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College of Computing &
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| 1964 | The Computer Center, Fred Henderson, Director, reported that a new disk storage drive and related equipment is now fully installed and in operation. This adds two million digits of random access storage to our 1620 system. | |
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| 1964 | The Computer Center announces that as in the past, it is necessary to sign up in advance for time on the computer and other equipment. During regular hours (8 AM to 5 PM Monday-Friday) time is available on a first-come first-serve basis for both faculty and staff. | |
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| 1964 | The Computer Center states, our present equipment will handle a maximum of 100 questions on four IBM mark-sense cards. With some modifications to the mark-sense equipment we could handle 150 questions on only three cards. | |
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| 1966 | Frederick C. Burgwardt, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, proposed that RIT join the approximately 20 other institutions in the nation and implement a program in Computer Technology. | |
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| 1967 | Business Week reports that for IBM alone, computer installations (IBM 1620 and IBM 360 batch-processing) increased by 50% and that total systems in the U.S. now number approximately 40,000 and a conservative estimate of 70,000 installations by 1970. | |
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| 1967 | Recommendation is made that the Department of Computer Technology would most logically fit in the Institute College since improvement of computers and computer systems is largely a result of applying new techniques as they are developed. | |
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| 1967 | Under the program in Computer Technology proposal, the first class of students in Computer Technology would be accepted as second year students consisting primarily of in-school transfers. Forty-five students were projected to enroll. The estimated program cost was $72,800, consisting of $25,000 for staff, $33,800 for lab equipment, $1,000 for office furniture, $8,000 for lab furniture, and $5,000 for supplies. | |
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| 1969 | the Institute announces that they have engaged the services of Information Associates, Inc. to assist in the development of a computer assisted admissions system. | |
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| 1969 | RITs Center for Educational & Institutional Research reported on the needs of computers. The primary use of computers will be for conventional statistical analyses and for information retrieval as it applies to research. Very little use has been made of the computer in the past and only for statistical analyses. As the Center grows, considerably more use of the computer is anticipated. Need for typewriter-printer is anticipated. The availability of a plotter to convert digital information to graphical information is desired. | |
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| 1970 | Dr. John L. Gunter, 33, is appointed as Director of Computer Services with the rank of Associate Professor. Gunter has his Ph.D. in theoretical and solid state physics from BYU. Primary duty is to establish a centralized Institute-wide computer facility and, secondly, to serve on a planning committee to study the feasibility of a School of Computer Science and Technologies. | |
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| 1970 | Edward S. Todd, VP Instructional Development and Planning, determines, “the time seems ripe to bring computing education at RIT to fruition” and presents a charge to an Institute-wide Computer Education Committee (CEC). | |
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| 1970 | A joint seminar titled, “Basic Computing Principles,” is presented by the Controller and Computer Sciences. | |
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| 1970 | Evelyn Rozanski joins RIT’s Computing program as an Instructor. | |
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| 1970 | A joint seminar titled, “Management Information Systems,” is presented by the Controller and Computer Sciences. | |
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| 1971 | President Paul Miller places a mandatory hold on computer systems and new programming requests, changes or additions and decides to upgrade the computing capabilities by installing a Xerox Data System Sigma 6 Computer system. This is a major conversion from the existing IBM-type programs to XDS-type programs. | |
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| 1971 | School of Computer Science & Technology
program created; undergrad catalog – Watson Walker, Head Electrical Engineering Department had courses in digital computer systems and digital computer workshop – analog/hybrid communication. |
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| 1972 | RIT began one of the first undergraduate schools of computer science and technology, called Computer Systems, in the nation. | |
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| 1972 | RIT announces a new Bachelor of Technology (B.T.) degree program in Computer Systems. | |
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| 1972-1973 | School of Applied Science – Jim Forman, Director
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| 1973-1974 | Computer Systems Department, John L. Gunther, Acting Chair | |
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| 1974 | New program announcement in a Master of Science degree in Computer System Management, Dr. Richard Cheng, Chairman. Tuition for each graduate credit hour is $87.00; for students taking 12-18 credit hours the tuition is $1,024.00. A minimum of 44-quarter hours of course work plus four-quarter hours of thesis research is required. The thesis research may be replaced by additional course work, followed by a comprehensive examination. | |
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| 1974-1975 | Institute College created
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| 1975-1976 | Institute College – same as
