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

Former UMass Amherst Faculty, Students Win IEEE Security and Privacy Test of Time Award for Paper Establishing Field of Medical Device Security

May 31, 2019

Former UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences faculty Kevin Fu and alums Thomas Heydt-Benjamin (MS '07), Benjamin Ransford (MS '10, PhD '13), Shane Clark (BS '07, MS '11, PhD '13), and Benessa Defend (MS '08) have received the... Read more »

Doctoral Students Blodgett and Zamani Win Search and AI Awards

May 31, 2019

College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) doctoral students Su Lin Blodgett and Hamed Zamani were recently selected to receive the Accomplishments in Search & Artificial Intelligence Award, sponsored by Microsoft. The awards were... Read more »

CICS Alum Daniel Bernstein, Professors Shlomo Zilberstein and Neil Immerman Selected for IFAAMAS 2019 Influential Paper Award

May 22, 2019

Daniel Bernstein (Ph.D. ‘05), Professor Shlomo Zilberstein and Professor Neil Immerman were selected to receive the 2019 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award in Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems for their two papers, “The Complexity of... Read more »

Marc Liberatore Wins 2019 College Outstanding Teacher Award

May 23, 2019

Marc Liberatore, a member of the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) teaching faculty and the associate director of the Digital Forensics Lab was selected to receive the college's 2019 College Outstanding Teaching Award... Read more »

Professor Charles Weems Wins UMass Distinguished Teaching Award

May 17, 2019

Associate Professor Charles ("Chip") Weems of the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) has been awarded the 2018-2019 Distinguished Teaching Award by the University of Massachusetts Amherst for excellence in classroom teaching. 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.