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The Department of Computer Science

Founded in 1962, the Department of Computer Science was created to be an innovative base of knowledge in the emerging field of computing as the first degree-awarding program in the United States. The department continues to advance the computer science industry through research. Graduates of the program are able to solve complex and challenging problems in many fields. The increasing centrality of computer science in academic disciplines and society, and new research activities - centered around data science, artificial intelligence, programming languages, theoretical computer science, machine learning, and cybersecurity - are the future focus of the department.

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Purdue Computes

As student interest in computing-related majors and the societal impact of artificial intelligence and chips continue to rise rapidly, Purdue has launched a new major initiative, Purdue Computes, consisting of four dimensions that will connect faculty and students from across the institution and enable the university to advance to the forefront with unparalleled excellence at scale.

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Purdue CS Professor and Associate Head, Bedrich Benes and a computer simulated sorghum field.

AI-driven digital twins in agricultural research hold the promise for better crops

Researchers are developing digital corn twins using AI to simulate “what-if” scenarios for future crops.


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New ranking demonstrates Purdue prominence in AI research supercomputing

Purdue University’s newest supercomputing community cluster Gautschi has debuted at No. 7 among U.S. universities and in the top third of the world’s most powerful supercomputers listed in the new Top500 list. The ranking was released in Atlanta this week at SC24, an international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.


Dr. Walter Gautschi in front of the Supercomputer

Purdue’s new Gautschi community cluster ranks 157 on list of world’s most powerful supercomputers

Purdue University’s newest community cluster Gautschi has debuted at number 157 on the Top500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, which was announced this week at SC24, the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, taking place in Atlanta. Gautschi also ranks number 43 on the Green500 list of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world.


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