Timeline:
In January 2002, the Software Engineering Institute was founded;
In 2003, the Software Engineering Institute established Shanghai Institute of Embedded System;
In September 2004, the Software Engineering Institute established the Institute of Computing Theory;
In January 2007, the Software Engineering Institute established the Institute of Massive Computing;
In May 2015, the Software Engineering Institute established four departments (Software Science and Technology, Data Science and Engineering, Embedded Software and System, and Cryptography and Internet Security);
In September 2015, the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering was founded;
In July 2019, the Faculty of Information was founded, to which Software Engineering Institute is affiliated.