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.
Purdue Computes – Celebrating 60 years of Purdue Computer Science
PURDUE COMPUTESSTORIES CELEBRATING 60FROM THE HEAD - 60 YEARSOUR HISTORY
News
The newsletter for alumni and friends of Purdue CS for May 2023. Here at Purdue Computer Science, we advance the profession through research and our graduates solve complex and challenging problems in many fields.
Purdue CS researchers present 12 papers at IEEE S&P
This year, Purdue CS faculty present 12 papers at the 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy.
Purdue blazed a historic trail in computer science and still pushes the field forward
It was an all-day affair on April 26, 1963, when Purdue University dedicated its new high-speed IBM 7090 digital computer – and used the occasion to celebrate having launched the nation’s first academic computer science department a few months earlier.
NSF funds institute to research AI-powered cybersecurity
Purdue is a major hub of ACTION, one of the seven newly funded National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes. The Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and OperatioN (ACTION) brings the continuous learning – and now, reasoning – of AI to the constant situational awareness and actions that are fundamental to cybersecurity.