Computer Science Department
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte - Brazil
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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First School : Law (1898)
UMG: 1927 (4 schools)
UFMG: 1948
Year 2011:
 Schools: 20
 Faculty: ~2,600
 PhD: 2128 (82%)
 MSc :
318 (13.4%)
 Others: 154 (6.6%)
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Undergraduate Degree: 80 courses, 26,000 students
MSc Degree: 66 programs, 4,000 students
PhD Degree: 57 programs, 3,000 students
Professional Certification: 81 courses, 6,000 students
Extra-Mural (Community courses): 500 courses
Annual Admitance: 6,600 new students
Research Groups: 773
Scientific Production: 11,923 (2009)
National Patents: 276
International Patents: 115
Registered Trademarks: 44
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Computer Science Department
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Established in 1976
Faculty: 53
 49 PhD
 4 MSc
Visiting researchers: ~ 3
Administrative staff: 30
System Analysts: 38
Teaching Assistants: ~40
Undergrad Interns: ~ 40
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Computing Facilities
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Local Area Network supported by 30 servers
Internet connection through 10 Gbps links
600+ workstations
06 Infrastructure Laboratories
28 Research Laboratories
Internet Connection Provider: POP-MG
High Performance Computer Center: CENAPAD
(~850 cores, ~9TFlops)
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Main Courses
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Computer Science (BS + M + PhD)
Information Science (BS)
Computational Math (BS)
Bio-Informatics (PhD)
Information Systems Degree
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Undergraduate Course intended to produce
professionals able to develop and apply computer
technology to provide solutions to problems and
quests from society and organizations
Created in 2005
(40 + 40) new students/year
Degrees awarded: 32 professionals
Information Systems Degree
Computer
Science
Math
Business
Humanistic
Disciplines
Information
Science
Economy &
Accounting
Computer Science Degree
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Course intended to produce professionals able to develop
complex computer system and sophisticated tools
Created in 1978 (TPD 1973)
(40 + 40) new students/year
ENADE 2008 (Ministry of Education):
 best CS course in Brazil
 5th among courses of all areas
Degrees awarded: 1,506 professionals
Computer Science Degree
Computer
Science
Math
Physics
Economy &
Accounting
Business
Statistics
CS Graduate Program
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Created in 1974
MSc (1974):
 116 students currently enrolled
 734 MSc degrees awarded since 1975
PhD (1991):
 79 students currently enrolled
 102 PhD degrees awarded since 1991
32 M/D Advisors
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CS Graduate Program Scholarships
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Number of Scholarships: 99 (50% of student body)
Capes: 48 – 38 (M) + 10 (D)
 PROF: 25 (M) + 06 (D)
 BPT: 04 (M) + 01 (D)
 REUNI: 17 (M) + 18 (D)
 INCT: 03 (M) + 01 (D)
CNPq: 43 – 23 (M) + 20 (D)
 Program: 17(M) + 13(D)
 Supervisors: 06(M) + 07(D)
FAPEMIG: 08 – 04(M) + 04(D)
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Research Staff Profile
USA:
UCLA, Stanford, Princeton, Penn, UCSC,
Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt, Rochester, UC Riverside,
U. Arizona, U. Wisconsin, Virginia Polytechnic,
UC Santa Barbara, U. Maryland
Brazil:
USP, PUC-RIO, UFRJ, UFMG
France: INPG, P. Sabatier, Paris Sud, Paris VI,
Pierre et Marie Curie
England: East Anglia, Manchester, Oxford, Southampton,
Kent
Canada: UBC, Waterloo
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Main Research Areas
• Artificial Intelligence
• BioInformatics
• Computer Graphics
• Image Processing
• Code Optimization
• Computer Networks
• Distributed Systems
• Databases
• Data Mining
• Embedded Comp. System
• Formal Specification
• Formal Semantics
• H & S Integrated Systems
• Information Retrieval
• Mobile Computing
• Numerical Analysis
• Operational Research
• Parallel and Dist. Computing
• Programming Languages
• Robotics and Active Perception
• Software Engineering
• Web Data Management
Research Cooperation
 UMIST, UK
 George Mason University, USA
 IBM Rio Scientific Center
 University of Chile
 INPG, France
 Vanderbilt University, USA
 INRIA, France
 INESC, Portugal
 U. Blaise Pascal, France
 Pennsylvania State Univ., USA
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UFRGS, Brazil
Stanford University, USA
University of Oxford, UK
University of British Columbia, Canada
Boston University, USA
University of Pennsylvania, USA
ESIEE, France
U. de La República, Uruguay
Technische Univ, Germany
U. E. Mondlane, Moçambique
Research Projects Funding
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CNPq: ~ 35
FAPEMIG: ~24
FINEP: 2
UFMG: 3
International cooperation: 11
 CAPES/COFECUB, CAPES/CAPF-BA
 CNPQ/DLR
 ALPHA PROJECT
 FAPEMIG/INRIA
 CNPq/Brasil-India
 CNPq/NSF
CS Graduate Program
Ranking
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Capes (2010): 48 graduate CS programs in Brazil
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Capes Triennial Evaluation (2010):
 level 7: 03 (6%) (PUC-Rio, COPPE-UFRJ, UFMG)
 level 6: 04 (8%) (UFRGS, USP-SC, UFPE, UNICAMP)
 level 5: 02 (4%) (USP, UFF)
 level 4: 18 (38%)
 level 3: 21 (44%)
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CS Graduate Program
Production
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Publications (2009):
 123 papers on Conferences
 38 papers on International Journals
 01 book (international)
 19 book chapters (international)
Degrees Awarded (total):
 PhD: 102
 MSc: 734
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Extension Activities
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Courses open to the community
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Over 5,000 professionals trained
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Courses specially tailored to companies
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Main courses: Database Design, Object-Oriented Programming,
Programming in C++/Java
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Graduate Programs for Professionals (Lato Sensu)
 System Analysis, Software Eng & Telecomunications
 100 students enrolled
 718 degrees awarded
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