Memorandum

To:  UT Faculty and Staff
From:  Robert Holub, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Subject: Merger of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Date: Nov. 17, 2006
 
It gives me great pleasure to announce the merger of the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The new department, which will be named the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will reside in the College of Engineering. It will provide new perspectives on computational science and open up novel and exciting possibilities for creative work.
 
The faculties of each of these departments have already agreed in principle to approve the merger, which will officially take place on July 1, 2007. Committees consisting of members from both former departments have been hard at work ironing out the details. The departments and the entire faculty owe a great debt of thanks to the merger committee that has worked so hard to organize this union and to keep it on track.
 
I am certain that the existence of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science signals a new day for computational sciences on the Knoxville campus. I look forward to working with Dean Way Kuo and with the new unit to make certain that the transition is accomplished smoothly.