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The '''UO Computer and Information Science''' (CIS) department at the [[University of Oregon]] wasis establisheda inleading [[computer science]] department established in 1970. andIt ishas onebeen ofconsistently ranked among the top [[100 computer science]] departmentsprograms inover the United Statesdecades. [[U.S. TheNews department& isWorld partReport]] currently ofranks the [[Universitygraduate ofprogram Oregonas Collegetied offor Arts63rd andwith Sciences|College[[Iowa ofState Arts and SciencesUniversity]].<ref>{{cite, web|title=Special[[University Fortiethat AnniversaryBuffalo, EditionSUNY|url=https://www.cs.uoregon.edu/Alumni/Newsletters/2010-CIS-Newsletter.pdf|publisher=UOUniversity Computerat Buffalo—​SUNY]] and Informationthe Science}}</ref>[[University UOof CISIowa]], isplacing locatedthe computer science program 1st in [[Deschutesthe Hall]],state [[Eugene,of Oregon|Eugene]],.<ref [[Oregon]].name=":0" />

In the past 20 years, students and researchers from the CIS department have made developments in the fields of [[Algorithm|algorithms]], [[quantum computing]], [[Computer network|computer networks]], [[Parallel computing|parallel processing]], [[computational biology]], [[human–computer interaction]] and [[software engineering]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ipcc.cs.uoregon.edu/curriculum.html|title=IPCC at UO|last=[e-mail]|first=Boyana Norris|website=ipcc.cs.uoregon.edu|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref>

== History ==

Initially founded in 1970, Dechutes Hall was dedicated for the CIS department on Oct. 16, 1989 as the part of a $45.6 million dollar project with the Cascade, Streisinger and Willamette Halls in the current Lokey Science Complex. Deschutes Hall on the [[Campus of the University of Oregon|UO campus]] was complete in the Winter Quarter of 1990, along with the other Halls in the same year. Construction of the building was funded primarily through a [[United States Department of Energy]] grant sponsored by Oregon governor [[Victor G. Atiyeh]] and United States senator [[Mark Hatfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/deschutes.html|title=Deschutes Hall|publisher=UO Libraries|work=The Architecture of the University of Oregon|publisher=UO Libraries|accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref> Deschutes hall is connected by a skybridge to the Lewis Integrative Science buiding. The department is part of the [[University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cs.uoregon.edu/Alumni/Newsletters/2010-CIS-Newsletter.pdf|title=Special Fortieth Anniversary Edition|publisher=UO Computer and Information Science}}</ref>

== Research Activities ==

Research projects as well as hands-on systems and networking courses are held in the Intel Systems research and education laboratory. The CIS department hosts opportunities for research in the following areas:

* Theoretical computer science

* Operating systems, parallel processing, distributed systems, and performance evaluation

* Parallel processing

* Performance evaluation

* Human-computer interaction and visualization

* Programming languages and compilers

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* Oregon Systems Infrastructure Research and Information Security (OSIRIS) Laboratory

* Wearable Computing Group - focuses on the development and evaluation of [[Wearable computing|wearable]] and [[Mobile computing|mobile]] computing for facilitating and augmenting human collaboration

==History==

Dechutes Hall was dedicated for the CIS department on Oct. 16, 1989 as the part of a $45.6 million dollar project with the Cascade, Streisinger and Willamette Halls. Deschutes Hall on the [[Campus of the University of Oregon|UO campus]] was complete in the Winter Quarter of 1990, along with the other Halls in the same year. Construction of the building was funded primarily through a [[United States Department of Energy]] grant sponsored by Oregon governor [[Victor G. Atiyeh]] and United States senator [[Mark Hatfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/deschutes.html|title=Deschutes Hall|work=The Architecture of the University of Oregon|publisher=UO Libraries|accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Dechutes Hall Lecture room.jpg|thumb|Inside the Deschutes Hall lecture room.]]

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== Academics ==

[[US News & World Report]] currently ranks the graduate program as tied for 63rd along with [[Iowa State University]], [[University at Buffalo|University at Buffalo--SUNY]], and [[University of Iowa]], placing it as 1st for such computer science programs in the state of Oregon.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Best Computer Science Programs|website=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings/page+3|publisher=US News & World Report}}</ref>

==Conferences==

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== People ==

===Alumni Students ===

* [[Kent Beck]], creator of agile software development<ref>{{cite web|title=Kent Beck|url=http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/Kent%20Beck.htm|publisher=Three Rivers Institute|accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref>

=== Faculty and Staff ===

===Notable Alumni===

* [[Kent Beck]], creator of agile software development<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Kent Beck|url=http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/Kent%20Beck.htm|publisher=Three Rivers Institute|accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref>

* [[Gurdeep Singh Pall]], corporate vice president of [[Skype Technologies]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Corp. Executive Profile: Gurdeep Singh Pall|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=25873646&ticker=MSFT|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref>

* [[Rebecca Wirfs-Brock]], founder of Wirfs-Brock Associates and inventor of [[Responsibility-Driven Design]]<ref>[http://www.wirfs-brock.com/PDFs/RebeccaWirfs-BrockResume.pdf Online C.V]</ref>