In 1965 Carnegie Mellon established the Computer Science Department with the support of a $5 million grant from the Richard K. Mellon Foundation. Alan Perlis was the first head of the department and first program was the Ph.D. program in CS. Among other notable achievements the Smiley started here with then CS faculty member Scott Fahlman. :-)
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Consistently ranked among the highest programs available for the study of computer science, the Computer Science Department offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees grounded in the foundations of the field while ensuring that the latest breakthroughs and research are encompassed in the curriculum.
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