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Haverford College

Computer Science

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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:

News

  • 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
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    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.
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    Welcome Back to the Tri-Co
    Sorelle 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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Monday, December 10th, 2012

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