Growing a CS Department into a School/College of Computing
As computing continues to grow by tremendous leaps and bounds and to permeate universities’ intellectual landscape, many department chairs are finding their programs have outgrown, or are outgrowing, the confines of their current locations in colleges of engineering or science. Discussions are taking place in many departments about exploring the possibility of expanding to a school or college of computing (or a similar name). In this panel, we have gathered a set of leaders from Universities who have successfully made the transition from a Department of Computer Science to a College of Computing. The panelists will discuss the benefits of becoming a College of Computing, as well as, the challenges Departments face in making a successful transition to a College.
