Sitterson Hall, which opened in 1987, is the home of the Department of Computer Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. The building, named for former University Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson, provides 74,000 square feet of sophisticated, state-of-the-art research facilities and office space for all members of the department. It is organized in "clusters" to create research communities featuring shared laboratories and open conference areas to facilitate interaction among students and faculty. Included are the 60-seat C. Hugh Holman video teleclassroom, named for the former provost and dean of the Graduate School who was instrumental in establishing this department; a 125-seat auditorium; the Lib Moore Jones Faculty Conference Room, named for the department's first secretary; a reading room; and various research laboratories, conference areas, and study areas.

Graduate students have access to all of the department's research and teaching facilities, including specialized research laboratories for graphics and image processing; computer building and design; and collaborative, distributed, and parallel systems. The laboratories, offices, conference areas, and classrooms are bound together by the department's fully integrated, distributed computing environment.

Floor plans for Sitterson Hall

Planned Expansion of Sitterson Hall