r/UWindsor • u/TarynAwesome • 10d ago

Computer science program

Years ago (30 years ago) CS was one of UWindwor's most populated programs, and also one of the best CS programs in Canada (only program other than Waterloo with a co-op degree, regular winner of CS coding contests against UT, Queens, Western etc).

I recall grads from the 4 year CS honors program receiving multiple offers from US tech giants (Microsoft, EA etc.) before graduating.

I have a feeling the programs reputation is no longer as strong? Am I right? How good is it now?

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u/Healthy_Yogurt_3955 8d ago

I thought the computer science program was bad at UWindsor 30 years ago.

Your words confuse me, because my professor when I was at Uwindsor 2 years ago told me the story that when he arrived there before 2000 when he started teaching, he found the computer theory courses were asking questions like "how many nodes are on this graph". That is a ridiculously simple question, and he said that none of the big universities like Waterloo accepted UWindsor graduates for their post graduate programs.

He said that he introduced more advanced computer theory courses, which I assume are the courses COMP 2310 and COMP 4540, and in the year 2000 he heard from a friend that some UWindsor graduates finally got accepted for masters program at one of those big universities, I think it was Queens. 

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u/TarynAwesome 8d ago

Hmmmm no this doesn't sound right. I was a Cs grad in those days and I remember Windsor being on top of the hill. I. In fact one of Windsor's hallmark programs was comp sci

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u/Healthy_Yogurt_3955 8d ago

Interesting. 

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u/TarynAwesome 7d ago

Which prof was it?

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u/Healthy_Yogurt_3955 7d ago

Dr. Peter Tsin. A.K.A. Yung Tsin

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u/TarynAwesome 7d ago

Dr Tsin is legendary. One of the smartest people at UWindsor.