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Yale Launches Expansion of the Department of Computer Science

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Re: Yale Launches Expansion of the Department of Computer Science

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(full disclosure: I'm a Yale EE grad working as a software engineer for the last 17 years in the valley).

The school has had an ambivalent relationship with applied sciences through its history. They considered closing the engineering departments in the early 90's when I was a student. I am glad to see the school investing in this area, even if it less out of intrinsic interest and more out of market demand and perceiving it as a growth area.

Re: Yale Launches Expansion of the Department of Computer Science

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(full disclosure: I'm a Yale EE grad working as a software engineer for the last 17 years in the valley). The school has had an ambivalent relationship with applied sciences through its history. They considered closing the engineering departments in the early 90's when I was a student. I am glad to see the school investing in this area, even if it less out of intrinsic interest and more out of market demand and perce…

It is the same as NYU did in 70s. But now NYU merge NYU-Poly as its school of engineering.

I am always amazed at what criteria are used by school administrators to decide which departments to fund. It is very surprised to me as a foreigner born that U.S. doesn't need engineers from Ivy League....

Re: Yale Launches Expansion of the Department of Computer Science

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It's worth mentioning that this is still bare minimum even compared to other Ivy League colleges. Harvard plans to expand their faculty by 12 members with Balmer's recent grant and Cornell is in the process of adding faculty for their new campus in New York City (Cornell Tech - which is basically a startup incubator).

Re: Yale Launches Expansion of the Department of Computer Science

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(full disclosure: I'm a Yale EE grad working as a software engineer for the last 17 years in the valley). The school has had an ambivalent relationship with applied sciences through its history. They considered closing the engineering departments in the early 90's when I was a student. I am glad to see the school investing in this area, even if it less out of intrinsic interest and more out of market demand and perce…

It is the same as NYU did in 70s. But now NYU merge NYU-Poly as its school of engineering. I am always amazed at what criteria are used by school administrators to decide which departments to fund. It is very surprised to me as a foreigner born that U.S. doesn't need engineers from Ivy League....

That's because the Ivy League engineers have come out of Germany, China, India, and ostensibly out of Russia and other ex-soviet block members.
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