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.