS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has consistently been ranked as a top computer science program in the world. As of 2013, U.S. News & World Report rank UIUC's Computer Science as a Top 5 CS Graduate School program in the nation,^[2] as well as in the Top 20 for the World's Best Universities for Computer Science.^[3] Since its reorganization in 1964,^[4] the Department of Computer Science has produced a myriad of publications and research that have advanced the field of Computer Science. In addition, many faculty and alumni have been leads with modern day applications such as Mosaic (web browser), PayPal, and YouTube.

Statistics

As of the 2012-2013 academic year, there are a total of 1460 students in the department. (947 Undergraduate, 513 Graduate). 42% of students have been reported as International Students. 11.4% of all students are women.

The average reported salary accepted by a Bachelor's student is $81,118 and $91,400 for Master's students.^[5]

There are 54 full-time faculty members, contributing to the research of:^[6]

• Architecture, Compilers and Parallel Computing
• Systems and Networking
• Theory and Algorithms
• Artificial Intelligence
• Programming Languages, Formal Systems, and Software Engineering
• Database and Information Systems
• Graphics, Visualization, and HCI
• Scientific Computing
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Computers and Education

Degrees and programs

Undergraduate

There are 3 undergraduate degree programs offered by the College of Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (ENG)
• Bachelor of Science in Math and Computer Science (LAS)
• Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Computer Science (LAS)

The department also sponsors a Minor in Computer Science available to all UIUC students.

A 5 year Bachelor of Science/Master of Science (B.S./M.S.) in Computer Science program is also offered.

Graduate

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science
• Professional Masters of Computer Science (M.C.S.)
• Master of Science in Bioinformatics (M.S. Bioinformatics)

Notable alumni

• Sohaib Abbasi B.S. 1978, M.S. 1980, CEO of Informatica
• Daniel E. Atkins III Ph.D. 1970, Inaugural Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure for the U.S. National Science Foundation.
• Marc Andreessen B.S. 1993, Mosaic (web browser), Netscape
• Eric Bina M.S. 1988, Mosaic (web browser), Netscape
• Ed Boon B.S., Mortal Kombat
• Steve Chen B.S. 2002, YouTube
• Steve S. Chen Ph.D. 1975, Cray Computer
• Brendan Eich M.S. 1986, Javascript, Mozilla
• Steve Dorner B.S. 1983, Eudora (email client)
• Ping Fu M.S. 1990, Geomagic
• Mary Jane Irwin M.S. 1971, PhD. 1975, NAE member; computer architecture researcher
• Jawed Karim B.S. 2004, YouTube
• Mike Kulas B.S., Volition
• Chris Lattner Ph.D. 2005, LLVM
• Der-Tsai Lee M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1978, 14th President of National Chung Hsing University
• Max Levchin B.S. 1997, Paypal, Slide
• Mary T. McDowell B.S. 1986, former executive vice president at Nokia
• Kenichi Miura Ph.D., Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award winner
• Ray Ozzie B.S. 1979, Lotus Notes, Groove Networks, and former CTO and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft.
• Linda R. Petzold Ph.D. 1978, NAE member; computational science and engineering researcher
• Thomas Siebel M.S. 1985, founder, chairman, and CEO of Siebel Systems; founder, chairman, and CEO of C3
• Russel Simmons B.S., Yelp, Inc.
• Andrew Yao Ph.D. 1975, Turing award winner, computer theory researcher

References