above; Wiley McKinzie, lecturer Courses: Intro to Computers, Computer Techniques, Program Language–FORTRAN, COBOL, computer systems software. |
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| 1975-1976 | Undergraduate Programs “Official Bulletin”
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| 1977-1978 | Undergrad Programs “Official
Bulletin” Programs: Applied Software Science, Computer Science, Computer Systems, Systems Software Science, Computer Engineering, Packaging Science, Civil Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Audiovisual Communications§ Evelyn Rozanski, Assoc. Professor; Mike Lutz, Ass’t. Professor; Hank Etlinger, Instructor; Ken Reek, Lecturer. |
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| 1978-1979 | Undergraduate Programs “Official Bulletin”
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| 1979 | The School of Computer Science & Technology hosts its open house and tour of its new facilities in the Ross Memorial Building. | |
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| 1980 | Institute College – Dennis Nystrom, Dean
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| 1980 | Jack Hollingsworth is Director of School of Computer Science & Technology; Mike Lutz is the Coordinator of the Systems Software Science option | |
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| 1980 | Jack Hollingsworth named Director of RITs School of Computer Science & Technology. He came to RIT in 1979 after 22 years at RPI where he started RPI’s computer science program. | |
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| 1981 | Institute College becomes the College
of Applied Science & Technology; Dennis Nystrom, Dean Programs: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Packaging Science, Civil Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Energy Technology, and Audiovisual Communications |
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| 1981-1982 | Graduate Study
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| 1982-1983 | College of Applied Science & Technology;
Dennis Nystrom, Dean Programs differences: Computer Technology with Computer Systems option & System Software option Computer Engineering |
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| 1982-1983 | Graduate Degrees
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| 1982 | Michael Charles, Assistant VP of Information Systems and Computing (ISC) – announces that the campus computer facilities will expand and the Ross building will house a micro computing lab, professional computing lab, and faculty computer development lab. The micro-computing lab will be used for student computer literacy classes; the professional computing lab will be used by computer science students; and the development lab will be used by faculty to improve micro, mini and large-scale computing skills. | |
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| 1983-1984 | Faculty Computer Science & Technology: Evelyn Rozanski, Jeff Lasky, Mike Lutz, Peter Lutz, Peter Anderson, Al Biles, Warren Carithers, Hank Etlinger, Jim Heliotis, and Guy Johnson |
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| 1983-1984 | Faculty
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| mid-1980s |  VAX
computer system, bldg 10 |
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| 1984 | The primary mission of RITs School of Computer Science and Technology, CAST, is to educate students to become software development professionals. Software development is the central theme of computer science. | |
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| 1984-1985 | Dennis Nystrom, Dean
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| 1986-1987 | RITs annual tuition is $7,701; with room, board and fees the grand total is $12,659. | |
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| 1987 | RIT establishes a new masters degree program in Computer Software Development and Management. | |
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| 1987-1988 | Graduate Study, School of Computer Science & Technology
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| 1988-1989 | College of Applied Science & Technology – Wiley McKinzie, Dean
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| 1988 | Department of Computer Science received its accreditation. | |
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| 1989-1990 | Wiley McKinzie, Dean
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| 1990-1991 | Wiley McKinzie, Dean
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| 1991 |  Computer
Lab, bldg 10 |
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| 1991-1992 | Wiley McKinzie, Dean
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| 1993 | RIT launched the development of what would eventually become the first undergraduate program on software engineering in the United States. | |
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| 1993-1994 |
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| 1994 | Department of Computer Science renewed its accreditation. | |
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| 1995-1996 |
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| 1996 | RIT accepted its first freshmen class of software engineering majors. | |
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| 1997-1998 | Wiley McKinzie, Dean
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| 1997 | Information Technology Department was honored to exhibit the CAROL project, an outgrowth of curriculum taught by Gordon Goodman and Stephen Jacobs that used students to build web sites for Art Museums and other non-Profits, at the Association for Computing Machinery’s 50th anniversary conference. | |
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| 1998 | Three RIT computer science majors placed second in the Regional ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. Established in 1970, it’s the oldest and largest programming competition for the world’s universities. Each year more then 4,000 students from around the globe participate. | |
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| 1998-2000 | Wiley McKinzie, Dean
