Computer Science is the representation and manipulation of information; it is the study of the theory, analysis, design, and implementation of the data structures that represent information, and the algorithms that transform them.
"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers." — Richard Wesley Hamming
There remain many open questions in the field, such as:
- Are there algorithms, yet undiscovered, to solve presently intractable but important problems?
- Are there alternative, more promising, models of computation than implied by the Church-Turing Thesis?
- How do we handle the consequences of computing and IT (e.g., bird-flu genome online)?
News
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KINSC's 8th Annual Undergraduate Science Research Symposium
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Students meet weekly to work on challenging math problems.More about the Problem Solving Group -
CS Fall Fling 2012 welcomes the most students ever!Computer Science held their annual Fall Fling, welcoming not only the largest set of students enrolled in classes, but also a visiting professor. Pizza, fresh fruit and some "smooth jazz" (students' choice) filled the CS Teaching Lab on a fine Monday afternoon that saw the Campus glowing in all its autumn foliage. -
Welcome Back to the Tri-CoSorelle Friedler returns to the Philadelphia area as a visiting assistant professor after a journey that started with degrees from Swarthmore and the University of Maryland as well as time at Google. -
The two schools are launching a new program that will allow students to obtain their Bachelor of Science in four years at Haverford and their Master of Science in Engineering at Penn with just one additional year of study. -
The Tri-Co Film Festival award winner is part of a story about his grandfather, Albert Schatz, and his unrecognized discovery of streptomycin, which is the basis for Sigmond's recent documentary.More > -
Abdalkader’s Futures Factory education initiative in his Egyptian homeland will receive $10,000 from the Davis United World College Scholars Program.
Events
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
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3:00Math TeaMath Tea http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/213891/1354564800 Hilles 208, Math Lounge 2012-12-03T15:00:00 2012-12-03T16:00:00Join the math department in the Math Lounge for our weekly tea. All are welcome.
Monday, December 10th, 2012
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3:00Math TeaMath Tea http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/213891/1355169600 Hilles 208, Math Lounge 2012-12-10T15:00:00 2012-12-10T16:00:00Join the math department in the Math Lounge for our weekly tea. All are welcome.