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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Computers are now used in practically every area of human endeavor, and are radically changing both the way we live our lives and our notions of the limits of human capabilities. Job opportunities in computer and information science are challenging and diverse, and demand for computer science graduates is expected to remain strong over the next decade.
Our department offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Computer Science, as well as undergraduate degrees in Computer Engineering and graduate degrees in Telecommunication Networks, Information Systems Engineering (Westchester Campus only), and Software Engineering. The B.S. program in Computer Science is accredited by the Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB). Classes are offered on three campuses: a main campus located in downtown Brooklyn and two graduate centers in
Melville / Long Island and Westchester.
The faculty of the Department of Computer and Information Science is involved in research at the frontiers of many key areas of computer science. Areas of active research include algorithms, computational geometry, computational learning theory, databases, wireless networks, network security, distributed systems, data compression, image processing and understanding, multimedia, software engineering and testing, data mining, and information retrieval. The faculty is supported by numerous grants from the National Science Foundation, as well as grants and contracts from other government agencies, foundations, and industry. The Computer and Information Science faculty also works closely with the Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT), the Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT), and the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies.
The department was recently designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the U.S. National Security Agency (more on this...). We currently offer scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students specializing in computer security. Students can take a number of specialized courses focusing on network security, computer resilience, multimedia protection, and data mining and information retrieval with national security applications.
Students in the department have access to a wide variety of computer equipment, including an extensive network of Sun workstations and Intel-based machines. In addition, there are specialized instructional and research labs for database systems, parallel and distributed computing, security, software engineering, wireless networks, computer graphics, vision and image processing, and web search technology, which are used in advanced courses and research projects.
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