About @ Utah

School of Computing Mission

Excellence in research-achieved by tackling problems of real-world complexity - with the potential for significant long-term impact on the fields of computer science and multidisciplinary computing;
Excellence in education, providing the nation with computer scientists having a core of knowledge allowing them to adapt to a rapidly changing technology and providing industry, universities and government with the next generation of leaders in the field;
Excellence in working with industry, government, educators and the community to advance computing and to serve the needs of these organizations and groups.

Undergraduate Student Population

396 enrolled in CS major status

110 enrolled in CE major status

Graduate Student Population

94 enrolled in CS MS program

123 enrolled in CS PhD program

Research Areas

Applied Computation, including Image Analysis, Scientific Computing and Visualization

Artificial Intelligence, including Autonomous Systems, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Robotics

Computer Graphics, including Geometric Design and Computation, Perception and Simulation and Electronic Animation

Computer Systems, including Architecture and VLSI, Parallel Computing, Mobile and Embedded Systems, Networking and OS, Programming Languages and Compilers

Information Management, including Managing Scientific Discovery Process and Large-Scale Web Information Integration

Program Analysis and Formal Methods, including Algorithms, and Verification

Timeline

Founded by 3 Electrical Engineering faculty members in 1965

David Evans served as first chair

Faculty reached 10 FTE by 1985

Faculty doubled to 20 by 1996

School of Computing created in 2000.

School History

The School of Computing (until 2000 the Computer Science Department) at the University of Utah has a long history of distinguished faculty and alumni who have made substantial contributions to research and industry. The following history page represents a brief overview of some of the most well-known people and their work.