From its beginnings, members of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering have been engaged in entrepreneurship and the transfer of technology into commercial application. As advances in computing emerge from our laboratories and white boards, many students, faculty and staff find great fulfillment in working to develop nascent innovations into solutions that solve important real-world problems.
Commercially-relevant advances by members of the Computer Science & Engineering department span a range of technologies and application domains, as indicated by the following table. While this is not a comprehensive list of the department's entrepreneurial activities, it does reflect the departments long history in bringing innovations into real-world application.
Technology/Application |
Company - Successor(s) |
Dates |
Department Participant |
|
Radiation Treatment Planning |
Artronix - CMS |
1969 - 2007 |
Gerth |
|
Coronary Care Monitoring |
Mennen Greatbach |
1970 |
Nolle |
|
Computer-Based Mass Spec |
Teknivent - Mass Sensors |
1976 - 2001 |
Berger |
|
Drug Design Software |
Tripos |
1979 - 2003 |
Marshall |
|
Local Area Networks |
CSK |
1982 |
Gray |
|
OC-3 ATM Switch |
Synoptics - Bay - Nortel |
1992 |
Turner |
|
Networking Software |
Timeplex - Fujitsu |
1993 |
Gaddis |
|
Video Conferencing System |
STS |
1994 |
Chaney |
|
Scalable Switch Fabrics |
Growth Networks - Cisco |
1997 - 1998 |
Cox, Turner,
Parulkar |
|
Network Security |
Global Velocity |
2000 - |
Lockwood |
|
High-Speed Financial Analytics |
Exegy |
2003 - |
Chamberlain,
Cytron, Franklin
|
|
Asynchronous Chip Design |
Blendics |
2007 - |
Cox |
|
Network Monitoring & Security |
Observable Networks |
2011 - |
Crowley |