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The '''Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science''', known as '''Cornell Bowers CIS''' for short, is an entity within [[Cornell University]]. The college comprises the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Information Science, and the Department of Statistics and Data Science.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cis.cornell.edu/about/departments | title=Departments | publisher=Cornell Bowers CIS | access-date=November 12, 2022 }}</ref> However, as Cornell computer science professor [[David Gries]] has explained, "essentially it's a college without students,"<ref name="OHCS-Constable"/> with students instead being admitted to, and coming from, three of Cornell's regular undergraduate schools: the [[Cornell University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]], the [[Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]], and the [[New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University|College of Agriculture and Life Sciences]].<ref name="cis-undergrad">{{cite web | url=https://cis.cornell.edu/students/undergraduate-opportunities | title=Undergraduate Opportunities | publisher=Cornell Bowers CIS | access-date=November 12, 2022 }}</ref> In addition, students from any of Cornell's seven different undergraduate schools can [[Academic minor|minor]] in computer science or information science.<ref name="cis-undergrad"/>
The college is located in Bill & Melinda Gates Hall near the Engineering Quadrangle on the [[Cornell Central Campus]] in [[Ithaca, New York]].<ref name="cis-rfs">{{cite web | url=https://cis.cornell.edu/faculty-staff/resources-faculty-staff | title=Leadership | publisher=Cornell Bowers CIS | access-date=November 12, 2022 }}</ref> The inaugural dean of the college is [[Kavita Bala]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cis.cornell.edu/about-college/dean-kavita-bala
| title=Dean Kavita Bala | publisher=Cornell Bowers CIS | access-date=November 11, 2022 }}</ref>
==History==
The college came out of the '''Faculty of Computing and Information Science''', which was established in 1999 to unify computer science-related efforts throughout the university.<ref name="chron-constable"/> The new
[[Image:Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University.jpg|thumb|right|Bill & Melinda Gates Hall, home of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science following its opening in 2014 ]]
In 2005, the Department of Statistical Science was incorporated into the faculty.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPGJUiUCJZkC&pg=PA49 | chapter=Biometrics and Statistical Science at Cornell | author-first=James G. | author-last=Booth | author2-first=Martin T. | author2-last=Wells | title=Strength in Numbers: The Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in the U. S. | editor-first=Alan | editor-last=Agresti | editor2-first=Xiao-Li | editor2-last=Meng | publisher=Springer | ___location=New York | year= 2013 | pages=39 50 }} At p. 49.</ref> A $25 million donation from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] in 2006 led to the construction of the building named after couple.<ref name="ap-fcis-gates">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112997205/ | title=Cornell to build info campus with Gates gift | agency=Associated Press | newspaper= Star-Gazette | ___location=Elmira, New York | date=January 26, 2006 | page=4A | via=Newspapers.com }}</ref>
▲The college came out of the '''Faculty of Computing and Information Science''', which was established in 1999 to unify computer science efforts throughout the university.<ref name="chron-constable"/> The new Faculty's first dean was [[Robert L. Constable]], a longtime professor of computer science at Cornell who specialized in connecting computer programs with mathematical proof systems.<ref name="chron-constable"/> The idea of the entity, which Constable had been one of the primary advocates for, was to elevate computer science from the department level to the college level;<ref name="OHCS-Constable">{{cite interview |last=Constable |first=Robert L. |subject-link= |interviewer=David Gries |title=A Conversation with Robert L. Constable |work=An Oral History of Computer Science |date=July 21, 2015 |publisher= Cornell University Library |___location= |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/40560 }} See segments at 2:05 and 31:25.</ref> this was seen as critical given the field's increasingly widespread importance to nearly every area of study at the university.<ref name="ap-fcis-gates"/>
Constable would remain as the faculty's dean for ten years.<ref name="chron-constable">{{cite news |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2008/06/robert-constable-step-down-cis-dean |title=Robert Constable, founding dean of computing and information science, will step down in 2009 |first=Bill |last=Steele |date=June 11, 2008 |work=Cornell Chronicle | publisher=Cornell University }}</ref> When he stepped down from the post, Provost [[Biddy Martin]] said, "Dean Constable has been a pioneer in recognizing that computing has become an essential tool in almost every discipline. By conceiving and bringing to life the idea of a universitywide Faculty of Computing and Information Science, he has helped to make that tool accessible in fields as diverse as history, psychology, architecture and plant science."<ref name="chron-constable"/>