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| 2000 | Final Proposal on the College of Computing. The College of Computing will immerge from the College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) and will begin educating 3,000 students that are currently enrolled in the CAST departments of computer science, information technology, and software engineering. Additionally, the new College of Computing will include an IT Lab. | |
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| 2000 | Department of Computer Science renewed its accreditation. | |
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| 2000-2001 |
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| 2001 | RIT graduated the first (12) software engineers in the United States. | |
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| 2001 | Rochester Institute of Technology,
renowned for its cutting-edge technology education, announces a major
addition: the creation of a first-of-its-kind college in the United
States—a college that incorporates computing and the Internet
revolution with information sciences. The B. Thomas Golisano College
of Computing and Information Sciences will comprehensively address
the computing and information technologies of today, and into the
future. Named for its founding donor, B. Thomas Golisano, chairman
and chief executive officer of Paychex Inc., the college owes its
launch to his gift of $14 million. The gift is the largest gift in
RIT history from an  individual
and is believed to be the largest given to any university or college
in the Rochester area. |
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| 2001 |  At
a groundbreaking, RIT President Simone; Frontier CEO Martin Mucci;
Sen. Jim Alesi; Don Boyd, IT Collaboratory director; Walter Wolf,
acting dean, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information
Sciences; and Jeffrey Lasky, head of the IT Lab, break ground for
the new cutting-edge facility designed for research and development.
Alesi was instrumental in securing the $1.5 million funding for the
IT Lab. |
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| 2001 |  Daisuke
Asano, recently became the first student to graduate from RIT after
completing studies here through a partnership with Kyoto Computer
Gakuin in Japan. After finishing undergraduate coursework in Japan,
including RIT-produced and other courses, Asano studied at RIT for
1 1/2 years and earned a master's degree in information technology. |
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| 2001 |
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| 2002 |  Helping
meet demand and tapping student interest, Rochester Institute of Technology
created a master’s concentration in game programming, one of
the first of its kind anywhere, offered by RIT’s information
technology department in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing
and Information Sciences. Three courses comprise the just-approved
concentration: 2-D Graphics Programming, Introduction to 3-D and 3-D
Graphics Programming. Currently, 28 students from each program in
the computing college—computer science, information technology
and software engineering—are signed up. |
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| 2002 |  Provost
Stan McKenzie announces the appointment of Dr. Jorge L. Diaz-Herrera
as the new dean of the Golisano College of Computing and Information
Sciences, beginning July 24, 2002. Dr. Diaz-Herrera will join RIT
having served for two years as the Department Head for the Department
of Computer Science as Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU)
in Georgia |
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| 2002 | Jorge Díaz-Herrera has been named the first dean of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences | |
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| 2002 | RIT and invited dignitaries officially opened the Lab for Applied Computing (formerly known as the IT Lab), a cutting edge facility in IT research and development for upstate New York. The Lab for Applied Computing (LAC) is the result of Sen. Jim Alesi’s efforts; working with Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, in securing $1.5 million in New York state funds to build the facility. The Lab will play a key part in developing regional strength in IT jobs and businesses, and an important step for RIT’s Information Technology Collaboratory–a STAR Center funded last year by $14 million from the state. | |
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| 2002 | Rochester Institute of Technology has named its first dean of the new B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. Jorge Díaz-Herrera replaced Walter Wolf, who served as interim dean since creation of the college in February 2001. Díaz-Herrera was also named professor of computer science. Díaz-Herrera comes to RIT from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, where he was professor and department head of computer science, one of the university’s largest departments with over 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. He was also program coordinator of the university’s Yamacraw project, an economic development initiative to establish Georgia as a world leader in the design of broadband infrastructure systems, devices and chips. | |
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| 2002-2003 | Jorge L Diaz-Herrera, Dean
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| 2002 | RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has introduced a BS degree in applied networking and system administration. The college recently received state approval for the new program. Applied networking and system administration focuses on the design, construction and operation of computer networks using available components, along with managing the servers that keep users interconnected. Previously, these areas were handled as part of a broader curriculum within the Department of Information Technology. | |
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| 2003 | RIT became one of the first universities to have an ABET – accredited degree in software engineering in the U.S. | |
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| 2003 |  Operations
at RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information
Sciences—one of the nations leading providers of computer-related
studies—are being transferred into a brand new building on campus.
