Welcome to the Department of Computer Science.
The department offers BS, MS, and PhD programs in Computer Science; MS programs in Software Engineering, Information Systems, and Information Security and Assurance; and a BS program in Applied Computer Science with various concentrations. The department also offers three concentrations in the PhD Program in Information Technology (in Information Systems, Information Security, and Software Engineering) and several graduate certificates.
Faculty in the department have research interests in networking, architecture, parallel and distributed computing, performance evaluation, software engineering, multimedia, graphics and visualization, databases, software engineering, data mining, security, information systems, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics.
Professor Xinyuan (Frank) Wang Wins Volgenau School Rising Star Faculty Research Award (more)
Congratulations to Prof. Xinyuan (Frank) Wang who has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Volgenau School Rising Star Faculty Research Award. The award is given to a scholar who is a rising star in his/her field and well on the way to gaining national prominence for his/her contributions. Prof. Wang will be honored at the School’s Fall Faculty Meeting and will be awarded $1,000. Prof. Wang is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award.
Prof. Songqing Chen Wins Mason Emerging Researcher Award (more)
Congratulations to Professor Songqing Chen who was named a recipient of the 2009 Mason Emerging Researcher, Scholar, and Creator Award. This very competitive award, will be given to Dr. Chen during Mason's Celebration of Achievements event to take place on November 4. 2009. Dr. Chen is a past recipient of the Volgenau School's Rising Star Award.
Jan Albeck joins the CS Faculty this Fall as an assistant professor. She received her PhD from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and was Associate Director of the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation.
