Our courses aim to provide students with a base of skills and capabilities which transcend short-term fashions and fluctuations in computer hardware and software. Photo: Holden Blanco '17.
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. Computer science has roots in mathematics, physics, and engineering; in modern practice, it is interdisciplinary, with applications in virtually every academic field and professional enterprise.
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sorelle Friedler discusses how she and her collaborators will use a recent award from Mozilla to expand pedagogical efforts to emphasize the importance of ethics in computer science.