Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Utilizing Machine Learning to Tackle Biology’s Toughest Challenges

An intercollegiate group of researchers led by Associate Professor Dan Sheldon has released BirdFlow, a novel predictive model capable of accurately forecasting the flight pattern of migratory birds--one of the most difficult tasks in biology.

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CICS Team to Participate in Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge

A team led by doctoral student Chris Samarinas and advised by Assistant Professor Hamed Zamani is, again, one of just ten teams selected worldwide to participate in the Amazon Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge.

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Xiong, Cui Win ACM SenSys 2022 Best Paper Award

A UMass team led by Associate Professor Jie Xiong won the prestigious ACM SenSys Best Paper Award for research detailing that waste energy from Visual Light Communication can be harvested using the human body as an antenna.

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Recent News

CICS Announces the Hiring of Twelve New Faculty in 2023

July 12, 2023

The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) at UMass Amherst announces the appointment of twelve new tenure-track and teaching faculty in 2023 for its expanding academic and research programs. Read more »

Shenoy, Sitaraman Named Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association Fellows

September 21, 2023

Distinguished Professors Prashant Shenoy and Ramesh Sitaraman of the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) at UMass Amherst have recently been named fellows of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA). Read more »

Wilson to Lead Notices of the AMS as Editor-in-Chief

September 19, 2023

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has selected Mark C. Wilson, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) senior teaching faculty member, as the next editor-in-chief of Notices of the American Mathematical Society, the journal... Read more »

UMass students in the 2023 Data Science for the Common Good cohort

Using Data Science Power for Common Good

September 07, 2023

This summer, thirteen UMass Amherst students joined the Center for Data Science for the center's annual Data Science for the Common Good summer program, tackling seven projects focused on environmental impact, social justice, and technological... Read more »

Team Led by Emery Berger Wins OSDI 2023 Best Paper Award

August 29, 2023

A Manning CICS team led by Professor Emery Berger recently won an OSDI 2023 Best Paper Award for work developing Scalene, an open-source profiler that dramatically speeds up the programming language Python. Read more »

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A New Building for the Future of Computing

Construction is underway on a signature, 90,000 sq. ft. building that will serve as a hub for learning, innovation, and community for Manning CICS.

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The Manning 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.