Computer Science | The University of Iowa

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Graduate Programs

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

Graduate Programs

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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 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.

Research and Creative Work

News and Announcements

Geoffrey Fairchild (PhD '14) Alumnus Q&A (v. 2.0)

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Geoffrey Fairchild (PhD '14) recently agreed to a follow-up Q&A to his 2015 Alumni Profile piece. Still at Los Alamos National Laboratory but in a new role as Group Leader, he shares insightful updates, advice, and more!

Beschen Receives Academic Excellence in the Masters Program Award

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Robert Lorch and Abdal Mohamed, both due to graduate this May 2022, was chosen to receive an award for “Academic Excellence in the Masters Program” for 2021-22. This honor recognizes academic prowess, the variety and difficulty of courses taken along the way, as well as instructor feedback.

Nithyanand et al.: Beyond the FTC Recap

Friday, May 19, 2023

Leading privacy law and computer science scholars met March 31-April 1, 2023 at the Harvard Law School to identify and propose solutions to the challenges that inhibit the enforcement of privacy rights in the United States in “Beyond the FTC: The Future of Privacy Enforcement”.

The interdisciplinary symposium was organized by Professor Mihailis Diamantis (University of Iowa College of Law) and Professor Rishab Nithyanand (University of Iowa Department of Computer Science).

Upcoming Events

Final Exam - Building Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Sequential Data

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 9:00am

Virtual

PhD Candidate: Dat Hong Abstract The past decade has seen a tremendous increase in machine learning research, particularly in deep learning techniques. These methods have proven to be highly effective in various domains, including health care, finance, genomics, image processing, and text analytics. However, machine learning has its limitations, particularly in the lack of transparency behind its behaviors, which leaves users with little understanding of how decisions are made by these models...

Cloud Computing Workshop Series

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Virtual

Harsha Pitawela (’19 MCS alumnus - Now Site Reliability Engineer at Pearson | AWS Community Builder) has offered to run a Cloud Computing Workshop Series this summer! Our very own Computer Science Graduate Student Association will offer ad hoc support for this series. Please find below tentative details: Use this link to register (or see attached flyer) Purpose:To familiarize CS students with cloud computing and support them to meet industry expectations and land a job/internship Mode of...

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