UP Department of Computer Science

UP Diliman Department of Computer Science

Department profile

The Department of Computer Science is one of nine departments in the University of the Philippines College of Engineering. It is located in the UP Diliman Campus, which is the flagship campus of the University of the Philippines System.

The Department of Computer Science administers the four-year Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Program and the Master of Science in Computer Science program. The department currently has 550 undergraduate and 100 graduate students.

The BSCS program is designed to equip the student with knowledge of the fundamental concepts and a reasonable mastery of the basic tools and techniques in computer science. The undergraduate program incorporates the core material, which is universally accepted as common to Computer Science undergraduate programs (computer programming, computer organization, computer systems, data structures and algorithms, file processing, and programming languages). Underpinning the software orientation of the program are the subjects on database systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, computer networks and special problems (primarily, software projects).

The Master of Science in Computer Science program is administered also by the CS Department. The program aims to provide the student with both breadth and depth of knowledge in the concepts and techniques related to the design, programming, and application of computing systems.

Research interests

* Biomedical computing
* Computer security
* Computer vision and machine intelligence
* Software engineering (information systems, database systems and Internet technologies)
* Computer networks
* Theoretical computer science

Java Competency Center

The UP-Mirant Java Education Center and the UP Java Research and Development Center compose the UP Java Competency Center and is part of the ASEAN Java Competency Programme. The UP Java Competency Center is a partnership of the University of the Philippines, Ayala Foundation, Mirant Foundation and Sun Microsystems.

Official websites

* [http://dcs.upd.edu.ph UP Department of Computer Science]
* [http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph UP College of Engineering]
* [http://www.upd.edu.ph University of the Philippines - Diliman]
* [http://www.up.edu.ph University of the Philippines]
* [http://updcsaa.com UP Diliman DCS Alumni Association]
* University of the Philippines Information Technology Training Center

The UP CS Network (UP Alliance of Computer Science Organizations)

The UP CS Network is the first student organization alliance of its kind in the UP Diliman College of Engineering. The Network is composed of two socio-academic organizations (UP CURSOR and UP CompSoc), two academic organizations (UP ACM and UnPLUG), two department service arms (UP Parser and DCS SA), one college service arm (UP Engineering Webteam), and one university service arm (CRS).

The first full active school year of existence of the CS Network (AY 2005-06) culminated in the Department of Computer Science being adjudged the College's Best Department for the year by the Engineering Student Council (see [http://ccrux.corsarius.net/2006/04/15/cs-the-best-department-for-ay-05-06/ related external link] ).

* Association for Computing Machinery - UP Student Chapter ( [http://www.upacm.org UP ACM] ), the first and only ACM student chapter in the Philippines and three-time winner of the ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards (see ACM Chapter Excellence [http://www.acm.org/chapters/stu/essay_contest.html homepage] and the [http://ccrux.corsarius.net/2006/08/19/pinoy-student-org-beats-the-worldagain/ announcement] of the 2005-06 award)
* [http://crs.upd.edu.ph Computerized Registration System (CRS)]
* [http://www.upparser.com The UP Parser (Official Student Publication of the DCS)] , the first department-based newspaper in the UP Diliman College of Engineering
* UP Association of Computer Science Majors ( [http://www.upcursor.org UP CURSOR] ), Winner of the 2006 Engineering Organization Excellence Awards. UP CURSOR is a consistent placer in the Engineering Week.
* [http://upcompsoc.deep-ice.com UP Computer Society (UP CompSoc)]
* [http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/webteam UP Engineering Webteam]
* [http://www.uplug.org UP Linux Users' Group (UnPLUG)]
* DCS Student Assistants (DCS SA)