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Rutgers University Computer Science Department

Rutgers University Computer Science Department. Haym Hirsh Rutgers University. Rutgers University. Chartered in 1766 as Queens College 1771: First classes held, instructor: Frederick Frelinghuysen, 18-year-old stepson of college president 1774: First graduation, 19-year-old Matthew Leydt

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Rutgers University Computer Science Department

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  1. Rutgers UniversityComputer Science Department Haym Hirsh Rutgers University

  2. Rutgers University • Chartered in 1766 as Queens College • 1771: First classes held, instructor: Frederick Frelinghuysen, 18-year-old stepson of college president • 1774: First graduation, 19-year-old Matthew Leydt • 1793: Vote to merge with Princeton fails by one vote • 1795: Closes; 1807: Reopens; 1812: Closes; 1825: Reopens • 1873: 64 students • Today: • 50,000 students • 3 campuses • Largest US women’s college • 8th oldest university in US • Over 100 departments

  3. Computer Science Department • 1954: First computer, numerical analysis taught • 1958: “Information Processing” class • 1963: Center for Information Processing formed • 1964: All Engineering freshmen required to take “Basic Computer Programming” • 1966: Computer Science Department formed, two faculty • 1969: Saul Amarel hired from RCA labs, chair until 1984

  4. Main Areas • Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Graphics • Theoretical Computer Science • Computer Systems

  5. Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Graphics • Alex Borgida: Knowledge representation • Doug DeCarlo: Non-photorealistic rendering; computer graphics • Ahmed Elgammal: Human motion analysis • Apostolos Gerasoulis: Search engines • Haym Hirsh: Machine learning; information retrieval • Tomasz Imielinski: Data mining • Casimir Kulikowski: Medical informatics • Michael Littman: Reinforcement learning; probabilistic planning • David Madigan: Data mining • Thorne McCarty: Knowledge representation • Dimitris Metaxas: 3D deformable models • Dinesh Pai: Sensorimotor computation; computer graphics • Vladimir Pavlovic: Computer vision; probabilistic inference; bioinformatics • Michael Pazzani: Machine learning; information retrieval • Chung-chieh (Ken) Shan: Computational linguistics • Louis Steinberg: AI and design • Matthew Stone: Computational linguistics

  6. Related Units • Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science • Center for Computational Biomedical Imaging and Modeling • Statistics

  7. Theoretical Computer Science • Eric Allender: Complexity theory • Martin Farach-Colton: Algorithms; bioinformatics • Michael Fredman: Algorithms • Apostolos Gerasoulis: Numerical methods • Michael Grigoriadis: Optimization • Bahman Kalantari: Optimization; root-finding; visualization • Joseph Kilian: Cryptography • S. Muthu Muthukrishnan: Algorithms • Gerard Richter: Numerical Methods • William Steiger: Computational geometry • Mario Szegedy: Complexity theory; combinatorics; quantum computing • Endre Szemeredi: Complexity theory; combinatorics

  8. Related Units • DIMACS • Rutgers Center for Operations Research • Mathematics

  9. Computer Systems • Ricardo Bianchini: Distributed computing; low power; Internet technology • Alex Borgida: Software engineering; programning languages • Liviu Iftode: Operating systems; distributed systems; self-healing systems; pervasive computing • Tomasz Imielinski: Databases • Daniel Jimenez: Computer architecture • Uli Kremer: Compilers; low power; embedded systems • Saul Levy: Computer architecture • Richard Martin: Internet and distributed systems; sensor networks • Naftaly Minsky: Security • S. Muthu Muthukrishnan: Databases • Badri Nath: Wireless networking; sensor networks • Thu Nguyen: Internet and distributed systems; peer-to-peer networks • Barbara Ryder: Programming languages

  10. Related Units • WINLAB • Electrical and Computer Engineering

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