The Department of Computer Science offers students and faculty a close-knit community in which to learn, discover, and innovate in a shared quest for computational solutions to a spectrum of challenging problems.
The department is home to state-of-the-art research in several fields of computing, ranging from foundational theory for programming languages to applications in data science, with substantial research groups in high pberformance computing, networking and distributed systems, and machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE — When Noah Weis arrived at the University of Oregon as a first-year computer science major, he wasn’t sure what the future would hold. Fast forward four years: he took a job at a dream company because of the opportunities made available to him through the College of Arts and Sciences School of Computer and Data Sciences.
COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERSECURITY — The Department of Computer Science in the School of Computer and Data Sciences is working to grow the pool of students interested in cybersecurity before they even get to college. It starts with high school teachers and the Cybersecurity Teacher Training Workshop, “Training the Trainers.”
COMPUTER SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCES — Brittany Erickson, associate professor of computer science and earth sciences, and Reza Rejaie, professor of computer science, were awarded Fulbrights to conduct research and act as cultural ambassadors while abroad in Iceland and Finland, respectively.
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