Welcome to the Department of Computer and Information Sciences Christopher Urban Chairman SUNY Polytechnic Institute Department of Computer and Information.

Welcome to the Department of

Computer and Information Sciences

Christopher Urban

ChairmanSUNY Polytechnic Institute

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Our Departmental Family

We have these majors/programs• Computer and Information Science

Commonly referred to a CS• Computer Information Systems

Commonly referred to as IS• Network and Computer Security

Commonly referred to as NCS• BS/MS in Computer and Information Science

Commonly referred to as BS/MS

What Are We Covering Today?

• Technology and Your Future• Department Faculty and Staff• Our History and Where We Are Headed• Brief Discussion of Our Programs• Why We Are Different/Unique • Accreditation / Center of Excellence Designation• Recent Accomplishments• New Initiatives• After This Presentation

Technology and Your Future (1)

"The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential."

- Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft


"… everything we called the 'IT revolution' over these past 20 years was just the warm-up act. It was just the sharpening and distribution of the tools of horizontal collaboration. Now you are going to see the real IT revolution."

- Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP


Technology is going to be hugely

important to EVERYONE

in the future.


You are here because you want to prepare to take part in the continued IT revolution as a contributor.

We are here to help you attain the

knowledge and skills you will need to

contribute to the continued IT revolution.

Department Faculty (1)

Department Faculty (2)

Department Secretary

• Grace decker help students with:– Academic petitions– Tracking documents– Presentation, project and thesis report support

Department Network Administrator

• Nick Merante helps students with:– CS network (DogNet) accounts– Free software ( http://www.cs.sunyit.edu/ )– Paid DogNet internships (if you’re good

enough)– NCS Club advisor

Department Location

• This figure also shows new construction!

We are locatedin Kunsela Hall

SUNY Poly History and Expansion

• Established 1966• Approx. 2800 students today

– Dept has 580 students• Moved to current campus 1980s• Recent additions:

– $13 million student center– $20 million field house– $23.5 million residence hall

• Current construction:– $1.5B Center for Advanced Technology and

Computer Chip Commercialization Center

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

• People:– 14 full-time faculty– 1 full-time computer network and lab support

professional– 1 full-time administrative support professional

• Programs:– 4 undergraduate programs– 2 graduate programs– 2 accelerated BS/MS program options

580 Students Enrolled in Our Department

• Current undergraduate students:– CS (Computer and Information Science): 176– IS (Computer Information Systems): 76– NCS (Network and Computer Security): 108– CS BS/MS (an accelerated program): 41

• Current graduate students:– MS in CS: 115– MS in TEL: 47– MS in NCS: 17

• Largest Department at SUNY Poly

Brief Discussion of Our Main Programs

• CS (Computer and Information Science)– CS Catalog Web Page

• IS (Computer Information Systems)– IS Catalog Web Page

• NCS (Network and Computer Security)– NCS Catalog Web Page

How We Are Different/Unique (1)

• Small classes taught mostly by full-time faculty – No classes taught by grad students

• Teaching is in SUNY Poly’s DNA• Faculty has a great diversity of interests and

professional accomplishments• We work hard to blend theory and application• All of our students learn to program

– Helps develop thinking/logic/problem solving– Enables many more opportunities for our grads– Huge demand


• We have deliberately built-in some strategic overlap in our programs during the first 3 semesters which allows easy movement between our programs/majors – We realize it’s hard to select a major – The average US college student changes majors 3

times – Movement between our programs during the first

few semesters will not delay graduation


• Accelerated BS/MS Program in CS and NCS– Get both a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s

Degree in Computer and Information Science or Network and Computer Security in 5 years

– Overlap of 12 credit hours during senior yearStudents in the BS/MS Program must maintain

a 3.0 in all courses and in the major


• $1.5B “Quad C” (Computer Chip Commercialization Center)– Will employ 500 people– Completing it now… move-in this year

• Future construction “in the works”: $45B chip fabrication center that would employ 5,000 people– The proposed site is on SUNY Poly’s property– http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/

state_plans_multibillion_dollar_effort_to_make_marcy_an_epicenter_of_computer_ch.html


• Close proximity to Rome Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)– Many “high tech” companies support AFRL– Many AFRL and “high tech” company employees are

SUNY Poly alumni– Internship opportunities

• Other large companies in the area promote internships and employ our graduates… here are a few:– Bank of NY Mellon, The Hartford Insurance, Met Life– Northern Safety, National Grid, several hospitals– Turning Stone Casino, several colleges


• Mohawk Valley Consortium– Full-time students may take one course a semester at

partner institutions (Hamilton College, Utica College, Morrisville, Empire State, MVCC, HCCC) at no added tuition costYou can take some classes at Hamilton College,

one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country, and pay SUNY Poly’s tuition

• We have merged with SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE)

Accreditation / Center of Excellence Designation

• We are accredited by Middles States Commission on Higher Education – Same body accredits RPI, RIT, SU, Cornell, etc…

• We are seeking additional ABET Accreditation – Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology– ABET Consultant was on-campus last year

• We are seeking NSA designation as a Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education

Recent Accomplishments

• NCS Club placed 2nd in recent Regional National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition– Beat schools like Syracuse University, Worcester

Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Albany, University of Maine, University of Massachusetts Amherst, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, etc…

• We continue to compete with and beat larger schools• We are hosting the next Regional National Collegiate

Cyber Defense Competition in Spring 2016

New Initiatives

• Working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – This will allow us to perform “real world” network

penetration testing to identify and fix security issuesWin/Win for SUNY Poly students and EPANo other school in the country is working with EPA

IT security• We plan to expand upon this and offer our services to

other businesses/organizations– Again, a "win/win" for businesses/organizations and

our students

After This Presentation

• We have current students and department faculty available for you in Kunsela Café and Kunsela Lobby– Current students have demonstrations and can tell you

about their experiences at SUNY Poly– Talk to faculty members about their courses, research,

and consulting– Current faculty will provide tours of some of our labs

Welcome to the Department of Computer and Information Sciences

• That wraps-up my presentation

• This presentation is available on my Web page– http://www.cs.sunyit.edu/~urbanc/– Please explore all the links on my page

• Questions?

Welcome to the Department of Computer and Information Sciences Christopher Urban Chairman SUNY Polytechnic Institute Department of Computer and Information.

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