The Computer Science department resides in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offering B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science. The department is proud to be 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 Interactions, and Information Assurance.
The department participates in many interdisciplinary research collaborations, including partnerships with faculty in bio-sciences, mathematical sciences, and engineering. The Computer Science department has 38 faculty professionals, 684 B.S. students, 47 M.S. students, and 118 Ph.D. students. Many of the department’s Ph.D. students are supported by research or teaching assistantships. We have strong research and educational programs in Algorithms and Complexity, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Databases, Data Mining, Information Assurance, Programming Languages, Molecular Programming, Multimedia Systems, Networks, Operating Systems, Robotics, and Software Engineering. Our department has over $16 million in active research grants, including the interdisciplinary activities mentioned, and we contribute to active research and training grants totaling approximately $25 million.
Offices
- Department Chair: Dr. Hridesh Rajan, 227 Atanasoff Hall, tel:515-294-6168
- COM S Main Office: 226 Atanasoff Hall, tel:515-294-6168
- COM S Graduate Programs Office: 225 Atanasoff Hall, tel:515-294-5779
- COM S Undergraduate Advising Office: 1200 Communications Building, tel:515-294-2597
Hours
- Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Offices closed: Dec. 24-25 and Jan. 1