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1. Help Wanted?CS Job Prospects, Descriptions
2. CS at UIC
3. EVL research Lab,Pedalplane
1. Help Wanted?CS Job Prospects, Descriptions
2. CS at UIC
3. EVL research Lab,Pedalplane
US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbookhttp://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.
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 6th among the top 10
degrees in employment demand.
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.
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!
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)
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.
1. Help Wanted?CS Job Prospects, Descriptions
2. CS at UIC
3. EVL research LabPedalplane
• Undergraduate Instruction began in Undergraduate Instruction began in Chicago ~1946Chicago ~1946
• Circle Campus: 1965: 8600 studentsCircle Campus: 1965: 8600 students
• How many students today?How many students today?• Undergraduate class size in CS: ?Undergraduate class size in CS: ?
• 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
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
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
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
Computer Science Highlights
• Over 30 Award-winning faculty8 NSF Career awards, 5 Fellows, 15 editors or board members, 5 teaching awards
• 185 undergraduates, 200 graduatesDiverse student body, BS, MS, Ph.D.
• Average undergraduate class size: 25• A leading research dept. at UIC
Over $8 million yearlyCorporate sponsors: IBM, Apple, Boeing, Motorola, GM, SUN, DARPA, NIH, ONR, DOD
• Setting near the heart of Chicago, Internships
Company Recruiting Visits
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
How We Stack Up
Undergraduate Tuition Cost per Year
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$5,000
$10,000
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$20,000
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Series1 $9,802 $11,832 $20,900 $22,218 $23,900 $23,955 $31,629 $31,644
UIC UIUC DePaul IIT LoyolaMilw. Eng.
U of C NU
1993 National Research Council program quality ranking:
Rank, School8. Univ. Illinois Champaign-Urbana24. Univ. of Chicago26. Purdue 38. Northwestern
51. UIC 91. IITNot in top 108: DePaul, Loyola
Similar numbers in more recent US News & World Report
Research Examples…
TransLight/StarLight International Research Network ConnectionsInvestigators: 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
The OptIPuter ProjectTom DeFanti, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Tom Moher, Oliver Yu, Bob Grossman, Luc Renambot
Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, UICLarry 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.
Multi-Camera Head Tracking for the Varrier Autostereo DisplayJason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Javier Girado, Andrew Johnson, Dan Sandin, Tom DeFanti,
Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Dept. of Computer ScienceOffice of Naval Research and National Science Foundation
7x5 LCD panels covered with a black line screen overlay to achieve an autostereoscopic effect.
SAGE : Scalable Adaptive Graphics EnvironmentInvestigators: 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.
Gateway Traveler Information SystemInvestigators: 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 construction
25 million hits per month
gcmtravel.com
Classroom Simulations of Scientific PhenomenaInvestigators: 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)
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: [email protected] Phone: Elena or Santhi at 312-413-4950
• www.cs.uic.edu
1. Help Wanted?CS Job Prospects, Descriptions
2. CS at UIC
3. EVL research Lab,Pedalplane
