Assessing the research and education quality of the top Brazilian Computer Science graduate programs

ABSTRACT

This article reports about a study conducted to assess the quality of the top Brazilian Computer Science graduate programs. The study is based on data from DBLP and considers the scientific production of these programs in the triennial 2004--2006. A comparison of the scientific production of the Brazilian programs against that of reputable programs in North America and Europe indicates that the former compares well with these programs, both in terms of publication rate and number of graduates. The study also shows that the Brazilian programs follow international publication ratios of more than two conference papers per journal article. These results are a clear indication that the Computer Science field has reached maturity in Brazil.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.0 General

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Computer science education

General Terms:
Economics, Human Factors

Keywords:
Brazil, computer science, evaluation process, graduate program