Department

Vision

Our education and research programs will be regarded as among the best
in the nation.

- Our students and graduates will be aggressively recruited for their
valuable education.

- High ability persons from diverse backgrounds will seek admission
to our programs for the superior value of an OSU/CIS education.

- Our alumni will become recognized for their accomplishments.

- The knowledge and technology created within the Department will be
acclaimed and disseminated worldwide.  A significant amount of this
knowledge and technology will become the basis for new and improved
concepts, processes, systems, and products.

- Persons outside of the Department will appreciate the role of the
Department in addressing major societal problems in whose solutions
computing technology play a significant role.


Mission

The mission of the Department of Computer and Information Science is:

i) to educate undergraduate and graduate majors in computer science and
engineering, as well as the broader campus community, in the fundamental 
concepts of the computing discipline;

ii) to create and disseminate computing knowledge and technology; and

iii) to use our expertise in computing to help our society solve problems.