GCCIS faculty and staff are setting up shop in the new "wireless"
facility. It begins the process of consolidating most of the college’s
activities—formerly conducted in a half dozen buildings across
campus—under one roof. The transition comes only 15 months after
RIT officials broke ground on the three-story, 177,000-square-foot
building. Classes in the new building will begin in March with the
start of spring quarter. |
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| 2003 | Dean Jorge Díaz-Herrera announced Dr. Roger Gaborski has been named associate dean for graduate studies and research in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS), and director of the Laboratory for Applied Computing (LAC) | |
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| 2003 | Rochester Institute of Technology formally dedicated the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, acknowledging its status as the largest comprehensive computing college in the nation. Albert Simone, RIT president, and B. Thomas Golisano, chairman and CEO of Paychex Inc. and new owner of the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres, attended the ceremony inside the college’s recently constructed facility. A $14 million gift from Golisano, offered in 2001, is responsible for creating the college. It remains the single largest gift to any Rochester-area college or university by a living donor. | |
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| 2003 | Edith Lawson appointed associate dean of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences—one of the largest comprehensive computing colleges in the nation. Lawson previously served as chair of RIT’s information technology department for eight years. During that time, the undergraduate program grew from 234 students to around 1,200. The graduate program, which started in 1995, has expanded to 500 students. | |
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| 2003 |  RIT
at the SIGGRAPH Exposition, San Diego, CA. GCCIS and CIAS joined forces
at the trade show that enables attendees to promote their innovations
nationally and internationally. The tradeshow showcased animation,
haptics, advanced rendering, augmented reality, web-based visualization,
human-machine systems, and much more. GCCIS was represented by Walter
Wolf, Kim Hinckley, Andy Phelps, Nan Schaller, Pamela Cartwright,
and Cheryl McLean (coordinator). |
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| 2003-2004 | Jorge L. Diaz-Herrera, Dean
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| 2003 |  Computer
lab in building 70, the new B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing
and Information Sciences |
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| 2003 | RIT hosted the Regional Finals of 2003 ACM Northeast North America Programming Contest an event in which RIT placed second in 1998. | |
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| 2003 | Rochester Institute of Technology is preparing a new master’s degree program in computing security and information assurance. The program, to be offered through RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS), consists of a half dozen core courses dealing with technical, business, ethical and administrative aspects of security. The computing security master’s degree program is expecting to begin next fall. Initially, about 25 students per year will be accepted, but the program will likely grow to a maximum of 50 students annually. | |
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Wiley
McKinzie, Dean, CAST
Breaking
ground on October 12th for the new complex that will be home to
the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
are, from left, Walter Wolf, interim dean; Stanley McKenzie, provost;
William Buckingham, chairman of the RIT Board of Trustees; Tom Golisano,
CEO of Paychex Inc.; Albert Simone, RIT president; Joan Thomas,
information technology academic advisor; Jim Vallino, assistant
professor of computer science and software engineering; and Bryan
Reich, Information Technology graduate student.
With
Tom Golisano at a "kick-off" celebration for the new college
on October 12th are, from left, Joanne Catan, Theresa Pozzi and
Sandy Ferrara, support staff in the B. Thomas Golisano College of
Computing and Information Sciences.
