Title :
Developing a Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Abstract :
This article describes the first six years of the Computer Science Department, established in 1973 at the University of Maryland. The department evolved out of the Computer Science Center, which had been instituted in February 1962. In 1980, the National Academy of Sciences judged the department as being among the leading computer science departments in the US.
Keywords :
educational administrative data processing; Maryland University; computer science department; Art; Calculus; Computer science; Computer science education; Computer vision; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Information analysis; Laboratories; Lifting equipment; CS education program; University of Maryland; computer science department development;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2007.4407446
