Computer Science | The University of Iowa

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Department welcomes three new faculty members

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa welcomes Mehrdad Moharrami, Sourya Roy, and Rahul Singh to its faculty. Their research interests include biomedicine, pseudorandomness, and reinforcement learning.

Department welcomes three new faculty members

Collage of 2023-24 UIowaCS Scholarship Recipients

Celebrating 2023-24 Scholarship Award Recipients

The University of Iowa Department of Computer Science recognizes this academic year’s scholarship recipients.

Celebrating 2023-24 Scholarship Award Recipients

Marmaduke and Powers 2022-23 Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awardees

Andrew Marmaduke (PhD student) and Audrey Powers (2nd year MCS student) have been chosen to receive Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards for 2022-23.

Marmaduke and Powers 2022-23 Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awardees

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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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Research and Creative Work

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

Post-doctoral Fellow Position, Fall 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023

The Computational Epidemiology (CompEpi) group at the University of Iowa is seeking applicants for a post-doctoral fellowship, ideally starting in Fall of 2023.

Faculty Positions, Fall 2024

Friday, September 29, 2023

The University of Iowa Computer Science Department invites applications for applications for multiple tenure- and instructional-track positions effective August 2024.

Jiang et al. received NSF grants for developing new parallel programming tools

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

The projects, entitled "Towards A Unified Memory-centric Computing System with Cross-layer Support" and "A Fine-Grained Hierarchical Memory Management System for Applications with Dynamic Memory Demand on GPUs" aim to address the memory performance bottleneck for data-centric applications and develop a new memory management system to facilitate the development of dynamic-memory applications on GPUs, respectively.

Upcoming Events

Think, Check, Submit: Find the Right Place to Publish Your Research

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 11:30am to 12:20pm

Sciences Library

Are you an early career researcher ready to publish, but not sure how to find the best journal for your research? Think, Check, Submit provides tools and practical resources for finding a credible publisher for your work.

ACM@UIOWA: Online Assessments / Technical Interviews

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 5:30pm to 6:30pm

Pappajohn Business Building

ACM @UIOWA invites you to our today’s meeting, where we will be discussing online assessments / technical interviews. This will be an introduction and preparation for all majors; covering the basics of what questions to expect ranging from data analytics to frontend design questions. Along with this, we will be providing free pizza! Those who are not ACM@UIOWA members should go to Chapter website for more information and to join!

WiCS - Pumpkin Painting Social

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 6:30pm to 7:30pm

MacLean Hall

Join us to paint some pumpkins and spend time with other Women in Computing Sciences!

Life in Iowa: Work Visa Options After Graduation

Thursday, October 5, 2023 4:00pm to 5:00pm

University Capitol Centre

Would you like to learn about games in U.S. culture and get to know others in the international student community at Iowa? Join us for game night, which will also include a fun ice breaker, trivia, and pizza!