Computer Science | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department Welcomes Six New Faculty Members

Celebrating 2024-25 Scholarship Award Recipients

Prof. Nithyanand earns NSF CAREER Award

Chipara et al. — UIowaCS x Communication Sciences & Disorders

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Undergraduate Programs

Develop competence in programming principles and methodologies, problem-solving techniques, mathematics, computer systems, and computational methods.

Undergraduate Programs

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Graduate Programs

Preparing students for challenging technology industry careers or world-class faculty positions.

Graduate Programs

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Graduate students and many undergraduates work side-by-side with faculty members, conducting breakthrough research and creative production that advances humanity’s understanding of ourselves and the complex, ever-changing world in which we live.

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News and Announcements

Faculty Positions, Fall 2025

Friday, October 18, 2024

The University of Iowa Computer Science Department invites applications for applications for multiple tenure- and instructional-track positions effective August 2025.

Daily Iowan: "‘We can not forget about rural America’: UI researchers working towards accessible transportation"

Friday, November 1, 2024

Omar Ahmad (93BS; 95MS) deputy director of the UI Driving Safety and Research Institute and the project director for Automated Driving Service; was interviewed for this DI piece.

Jones in "Voting machines were invented to prevent fraud in hand counts of ballots"

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Douglas W. Jones, UIowaCS Emeritus Faculty, has co-authored a book about the history of voting machines, “Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count?” His expertise is "Voting technology, how we came to vote using technology, voting system acquisition and evaluation."

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Upcoming Events

2024 Prospective Student Visit Day and Graduate Research Symposium

Friday, November 8, 2024 1:30pm to 5:00pm

University Capitol Centre

The Computer Science (CS) department welcomes prospective students interested in our graduate programs to our annual Prospective Student Visit Day on Friday, Nov. 8. We are looking for strong students with diverse backgrounds to join our MCS and PhD programs. A wide variety of research areas is represented by our world-class faculty including algorithms, computational epidemiology, distributed computing, human-computer interaction, machine learning, massive data algorithms and technology, mobile...

2024 Graduate Research Symposium Keynote

Friday, November 8, 2024 4:00pm to 5:00pm

University Capitol Centre

Keynote Speaker: Rishab Nithyanand Title: The Quest for Transparency and Accountability in the Online Data Ecosystem Abstract: Algorithmic and data-driven systems on social media platforms and within ad-tech wield immense power, shaping societal norms, perceptions of reality, and the flow of revenue online. Yet, their operations remain obscured from public scrutiny, leaving debates around their harms and regulation lacking nuance and depth. In this talk, I will describe my research journey...

Academic interview: What to expect

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Virtual

In "The Academic Interview: What to Expect," faculty at the Department of Computer Science at The University of Iowa will demystify various components of the academic job interview process. You will gain insights into the types of interactions to expect at your job interviews and topics you should deliberate on prior to your first interview. Faculty participants include UIowa Department of Computer Science's Hiring Committee, current Department Chair, former Dean, Director of Undergraduate...

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Full-Time Faculty
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1030

Students taught in introductory courses per year (2015-2020)

158

Women declared majors in the four undergraduate programs (2023-2024)

136

Graduate students in Computer Science and Informatics

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