College of Information and Computer Sciences

Massachusetts Cyberweek 2019

The UMass Cybersecurity Institute is hosting speakers from government, industry, and higher education to promote cybersecurity awareness.

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At the Forefront of Equitable Computing

A new initiative showcases CICS fairness, accountability, and transparency research and education.

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Our Students Start Out a Step Ahead

The CICS Class of 2018 First Destination Report provides insights on career placement for our most recent alumni.

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Rising Stars in CS

Our second annual lecture series highlights the stellar work of young computer scientists about to launch into careers in academia.

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Recent News

Brun and Weems Selected as Distinguished Members of Association for Computing Machinery

November 01, 2019

Yuriy Brun and Charles C. Weems Jr., both associate professors in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, have been selected as 2019 Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Read more »

Woolf, Arroyo Receive Department of Education Grant for Study of MathSpring, a Smart Tutoring System that Coaches Frustrated Students

November 01, 2019

The U.S. Department of Education has recently funded an efficacy study of MathSpring, a research-based, game-like intelligent math tutor developed by Beverly Woolf, a research professor at the College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass... Read more »

CICS Associate Professor Arjun Guha Receives Most Influential Paper Award for Programming Language Flapjax

October 24, 2019

CICS Associate Professor Arjun Guha received a Most Influential Paper Award at the ACM OOPSLA conference today in Athens, Greece for his 2009 paper, “Flapjax: A Programming Language for Ajax Applications.” The award is presented annually to the... Read more »

CICS Researchers Receive SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award for Work on Serverless Computing

October 23, 2019

CICS doctoral students Abhinav Jangda and Donald Pinckney, along with professors Arjun Guha and Yuriy Brun, have received an ACM SIGPLAN 2019 Distinguished Paper Award for their paper, “Formal Foundations of Serverless Computing,” presented today at... Read more »

Sunghoon Ivan Lee, left, and Jie Xiong discuss how they will design a smaller device based on the larger prototype apparatus pictured.

CICS Researchers Developing Necklace-like Wireless Device to Improve Understanding of Schizophrenia

October 16, 2019

Two UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences researchers have received a $1.15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a wireless device, worn like a necklace, that aims to transform the understanding... Read more »

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TENURE-TRACK AND TEACHING POSITIONS

CICS is hiring tenure-track and teaching faculty in multiple areas of computer science and informatics. Apply by Jan. 31 to join our top-ranked program and welcoming, collaborative community.

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Welcome

The College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) offers a world-class curriculum in support of BA, BS, MS, and PhD degrees. CICS is internationally recognized for its research activities and has one of the highest ranked and most competitive graduate programs in the nation. The College is distinguished by its culture of collaboration and leadership in multi-disciplinary research.

Upcoming Events

12 Nov

Security Seminar

Security Speaker Series

Speaker: Madolyn Chiu, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Computer Science Building, Room 151

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Part of the Cybersecurity Institute's Security Speaker Series.

12 Nov

Data Science Tea

Data Science versus Internet Censorship: Case Studies from ICLab

Speaker: Zack Weinberg

Computer Science Building, Room 150 & 151

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Information Controls Lab (ICLab; https://iclab.org/) is a Project focused on collecting and analy

13 Nov

Rising Stars

Expanding the Reach of Fuzzing: From Exposing Syntax Errors to Enabling Program Synthesis

Speaker: Caroline Lemieux

Computer Science Building, Room 150/151

12:15pm to 1:15pm

Abstract: Software bugs, leading to correctness or security issues, are pervasiv

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Massachusetts Cyberweek 2019

At the Forefront of Equitable Computing

Our Students Start Out a Step Ahead

Rising Stars in CS

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Massachusetts Cyberweek 2019

At the Forefront of Equitable Computing

Our Students Start Out a Step Ahead

Rising Stars in CS

Recent News

Featured Research

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