%xmlchars; ]> UA135_012 Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science Records, 1967-1988 Processed by: Linda Sellars;machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Sellars and Kelly Clark North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2007 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science Records, 1967-1988 UA 135.012 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed byLinda Sellars, 2007 August Encoded byLinda Sellars and Kelly Clark, 2007 August Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center North Carolina State University. Dept. of Computer Science North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science Records, 1967-1988 UA 135.012 0.51 archival box Records, 1967-1988, of the NCSU Dept. of Computer Science include proposal for formation of the department, correspondence, publications, seminar announcements, and a few other items. Computer Science Dept. at North Carolina State University was formed in 1967 in the College of Physical Science and Applied Mathematics (later the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences). In 1990, the department was transferred to the College of Engineering. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Historical Note 1957 Department of Experimental Statistics installed computers in Patterson Hall. 1962 NCSU Computing Center established. 1965 August NCSU joined Duke and UNC and, with the help of a National Science Foundation grant, formed the Triangle Universities Computation Center, or TUCC. 1965 Ad hoc Committee on Computer Science formed to include a faculty member from the departments of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and the director of the Computer Center, Paul E. Lewis. 1966 Paul E. Lewis and John W. Cell of the Department of Mathematics wrote the report recommending the reconstitution of the Computing Center into the Department of Computer Science, which would offer a bachelors of science, within the School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics. 1967 July The new department was approved. 1967 Fall Instruction in the Computer Science Department began with 21 declared majors and 460 students. 1968 Spring Number of majors had more than doubled to 49. The expanding department was housed in Harrelson Hall. 1970 Department occupied 10 rooms in the newly opened Dabney Hall. 1974-1978 Averaged 350 majors and between 2,000 and 2,500 students enrolled in all CSC courses. 1977 Fall Computer Studies program began operation, offering master of science and master of computer studies degrees. 1980 Department started a certificate program in computer programming. Enrollment increased from 100 to over 400 students in one year. 1982 Fall Department dedicated its Data General MV 8000 to the support of its instructional program. With 60 terminals, it served the approximately 1,500 students in CSC 101 and 111, relieving TUCC of a considerable strain. By Spring 1983, the number of simultaneous computer users on campus had increased by 40%. 1983 Fall Department acquired a section of the basement of Leazar Hall and installed a Sage microcomputer system with 150 new terminals, which could handle 2,000 underclass students per semester. Some terminals were set aside for computer literacy service courses and graduate and undergraduate graphics courses. 1985 Majors topped the 1,000 mark. 1987 Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL), a joint venture between Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, opened in Daniels Hall. 1988 July Computer science officially became a department within the College of Engineering. 1989 Fall The masters in computer studies was officially renamed the masters in computer science. 1990 January All students previously in the computer science option for a masters or Ph.D. in computer engineering were transferred into the new autonomously controlled Computer Science program. 1990 Withers became the Computer Science Department's home. List of Department Heads 1967 September-1969 JanuaryPaul E. Lewis, acting 1970 January-1973Paul E. Lewis 1973-1974Norm Williamson, acting 1974 July-1985Donald Martin 1986-1992Robert Funderlic 1993-2004 JuneAlan L. Tharp 2004 July-Mladen Vouk Scope and Content Note

Records, 1967-1988, of the North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science include proposal for formation of the department, correspondence, publications, seminar announcements, proceedings of a symposium on system theory, and a few other items.

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Individuals Lewis, Paul E. Corporate Entities North Carolina State University. Dept. of Computer Science Topics Computer science--Study and teaching--North Carolina Detailed Description of the Collection 11CSC 101 Tutorial, 1988 12Computer Science Department, Proposal for the Formation of a , 1967 13Computing Center, 1975-1980 14Correspondence, 1974 -1977 15Publications, 1968-1983 16Seminar Announcements, 1967-1983 17System Theory, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Southeastern Symposium on, 1973