History.
Established in 1996 as one of two colleges within the University of Nebraska Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI), the College of Information Science and Technology (along with the College of Engineering & Technology) is helping the University of Nebraska gain national stature in the area of information technology. PKI is recognized as a path-breaking model for information technology education. Peter J. Denning, past president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), gave early recognition to the college by listing it as one of five pioneers in the Information Technology schools movement. (See Communications of the ACM, August 2001).
The college offers four undergraduate degree programs and four graduate degree programs. These are: BS and MS in Computer Science, BS in Bioinformatics, BS and MS in Management Information Systems, MS and PhD in Bioinformatics (joint programs with UNMC), BS in Information Assurance, and a PhD in Information Technology. The college is organized into two major departments that manage the degree programs, the Department of Computer Science (CSCI), the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis (ISQA) and includes three centers - Nebraska University Consortium on Information Assurance (NUCIA), International Academy for Advanced Decision Support (IAADS, and the Center for Management of Information Technology (CMIT).