Our faculty has very active research interests in software engineering, networking and communications, multimedia, VLSI design, computer architecture, distributed systems, database systems, and internet engineering. In the last two years, we generated approximately two million dollars in sponsored research from the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and many local companies including Motorola, Siemens, and IBM.

We are in the midst of hundreds of hi-tech companies, some that are firmly established and others that are getting started - this area is now referred to as the "Internet Coast". Our Industry Advisory Board consists of technical leaders from these companies, who support our efforts both in research and in teaching. Our new Industry Affiliate Program is designed to strengthen our collaboration with local companies and provide a number of benefits to local industry.

In summary, our mission is to serve our community by providing a center for teaching excellence and becoming a major research department. I am very enthusiastic about leading the department in the coming years with the strong support of our dynamic faculty, hard working staff, and ambitious students.