Department Overview

Welcome to Iowa State University (ISU) Department of Computer Science. The Computer Science department resides in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the largest college at Iowa State University. Currently, the department has 40 full-time faculty members.

students working in robotics labWe have strong research and educational programs in:

Our department has over $16 million in active research grants. However, factoring in our interdisciplinary activities in biosciences, mathematical science, and engineering, our department’s impact is larger. Overall, we contribute to approximately $25 million in active research and training grants.

We offer strong B.S., B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and M.S. in Artificial Intelligence. We are one of the founding departments for the B.S. in Software Engineering, B.S. in Data Science, Data Science Minor, and Certificate, along with the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. We are active in interdepartmental graduate programs in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Human-Computer Interaction, and Cybersecurity.

Department Administration

Chair

Hridesh Rajan

hridesh@iastate.edu

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Associate Chair for Education

Soma Chaudhuri

chaudhur@iastate.edu

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Associate Chair for Faculty Professional Development

Xiaoqiu Huang

xqhuang@iastate.edu

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Director of Graduate Education

Pavan Aduri

pavan@iastate.edu

Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee

Wei Le

weile@iastate.edu

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Chair, Search Committee

Gianfranco Ciardo

ciardo@iastate.edu

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Chair, Broadening Participation in Computing Committee

Wallapak Tavanapong

tavanapo@iastate.edu

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Contact Us

Main Office

226 Atanasoff Hall

Phone: (515) 294-4377

Fax: (515) 294-0258

e-mail: csdept@iastate.edu

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Undergraduate ​Advising Office

1200 Communications Building

Phone: (515) 294-2597

e-mail: csadvising@iastate.edu

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Graduate Questions, Contact:

Admissions: csadmissions@iastate.edu

General questions: nlewis1@iastate.edu

 

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