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, mobile computing, peer-to-peer systems, wireless networking, vehicular networking, security and privacy, real-time systems, software engineering, wireless sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems.

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 concentration encourages students to choose among the following specialized tracks: engineering systems, game design, networking, and systems foundations.

For graduate students, we 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).

We also offer a Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering (in cooperation with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering).

News and Events

January 23, 2012 - NSF Grant for Dr. Di Ma

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Di Ma, assistant professor of computer and information science, $110,000 to improve security and privacy for radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems. Ma's research seeks to develop new context-aware security and privacy mechanisms by leveraging newly equipped sensing capabilities on the next generation of RFID tags. The goal is to provide improved protection against unauthorized reading and relay attacks without undermining the usability and efficiency offered by RFID systems. The project-which will span from system design and analysis to implementation and performance measurements-seeks to arrive at a better understanding of how parameters derived from the physical world can be used to solve security and privacy issues in cyber systems.

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November 13, 2011 - New 600-level Masters/PhD Courses

We have added the following courses to our Masters and PhD programs:

CIS 559 - Principles of Social Network Science
CIS 652 - Information Visualization and Animation
CIS 657 - Wireless Sensor Networks
CIS 676 - Software Architecture Design and Analysis
CIS 678 - Advances in Software Engineering Research

These courses can be taken by both Masters students as well as PhD students.

Please go here to see more details about these courses.

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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.

We have recently started a project called Computers to Educate Children. For more information, please go to http://www.c2ec.org/.

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Students that need information about the undergraduate programs in our department should consult with the Chair of the department's Undergraduate Committee, Dr. Jie Shen.

Students that need information about the graduate programs in our department should consult with the Chair of the department's Graduate Committee, Dr. Brahim Medjahed.