The department hosts events like the 48-hour Hackathon, where major Dawit Habtemariam '15 created an air quality app.
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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The computer science major received $25,000 to support the development of Flux, a smart water meter designed to improve water systems in his home country of Kenya.