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.
Prof. Menasce interviewed by ACM Ubiquity magazine (more)
Prof. Daniel Menasce was interviewed for the latest issue of ACM Ubiquity magazine on "Bringing Architecture back to Computing". The interview can be accessed at http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=2188285
PhD students Bill Shelton and Nan Li win awards at software testing conference (more)
Congratulations to PhD students Bill Shelton and Nan Li who won the best student paper award and the best presentation award at the Testing: Academic & Industrial Conference Practice and Research Techniques (TAIC-Part), April 21, 2012, Montreal, for their paper co-authored with Profs. Paul Ammann and Jeff Offutt.
Prof. Tamara Maddox wins Mason Teaching Excellence Award (more)
Congratulations to Prof. Tamara Maddox who is one of the winners of the Mason Teaching Excellence awards for 2012. Prof. Maddox teaches a range of computer science courses, particularly those that involve ethics and the law.
CS undergrad Sameh Saleh invited to present at the Celebration of Student Scholarship (more)
Sameh Saleh, a junior in the CS department, has been selected to present his research at the inaugural Celebration of Student Scholarship on May 7. The purpose of the event is to showcase exceptional undergraduate research and creativity. Sameh will present his work with Dr. Amarda Shehu on evolutionary-inspired search algorithms for protein conformational spaces. Saleh has also been selected to deliver one of the two keynote talks at the College of Science Undergraduate Research Colloquium on April 27.
Congratulations to Prof. Amarda Shehu who will receive a NSF CAREER Award for her project entitled "Probabilistic Methods for Addressing Complexity and Constraints in Protein Systems." The CAREER award is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research.
Angelos Stavrou interviewed by CNN for article on secure Android phones (more)
Prof. Angelos Stavrou was extensively quoted in a CNN article on the use of secure Android phones by the US government and military.
Prof. Wechsler and students issued two patents (more)
Congratulations to Prof. Harry Wechsler and his students Shen-Shyang Ho, Hung Lai and Venkatesh Ramanathan, who have been issued two patents by the US PTO.
Summer 2012 MS CS Extended Online Offerings (more)
The Summer 2012 online course offerings have been posted. The Department offers courses leading to the MSCS degree through an innovative online approach that allows students to attend courses either in the classroom or over the Internet. To see them, and learn more about them and how to register, click 'more'.
