Mission and Vision Statements
Department of Computer Science
Vision Statement:
· Build LSU-CS (jointly with LSU-CCT) to become a nationally recognized department and try to achieve a ranking among the top 30 departments by 2010.
· Develop centers of excellence involving interdisciplinary federally funded research with LSU-CCT over 3-5 years in areas like:
o Cyber Security and Information Assurance
o Sensor Networking and Communications
o Graphics and Visualization
o Scientific Software Development in the context of Grid computing where heterogeneous resources are aggregated to provide seamless computational capabilities to the user.

Why is it achievable?
· LSU is a flagship University in Louisiana
· LSU-CS jointly with LSU-CCT has much talent, a very good reputation and very strong in key Computer Science technologies like Grid Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Software Engineering, Cyber Security and etc.
· By selecting these contemporary and still maturing technology areas that also complement the skills of existing department faculty based on the funding and also achieving critical mass through new hires in these areas will have an immediate impact on the department's competitiveness for more federal funding and ability to achieve national prominence.


Mission Statement:
The department is dedicated to achieving the following objectives:

· Sustain excellence in teaching and research
· Provide broad educational and research experiences through interdisciplinary programs
· Prepare students to enter the world of computing beyond the year 2000
To meet the first objective, the Department requires senior faculty to teach undergraduate courses, to act as mentors for junior faculty, and to supervise undergraduate students who are interested in doing research. Several LSU computer science undergraduates have presented research papers in national conferences and journals.
To meet the second objective, the faculty is encouraged to publish research papers in scholarly journals, to present their work at conferences, to encourage students to engage in similar research efforts, and to design and teach courses that present the state-of-the-art in computer science. In particular, the faculty takes an active role in professional computer science societies including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society.
To meet the third objective, our department must be well equipped to teach the students of the 21st century. With an outstanding faculty and several research arenas; namely, the Center for Computation and Technology (CCT), the High Performance Computing Group, the Robotics Research Laboratory, the Scalable Computing Software Group, the Networking Laboratory, Sensors and Security Laboratory and the Software Engineering Laboratory.
To meet all of the objectives the department has set up a B.S. degree in Computer Science, M. S. degree in Systems Science and Ph.D. in Computer Science and several industries affiliate programs.
  Department of Computer Science
  298 Coates Hall
  Phone: (225)578-1495
  Fax: (225)578-1465
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, LA 70803