PURDUE COMPUTER SCIENCE WELCOMES NINE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
New faculty hires propel Purdue towards our future focus of new research activities and collaborations centered around data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, quantum computing, architecture, and security.
Our new faculty members bring expertise in core areas of computing and research that will help Purdue expand our presence and leadership in computer science." - Sunil Prabhakar, Department Head and Professor
The Department of Computer Science is happy to announce nine new faculty members will join the department from the 2022 hiring effort. They join the department during a large-scale hiring effort across key strategic areas in Purdue University's College of Science.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
Purdue CS lands 4 NSF CAREER Awards
A record of four NSF CAREER Awards were received by Purdue CS professors in 2022. Adding to the total of 12 in the past 5 years, Purdue CS continues to pursue excellence in innovative research projects, faculty hiring, and mentoring.
At Purdue CS, we are focused on innovative research projects, faculty hiring and mentoring, and the creation of new academic programs. The increasing centrality of computer science in academic disciplines and society, and new research activities - centered around data science, artificial intelligence, programming languages, theoretical computer science, machine learning, and cybersecurity - are the future focus of the department.
Purdue CS Moves to 16th in US News & World Reports
The persistent pursuit of innovation and creativity moves Purdue CS up in annual list rankings.
The Department of Computer Science in Purdue's College of Science moved up two spots, to 16th in the rankings. The cybersecurity program is seventh; software engineering 10th; and programming languages, data analytics, and computer systems all 13th. The artificial intelligence program is 19th.
We are enormously proud of having generated so much sustained momentum across the data and computational sciences at Purdue — and even more so to have done this while expanding our enrollments substantially, providing opportunities for many more of the best and brightest students to join us here for their studies. Our continued progress is a reflection not only of major strategic investments we’ve made and continue to make but also, even more strongly, the exceptional efforts of our faculty, staff and proud alums.” - Patrick Wolfe, Purdue’s Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science and Miller Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science.
Machine learning methods could provide a better experience for video streaming services
Is it possible to improve video streaming services without using paying-customers as test subjects? Assistant Professor Bruno Ribeiro suggests we could use ML methods on data logs of past sessions to predict the impact of new app improvements. For his work, he received an Amazon Research Award.
Purdue professors part of NSF and DOD partnership to advance 5G communications
The NSF is accelerating 5G solutions to assist the U.S. government and critical infrastructure operators to communicate securely by awarding $12M to 16 interdisciplinary teams. Professors Elisa Bertino, Sonia Fahmy, and Muhammad Shahbaz are part of two separate teams involved in the research.
2022 SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science
Professor David Gleich is an invited Plenary speaker at SIAM MMDS 2022. The topic of his talk is, "Topological Methods to Analyze Complex Prediction Functions."
The conference of the SIAM Activity Group on Data Science presents cutting-edge research and provides a forum that advances mathematical, statistical, and computational methods in the context of data and information sciences.
ACM Advances in Financial Technologies - AFT 2022
D-KODE: Distributed Mechanism to Manage a Billion Discrete-log Keys, Easwar Mangipudi (Purdue University), Aniket Kate (Purdue University)
The ACM conference on Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT’22) is a premier venue for presenting the latest developments in technologies related to novel financial infrastructure such as cryptocurrencies and their applications, blockchains, and exchanges.
Strange loop 2022
Assistant Professor Tianyi Zhang spoke at Strange Loop 2022 as part of the theory session, his talk is titled, "Interactive debugging and testing support for deep learning."
Strange Loop is a multi-disciplinary conference bringing together the developers and thinkers to build tomorrow's technology in fields such as emerging languages, alternative databases, concurrency, distributed systems, security, and the web.
A New Home for Data Science
A priority for the University, the Data Science major prepares its students for careers in virtually every area of society by blending modern mathematics, statistics, and computer science. The building now known as Schleman Hall will be renovated as the Data Science building, becoming the program’s new home and serving as a vibrant and iconic spot for students to gather, study, and collaborate in an ideal location close to related College of Science departments in the heart of Purdue’s campus.
Your support for the Schleman Hall renovation will give Data Science students and faculty an exciting hub in which to collaborate and conduct research and will ensure that Purdue remains at the forefront of this rapidly changing field that impacts all aspects of life.
Future students may visit Purdue's campus and tour the Department of Computer Science. Our visit opportunities give you a chance to experience life at Purdue - whether you want to do that in-person or virtually. Learn more about the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University.
PURDUE CS | BY THE NUMBERS
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
AN ERA OF GROWTH
In the profession of computer science, demand for our majors continues to grow - once again we have broken our own record for the number of applications for freshman admissions at more than 8,700. At the start of fall classes, 785 freshman students joined our previous classes for more than 2,600 undergraduates.
This year, freshman women students represent 26% of the undergraduate population and women are 24.3% among all undergraduate students.
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GRADUATE PROGRAM
Our graduate population has exploded with 538 MS and PhD students for the 2022-23 academic year. This represents a 26% increase in growth from the previous year.
