The Computer Science (CS) department welcomes prospective students interested in our graduate programs to our annual Prospective Student Visit Day on Friday, Nov. 7. 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 computing, networks, programming languages, text mining, security, and virtual reality.
We ask interested students to RSVP by November 3 using this form. We'll follow up soon after.
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Schedule
All times CT [Conversion to your timezone possible here if needed]
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
Morning Session (By invitation only)
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Overview of Graduate Programs by Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Steve Goddard
Short Faculty Research Presentations by CS Professors Katherine Kosaian, Naimul Hoque, Taylor Olson, and Weiran Wang.
Noon-1:25pm Lunch with CS Graduate Students
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Graduate Student Research Symposium Sessions
An important part of the prospective Student Visit Day is the 11th Iowa Computer Science Graduate Research Symposium (2025), in which senior PhD students will present talks showcasing their current research. This will be followed by a keynote by a CS faculty member. Talks are intended for a wide audience with interest in CS, including CS juniors and seniors. The talks presented by current CS graduate students at the Symposium are excellent examples of the exciting CS research taking place here on the UI campus!