University of Michigan - Dearborn: College of Engineering & Computer Science

Computer and Information
Science Department

About the Department

The Department of Computer and Information Science is one of four departments in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Our 15 full-time faculty members conduct research in the areas of CAD/CAM integration, computer graphics, geometric modeling, database systems, data integration, data mining, multimedia information systems, web services, digital government, distributed systems and middleware, mobile computing, peer-to-peer systems, vehicular networking, security and privacy, real-time systems, and software engineering.

For undergraduates, we offer a B.S. in Computer and Information Science with a concentration in Computer Science (CISC) and a concentration in Information Systems (CISI), as well as a B.S. in Software Engineering. The CISC degree encourages students to choose among the following specialized tracks: engineering systems, game design, networking, and systems foundations.

For graduate students, starting in September 2009, we will be participating in a Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering, along with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering.

We also offer an M.S. in Computer and Information Science, an M.S. in Software Engineering (in cooperation with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), and an M.S. in Information Systems & Technology (in cooperation with the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering).

News and Events

October 10, 2009 - CIS Programming Team Gets 2nd Place

On October 10th, 2009, UM-Dearborn's programming team, consisting of Luke Duncan, Scott Hoffman and Trevor Tabaka, took 2nd place at the Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges (CCSC) programming contest in Chicago.

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September 07, 2009 - Dr. Qiang Zhu Appointed Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Qiang Zhu has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications (IJCA), effective from January 2010. IJCA is a publication of the International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA). The journal was established in 1994 and is indexed in INSPEC and DBLP.

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September 01, 2009 - Zhiwei Xu Selected as Hewlitt-Packard Innovation Research Award Recipient

Dr. Zhiwei Xu was selected as one of 59 professors in the world to receive a 2009 HP Labs Innovation Research Award, a program designed to create opportunities for colleges, universities and research institutes around the world to conduct breakthrough collaborative research with HP.

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August 21, 2009 - Best Paper Award for Drs. Zhu and Medjahed

Professors Qiang Zhu and Brahim Medjahed together with their graduate student, Anshuman Sharma, and Ford collaborator, Henry Huang, have recently won The Wilkes Award 2008 (best paper for 2008) from The Computer Journal by The British Computer Society & Oxford University Press for their paper "The Collective Index: A Technique for Efficient Processing of Progressive Queries" published in Vol. 51, No. 6 of the journal.

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CIS Student Organizations

UPSILON PI EPSILON

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), is the first and only international honor society for the computing sciences. UPE is recognized by both ACM and IEEE-CS as an official honor society, and is a proud member of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS). It is here to promote the computing and information disciplines and to encourage their contribution to the enhancement of knowledge. Membership in UPE is a distinct honor which is recognized throughout the computing community, opens doors to government jobs that may not have been accessible to you before, and looks fantastic on your resume. When employers look at resumes, the applicants with honor society membership will have an advantage over you. Make yourself stand out from the pack, gain acccess to a group of individuals with interests similar to your own, and ... You can benefit from an Upsilon Pi Epsilon membership too!

ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world's largest computer organization. ACM's dedicated efforts as an international scientific and educational organization, since 1947, has been advancing the art, science, engineering, and application of information technology. ACM serves both professional and public interests by fostering the open interchange of information, and by promoting the highest professional and ethical standards. Here at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-D) , we established a new student chapter in 1995. Our only requirements for membership are an interest in computing and some connection to UM-D.

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Some Changes in Course Offering Frequency

Starting in the 2008-2009 academic year, CIS 376 - Software Engineering II will be offered only in the fall and winter Semesters. It will not be offered in the summer semester.