News & Events
March 20, 2018
The College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is ranked among the top twenty graduate computer science programs in the country according to U.S. News and World Report's 2019 edition of Best... more
March 07, 2018
The Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst's College of Information and Computer Sciences, held its Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. January 26-27. The meeting gathered nearly 90... more
March 02, 2018
Georges Grinstein, research professor in UMass Amherst's College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 26, 2018.
Grinstein joined the UMass Amherst community in spring 2016 after over 30 years at... more
February 14, 2018
“I thought initially that I would want to be in San Francisco, the tech-hub of the world, but UMass has really made me think about being here on the east coast,” Jeremy Kelleher ‘18 said. “I really want to be at the juncture between health and... more
February 06, 2018
The Center for Data Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been selected by IBM to join the company's AI Horizons Network, an international consortium of leading universities working with IBM to develop technologies needed to help... more
January 29, 2018
CICS professor and chair of the faculty, James Allan, is featured in a new video highlighting his work in information retrieval and the importance of data science education. Watch it below.
January 23, 2018
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest professional organization for the advancement of technology, has elevated UMass Amherst computer science professor Hava Siegelmann to the honorary position of Fellow... more
January 16, 2018
Distinguished scientist and professor Andrew McCallum, director of the Center for Data Science in UMass Amherst's College of Information and Computer Sciences, will lead a new partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to accelerate science and... more
December 13, 2017
College of Information and Computer Sciences undergraduate Xin Liu ('18) has been named a 2017-2018 Rising Researcher in recognition of his ambitious pursuit of research and scholarly activity.
December 11, 2017
Andrew McCallum, computer science professor and director of the Center for Data Science in the University of Massachusetts Amherst's College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), has been named a fellow by the Association for Computing... more