Computer Science @ SIUE

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Computer Science Department offers two undergraduate curricula, one leading to the Bachelor of Science degree and the other to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The curricula have been designed to provide students with a solid foundation from which they can grow and change with the discipline of computing. The department also offers a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Computer Science Minor.

Message from the Chair of the CS Department

Department News

CS Students Present and Compete at .Astronomy

Computer science students Mark Sands, a junior, and Cory Lehan, a senior, attended the .Astronomy conference in Leiden, in the Netherlands from November 30th through December 4th. The conference is a week of discussion and presentations about new media and social medial and how it is used to excite citizen scientists about astronomy.

Robotics Team Takes Second At Beyond Botball

The robotics team from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville took second place at the International Beyond Botball competition held in Leesburg Virginia. This marks the third occasion the team has met their rivals, Lockheed Martin, in the finals of the double elimination round.

Computer Science Department hosts 2009 Greater St. Louis Regional Botball Tournament

On Saturday, April 25th high school and middle school robotics teams competed in the 2009 Greater St. Louis Regional Botball Tournament hosted by SIUE's Computer Science department.

Students Participate in Robotics Workshop

High school and middle school students from the St. Louis area took part in a robotics workshop recently to prepare for the Greater St. Louis Botball Regional Tournament.

SkewlZone Research Receives NSF Funding

A research group in the Department of Computer Science led by Dr. Jerry Weinberg and in partnership with RoadNarrows Robotics has been awarded a second phase grant of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF).