The Digital Electronic Computer was invented in late 1930s by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa USA. The first digital electronic computer built was named ABC (Atanasoff Berry Computer). ABC had limited data storage capacity and computational speed. Today computers, in addition to processing innermost volumes of data incredibly fast, operate from simple machines, like washing machines, to highly sophisticated machines like the NASA's space Shuttle. The fastest super computer can carry out up to sixty  trillion operations per second. The world of business, industry and manufacturing are highly dependent on computers. The computer communication has reduced the whole planet earth to a single entity. It is claimed that ,"the computer science is all science".

TSU Computer Science Department has a modern program that offers courses in computer hardware. computer management, computer programming, software engineering( design and production), game programming, database management systems, robotics, and Data Communication and Networking. CS Department has faculty members that are dedicated to their students. They are updated with the latest advances in their areas of interests. Most of the CS faculty members have long term teaching experiences and are also excellent researchers. The CS department, following the College of Engineering's policy and practices,  encourages faculty to engage in funded and non-funded research. Assessment In 2005 The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) assessed the CS program under an action called the "Academic Audit". The CS Department prepared a complete report and submitted to TBR. TBR appointed a special committee to study the program. As part of the task, the committee members visited the CS department and had extensive discussions with faculty members, students and the university officials. The chair person of the committee was Dr. Martin Barrett head of the CS Department of "East Tennessee State University". The committee submitted the results of its studies to the TBR. A copy of this report is included here. To observe the report click this page: Assessment

TSU Computer Science Students come from all over USA and from other nations. They can find jobs in business, industry and government offices.

TSU College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science is the leading college at TSU in acquiring funds for research. Many faculty/student groups are engaged in interdisciplinary research. Undergraduate students are partners in these research projects.                

TSU Communication System is quite advanced. Almost all offices, dormitories, classes and  labs are connected to the Internet via a local area network and a wireless network.  top ts