Computer science and engineering emerged some 30 years ago as a promising new field for engineering research and development. Today, the discipline stands as a cornerstone of the field of engineering. Here in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at USF, we take pride in the fact that, as the youngest of the College of Engineering's six departments, we have, in our first 25 years of existence, shown an impressive record of achievement. We are a young and energetic department establishing ourselves as one of the premiere computer science and engineering departments in the nation.