Happy Birthday Computing Science! 50 years of pioneering research, applications – and teaching innovations. The first of its kind in Canada and one of the leading academic groups nationally, the Department of Computing Science began supporting campus-wide connections—in Animal Science, Chemical Engineering, Educational Psychology, Electrical Engineering, Entomology, Geology, Mathematics, Physiology, Plant Science, Political Economy, Psychology, and Soil Science, as well as the Alberta Research Council—from as early as the 1960s.
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Today, the department has earned a reputation for the strength of its research, its progressive applications and for continuously re-imagining the student experience. The more than 4000 students and grads are known for their depth and breadth—and are actively recruited by industry and graduate programs around the world. To stand still means to fall behind. * To read about the history of the Department, please visit www.cs.ualberta.ca/50th