RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

In 1984, the former Computer and Communication Sciences Department of the College of Literature, Scicnccs, and the Arts was combined in the College of Engineering with the Electrical Engineering Department. The newly formed Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) is divided into the Computer Science and Engineering Division (CSE) and the Electrical Engineering Division; several faculty mcmbcrs and graduate students in the CSE Division are doing basic Al research. The Center for Robotics and Integrated Manufacturing in the College of Engineering is conducting research and development in robotics and related areas of manufacturing processes. The College of Engineering also has a Humanities Department with faculty working on the role of computers in natural language comprehension and writing. The Psychology Department in the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts is the administrative center of the TJniversity's Cognitive Scirnccs Program, which involves several faculty working on cognitive psychology and other topics sharing interests with Al.