The graduate program in computer science began in 1978. At present, there are more than a dozen full-time faculty members teaching computer science courses. The special interests of these faculty include:
- algorithms
- artificial intelligence
- automata theory
- chaos theory
- complexity theory
- databases
- data mining
- data warehousing
- expert systems
- graphics
- image processing
- machine organization
- architecture and hardware
- design/management information systems
- neural networks
- operating systems
- object-oriented programming
- parallel processing
- program verification
- robotics
- scientific computing
- security
- software engineering
- telecommunications
The Department has the advantage of having professional computer scientists as both faculty and visiting specialists. Visiting specialists are drawn from the aerospace, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. This mix of faculty affords students an a diverse practical and theoretical computer science and information technology education.
If you have specific inquiries regarding your program of interest, please contact the Program Coordinator, listed below:
- Computer Science (M.S.) Program Advisor: Dr. Boxiang Dong
- Computer Science Combined B.S./M.S. Program Advisor: Dr. Boxiang Dong
- Computing Technology Certificate Program Advisor: Dr. Boxiang Dong
- Computational Linguistics (M.S.) Program Advisor: Dr. Anna Feldman
- Cybersecurity (M.S.) Program Advisor: Dr. Bharath Kumar Samanthula
- Data Science (M.S.) Program Advisor: Dr. Jiayin Wang
- Computer Science B.S. with Data Science M.S. Program Advisor: Dr. Jaiyin Wang
- Information Technology B.S. with Data Science M.S. Program Advisor: Dr. Jaiyin Wang
- Information Technology (M.S.) Program Advisor: Dr. Vaibhav Anu
- Information Technology, Applied Information Technology Concentration (Online P.S.M. Program) Program Advisor: Dr. Vaibhav Anu
Scholarships
- Award for MS in Computer Science students
- Amount: $250
- Recipient chosen by department
- Award for MS in Information Technology students
- Amount: $250
- Recipient chosen by department