The Faculty of Computing and Information Science emphasized the value of multidisciplinary studies.<ref name="OHCS-Constable"/> One initiative of the faculty was to support
The final dean of the faculty was Kavita Bala, who had been chair of the department of computer science and was named to the position in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Kavita Bala Named New Dean of Computing and Information Science |url=https://www.cs.cornell.edu/information/news/newsitem11212/kavita-bala-named-new-dean-computing-and-information-science|date=June 5, 2020|publisher=Cornell University}}</ref> Then when the college was created later that year, she became the first dean of it.<ref name="chron-bowers"/>
Creation of the college came in December 2020 with
▲Constable would remain as the faculty's dean for ten years.<ref name="chron-constable">{{cite news |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2008/06/robert-constable-step-down-cis-dean |title=Robert Constable, founding dean of computing and information science, will step down in 2009 |first=Bill |last=Steele |date=June 11, 2008 |work=Cornell Chronicle | publisher=Cornell University }}</ref> When he stepped down from the post, Provost [[Biddy Martin]] said, "Dean Constable has been a pioneer in recognizing that computing has become an essential tool in almost every discipline. By conceiving and bringing to life the idea of a universitywide Faculty of Computing and Information Science, he has helped to make that tool accessible in fields as diverse as history, psychology, architecture and plant science."<ref name="chron-constable"/> The final dean of the faculty was [[Kavita Bala]], who had been chair of the department of computer science and was named to the position in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Kavita Bala Named New Dean of Computing and Information Science |url=https://www.cs.cornell.edu/information/news/newsitem11212/kavita-bala-named-new-dean-computing-and-information-science|date=June 5, 2020|publisher=Cornell University}}</ref> Then when the college was created later that year, she became the first dean of it.<ref name="chron-bowers"/>
Bowers, a liberal arts alumnus of Cornell, had been the head of personnel at [[Intel]] during a period of rapid growth in the early 1970s; subsequently married [[Robert Noyce]], the cofounder of Intel; was vice president for human resources at [[Apple Computer]] in the early 1980s; and later became a philanthropist who chaired the [[Noyce Foundation]] following her husband's death.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley | author-last=Berlin | author-first=Leslie | year= 2005 | publisher =Oxford University Press | ___location=New York | pages=230, 231, 253, 306 }}</ref> She had frequently donated to Cornell in the past.<ref name="chron-bowers"/>▼
▲Creation of the college came in December 2020 with an over-$100 million donation from Ann S. Bowers.<ref name="chron-bowers">{{cite news | url=https://infosci.cornell.edu/information/news/newsitem1000/gift-ann-s-bowers-59-creates-new-college-computing-and-information | title=Gift from Ann S. Bowers '59 Creates New College of Computing and Information Science | author-first=Melanie | author-last=Lefkowitz | work= Cornell Chronicle | publisher=Cornell University | date= December 17, 2020 }}</ref>
▲Bowers, a liberal arts alumnus of Cornell, had been the head of personnel at [[Intel]] during a period of rapid growth in the early 1970s; subsequently married [[Robert Noyce]], the cofounder of Intel; was vice president for human resources at [[Apple Computer]] in the early 1980s; and later became a philanthropist who chaired the [[Noyce Foundation]] following her husband's death.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley | author-last=Berlin | author-first=Leslie | year= 2005 | publisher =Oxford University Press | ___location=New York | pages=230, 231, 253, 306 }}</ref>
An additional new building is planned, helped by a $10 million donation from the two founders of [[Wayfair]], both Cornell alumni.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112987588/the-boston-globe/ | title=Cofounders of Wayfair Donate $10 Million to Cornell | newspaper=The Boston Globe | date=September 21, 2021 | page=B6 | via=Newspapers.com }}</ref> Graduate student programs in the college take place both in Ithaca and at the [[Cornell Tech]] campus in New York City.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://cis.cornell.edu/future-students/graduate-opportunities | title=Graduate Opportunities | publisher=Cornell Bowers CIS | access-date=November 12, 2022 }}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [https://cis.cornell.edu/ Official website]
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