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Bob and Betty Beyster Building
CSE is headquartered in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building, which is located on the University of Michigan North Campus. Completed in 2005 and built with alumni funds, the Beyster Building is epicenter for research and education in computing at Michigan.
Designed to bring in and reflect natural light and featuring a spacious four-story atrium along with 100,000 square feet of lab, office, and meeting space, the Beyster Building encourages and precipitates interaction, creativity, and collaboration. In addition to serving as CSE’s home, the building is also a destination for events and gatherings on the U-M North Campus.
Named for four-time U-M alumnus, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Dr. J. Robert Beyster and his wife Betty, the Beyster Building features a spectacular four-story spiral staircase that winds by lounge areas on each floor; those spaces offer faculty and students places to mingle or hold spontaneous conversations and impromptu meetings.
See a floor plan for the building (pdf)
Inside the diag entrance to Tishman Hall, the building’s atrium, visitors will find one of the most significant remaining displays of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a range of computing problems. Announced in 1946 and widely considered to be the first electronic general-purpose computer, the ENIAC was built in part by Arthur Burks, co-founder of the program in computing at Michigan.
Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building
Completed in 2025 and connected to the Beyster Building, the 163,000 square foot Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building provides expansion space for CSE and is home to the University of Michigan School of Information.
Named for the family of entrepreneur and philanthropist Larry Leinweber, the Leinweber Building is designed to enhance collaboration and improve student experiences, the Leinweber Building proves very large, state-of-the-art lecture halls and configurable classrooms, a maker space, research labs, and additional office space. It will bring together top scholars in computing and information to address some of the greatest challenges in modern medicine, transportation, smart infrastructure, and more, helping to ensure that the University of Michigan will remain at the forefront of advances in computer science and information.
More information may be found at the Leinweber Computer Science and Engineering website.
About the Beysters
The late Dr. J. Robert Beyster was a four-time U-M alumnus, founder of the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States (Science Applications International Corporation), and founder of the Foundation for Enterprise Development. Dr. Beyster passed away at the age of 90 in December 2014. His wife, Betty, is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, a member of the ARCS Foundation, and an active volunteer and philanthropist.
In recent years, the Beyster family has contributed to the College of Engineering at Michigan in the areas of experimental biofuels, cloud computing and security, and gene therapeutics. They have also funded a class on employee ownership through the College’s Center for Entrepreneurship. In April 2012, the Beyster Building was dedicated in appreciation for the Beysters’ gift of $15M to the College. A substantial portion of that gift endows the J. Robert Beyster Computational Innovation Graduate Fellows Program, which funds up to 10 engineering doctoral students each year.
For more information about the Beyster’s philanthropy, visit the Michigan Engineering Beyster Impact website.
About the Leinwebers
Larry Leinweber founded and served as CEO of New World Systems Corporation in Troy, Michigan, a software company providing enterprise resource planning software for city and county governments, with a primary focus on public safety software for 911 dispatch centers, law enforcement, fire departments, and paramedics. His wife Claudia Babiarz served as corporate counsel at New World Systems for over 27 years.
Since 2010, Leinweber and Babiarz have supported students and programs at the University of Michigan, including in the College of Engineering, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), the Medical School, and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. They created the Leinweber Software Scholars Program at Michigan Engineering in 2013, and established the Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics in LSA in 2017. In 2021, a $25 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation helped to fund construction of the Leinweber Building.