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The University of Houston Computer Science Department

www.cs.uh.edu

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Houston was founded in 1967 and was one of the first in the country. Computer science education and research has evolved dramatically in the last 40 years. A recent New York Times article claimed that these days all science is computer science.

The goal of the department is to graduate talented professionals for business and industry and to be a champion in interdisciplinary and innovative research. It requires a strong commitment to collaboration that brings together leaders in two or three specialized fields.

The research of the department is organized into four broad areas:

• Computer Systems, Architecture, and Networking
• Image Analysis, Signal Analysis, and Computational Algorithms in Life Science
• Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining for Science Discovery
• Theory of Computing

The department strives to enhance the quality of life for individuals, families, communities, and businesses through excellence in teaching, research, and outreach.

PROS

www.prospricing.com

PROS is a leading provider of pricing and revenue optimization software products, specializing in price analytics, price execution, and price optimization. By using PROS software products, companies gain insight into their pricing strategies, identify pricing-based profit leaks, optimize their pricing decision making and improve their business processes and financial performance. PROS software products implement advanced pricing science, which includes operations research, forecasting and statistics. PROS also provides a range of services that include analyzing a company current pricing processes and implementing software products to improve pricing performance. PROS has implemented over 200 solutions across a range of industries in more than 40 countries. Founded in 1985, PROS is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Today, PROS has over 300 employees, more than 100 with advanced degrees and 20 with Ph.D.s. PROS recorded revenue of $46.0 million in 2006, a 31% increase over 2005, and has achieved eight consecutive years of profitability.

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

www.oreilly.com

O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.

Course Technology

www.course.com

Since 1989, Course Technology has been publishing innovative texts and creative electronic learning solutions to help educators teach, students learn, and individuals expand their interest in and understanding of emergent and current technologies. Our mission is to help people teach and learn with technology. Our goal is to produce dynamic books in all technology-related disciplines, as well as complete instructional resource materials and powerful technology-based assessment and learning solutions that surpass our customers' needs and expectations.

Hewlett-Packard

www.hp.com

No company offers more opportunities for achievement than HP. Whether we're developing infrastructure for emerging nations, using nanotechnology to reinvent computing, setting the standard for online security, or interpreting large datasets to treat disease, the work HP people do changes everything. We use technology to help our customers fulfill their potential. We help you realize your potential by providing an environment where you'll be empowered and inspired to do the best work of your life.

HP's annual R&D investment of nearly $4 billion (USD) fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies. We produce an average of 11 patents a day worldwide. HP Labs provides a central research function for the company which is focused on inventing new technologies to improve our customers' lives, change markets and create business opportunities.

Millions of people around the world use HP technology every day. HP is:

• the largest consumer IT company

• the world's largest SMB IT company

• a leading enterprise IT company

Our strategy is to offer products, services and solutions that are high tech, low cost and deliver the best customer experience. Our team of employees does business in more than 170 countries. HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. HP's 2007 Fortune 500 ranking: No. 14

Pearson Education

www.pearsoned.com

Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson is the global leader in educational publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help students learn at their own pace, in their own way. We have the most widely trusted and respected programs in educational and professional publishing, and offer the most comprehensive range of educational programs, in all subjects, for every age and level of student, from preK-12 through higher education and on into professional life. Our unparalleled businesses and brands include Prentice Hall, Longman, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Benjamin Cumminngs, PASeries, ELLis, Celebration Press, PEMSolutions, SuccessMaker, Waterford, and Family Education Network. Pearson's other primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

Pragmatic Bookshelf

www.pragprog.com

The Pragmatic Bookshelf features books written by developers for developers. The titles continue the well-known Pragmatic Programmer style, and continue to garner awards and rave reviews. As development gets more and more difficult, the Pragmatic Programmers will be there with more titles and products to help programmers stay on top of their game.

Addison-Wesley Professional and Prentice Hall Professional

www.awprofessional.com
www.prenhallprofessional.com

Addison-Wesley Professional and Prentice Hall Professional are leading publishers of high-quality and timely information for programmers, developers, engineers, and system administrators. Our mission is to provide educational materials about new technologies and new approaches to current technologies written by the creators and leading authorities. Classic titles include The Art of Computer Programming, C Programming Language, The C++ Programming Language, Mythical Man Month, and Design Patterns.