Department of Computer Science and Statistics

Welcome to URI Computer Science and Statistics Department

Undergraduate Concentrations

The department is proud to announce that the following undergraduate concentrations will be available for the Fall 2006 semester. Stay tuned for updates regarding the tracks of study and the courses offered for each.

Why choose URI Computer Science???

  • Faculty and students in our department are currently witness to many new and exciting changes within course curriculum, research community and facilities.
  • Excellent Undergraduate and Graduate curriculum meeting the needs of our vibrant research community.
  • Excellent facilities to provide real-life learning experience.

  • Leading-edge research opportunities in bioinformatics, Machine learning and data-mining, Real-time distributed objects, sensor networks, Digital Forensics, and interactive 3D graphics.
  • Dedicated faculty members experienced in teaching with strong research experience in traditional and emerging areas of computer science and statistics.
  • Research opportunities for Undergraduate programs.

  • A letter from the Computer Science Department Chair to prospective students can be found here.
  • Department Spotlight

    Brittnee MorganBrittnee Morgan is a senior in the Computer Science program and will be graduating this spring. She started out as a Biology major but then she became interested in forensics and discovered the digital forensics program through the Computer Science department. She currently works in the Digital Forensics Center and helped create the online content for the Digital Forensics classes. She also interned at the naval criminal investigative service in Newport where she worked with a cyber crime investigator and observed case work and investigations. She also worked on campus as a lab manager and has done research in steganography. Brittnee enjoys traveling and has studied abroad in England. She is also active in the Computer Science department by being a delegate to URI’s chapter of Women in Computer Science. Brittnee likes how the Computer Science program is open ended and allows for different career paths. Coming in to the program, she thought it would be all programming and was happy to find classes that were more suited to her interests. She also likes the fact that computer science can be used in many different areas of study.

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    Job ID: 1605

    Description: As a member of the Information Services (IS) group, the individual will be responsible for creating, managing, and coordinating the databases used to support the Innovation and Delivery organizations. Examples of these databases include the Virginia Class Drawing Index (CDI) and the EB3G Engineering Document Control System. These databases also cross multiple platforms, such as DB2, 3G Main, 3G WIP, and PC applications. IS provides the information necessary to manage and progress various programs including VIRGINIA, SEAWOLF, SSGN, etc. The engineer’s duties would include writing the computer code necessary to generate the various reports, statistics, and graphs containing information required by Company management and the Customer.

    Qualifications: Prefer a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the computer field or equivalent experience. Experience in any of the following areas is also highly desirable: DB2 (SQL/QMF), IBM Mainframe, JAVA/HTML, SAS, PC Database Applications (Access), ORACLE.

    Application Instructions: Apply online at www.gdeb.com

    Contact Information :
    Dan Lowney, 75 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340
    Ph: 860 433 5971, Fax: 860 433 4545
    Email: dlowney@ebmail.gdeb.com
    Website: www.gdeb.com