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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Computer Science & Engineering

Who We Are and What We Do

About our Department

Computer Science & Engineering Vision...

To be broadly recognized as a top program in the US that:

  • Conducts state-of-the-art research in software engineering, informatics, and systems, and
  • Educates students with the skill, knowledge, creativity, and vision to be leaders in defining the future of computing and information technology.

This vision includes:

  • Being among the top 5 software engineering groups nationally, with a focus on software dependability,
  • Broadly integrating computing and information technology into education for all students and into research and scholarship for colleagues across the university,
  • Providing students with world-class computing infrastructure coupled to an innovative curriculum,
  • Pursuing high-impact innovative research, and
  • An uncompromising pursuit of excellence.

What makes us unique?

  • Our faculty, staff, students, facilities, curriculum, and research are broadly recognized for their teaching, research, and service contributions.
  • We are systematically and successfully pursuing our vision that is shared and supported by UNL.
  • Our attention to the design, development, and deployment of cyberinfrastructure environments will enable new science and engineering and facilitate strategic and intellectual partnerships with other disciplines.
  • ABET and CSAB Accredited Programs.
  • We are leading a broader cyberinfrastructure renaissance that will enrich and empower human potential in all disciplines.
  • We have an environment that attracts, enables, and cultivates excellent faculty for teaching and research while providing outstanding educational experiences for students.
  • Our graduates will have the skill, knowledge, creativity, and vision to be leaders and innovators in the Information Age.
  • The CSE Department at UNL is well on its way to being broadly recognized as a top program in the U.S. with our Software Engineering program poised to be one of the top five.
  • CSE’s core values are to do everything with the highest possible quality and with the highest ethical and professional standards, to hire the very best people and to recruit the very best students, and to insist that everyone be treated with respect. We have a commitment to an uncompromising pursuit of excellence.

CSE Faculty

  • 23 faculty
    • 9 Full Professors
    • 7 Associate Professors
    • 7 Assistant Professors
  • 8 NSF CAREER Awards
  • 3 Edgerton Assistant Professor Awards
  • College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Awards
  • 3 named professorships
  • 1 distinguished scholar

CSE Research

Research Summary Information
(Calendar year 2005)

  • 2 journal and 6 conference publications, on average per faculty member
  • Numerous patents, books, book chapters, and essays
  • Grant expenditures of over $2.5M for 2005-06 fiscal year.
  • Active grants of over $14M