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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Apply for an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and join an exciting community of students preparing to be the next generation of innovators.

Master's

Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply to one of our top-ranked, on-campus Master's programs to gain new skills for research or industry.

Doctoral

Our highly-ranked Ph.D. program features world-renowned faculty, interdisciplinary research, and a spirit of collaboration.

Recent News

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 »

CICS Dean Laura Haas Brings Computing for the Common Good to the 2019 Grace Hopper Celebration

October 11, 2019

College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Dean Laura Haas spoke at this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest gathering of women technologists. The conference is hosted annually by AnitaB.org, a digital community for women... Read more »

CICS Professor Arun Venkataramani On Team Receiving $1.2M NSF Grant to Use Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing

October 04, 2019

The National Science Foundation announced recently that computer scientist Arun Venkataramani and computer engineer Lixin Gao at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have received a three-year, $1.2 million grant to develop and test a method to... Read more »

CICS Dean Laura Haas to Participate in Statewide Research-Practice Partnership Designed to Increase Diversity in STEM

October 04, 2019

UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Dean Laura Haas will participate in the leadership team for the newly formed Research, Educator and Business Leaders’ network (REBL), a statewide research-practice partnership program... Read more »

Teaching AI to Answer Subjective Questions

October 03, 2019

Voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home reliably answer questions within seconds for millions of users daily—especially when they have simple fact-based answers, such as “What is the diameter of the Earth?” But they don’t do as well with... 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.