Vanderbilt University has taken the first step in a three-year plan that calls for doubling the number of computer science faculty in the engineering school.
In a release issued Thursday, a spokesperson for the VU School of Engineering detailed the hirings of 14 full-time professors including 10 computer science faculty members. The other four hires are professors of civil, environmental, mechanical and biomedical engineering.
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