CIS brings together Stanford University faculty and graduate students, across a range of technical fields including Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemical Engineering. Affiliated faculty number over 50, and each year over 200 of Stanford's top graduate students participate in CIS programs, where they interact with senior researchers, managers, and executives (in similar technical areas) at our partner companies. CIS alumni can be found in senior research and executive positions in top companies throughout the world.

Within Stanford University, CIS is a multidisciplinary research center directly under the Dean of the School of Engineering. We are advised by an Advisory Committee of executive-level representatives from all our partner companies, and we report to an Executive Committee drawn from CIS affiliated faculty. CIS is led by its Director of Research, Dr. Yoshio Nishi, and its Executive Director, Dr. Richard Dasher.