College of Information and Computer Sciences

CICS Student and Professors Develop JavaScript IDE That Shields Students from “the Bad Parts”

How should we teach JavaScript? Researchers at CICS think they have the answer.

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Barna Saha Named 2019 Sloan Foundation Fellow

CICS professor recognized for early-career contributions to theoretical computer science and the mathematical foundation of data science.

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Laura Haas to Receive 2019 IEEE Computer Pioneer Award

CICS Dean will be recognized for "pioneering innovations in the architecture of federated databases and in the integration of data from multiple, heterogeneous sources."

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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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Recent News

CICS Hosts Three Summer Youth Programs

August 12, 2019

This July, CICS hosted three summer programs promoting youth STEM participation: the UMass Turing Summer Program, the Massenberg STEM Institute, and a UMass Summer Programs course on robotics. Read more »

To Encourage Solar Power, CICS Researchers Develop Method to Automatically Estimate Rooftop Potential

August 07, 2019

Industry figures show the global rate of solar energy installations grew by 30 percent in one recent year, and the average cost of installing solar has fallen from $7 per watt to $2.8 per watt, making rooftop solar attractive to many more homeowners... Read more »

CICS Adds Four New Faculty in 2019

July 24, 2019

CICS has appointed four new tenure-track and teaching faculty in 2019. These new hires will amplify the college's research in educational systems and human-computer interaction. The college hired nine new faculty in 2018. In addition to the new... Read more »

Gupta, Shenoy, Sitaraman Win Best Paper Award for Research on Sustainable Distributed Networks

July 30, 2019

Vani Gupta, a doctoral student in the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), and her advisors, Professors Ramesh Sitaraman and Prashant Shenoy, won the Best Paper award at the ACM e-Energy 2019 conference in Phoenix, AZ... Read more »

White House Selects CICS Assistant Professor Barna Saha for Early Career Award

July 23, 2019

Algorithm and data management expert Barna Saha, assistant professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), was recently chosen by the White House to receive the highest U.S. award given to rising stars of science and technology... Read more »

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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.